Welcome to Building Blocks for Pre-K–5
Enjoy weekly content rich with expert insights, teaching tips, and effective strategies curated to inform and empower educators
Blogs
Literacy
The end is nigh for the school year, not your students’ literacy momentum! Try these tips to keep the momentum rolling through the summer.
2 mins
Summer, Teaching Tips, Multisensory Learning
Reading may be your student’s favorite activity when school is in session, but without reinforcement during spring and summer break, many of their literacy skills will go dull.
5 minutes
We've collected 11 tips from teachers, for teachers, on Teacher Appreciation Week.
5 mins
Professional Learning
The dust has settled from disrupted learning. Now what?
2 mins
Occupational Therapy
It is hard NOT to recognize how our students' current problems could be alleviated with more interventions from occupational therapists.
2 mins
Announcements, Families, Home Connection
March is Women’s History Month and Learning Without Tears is celebrating 10 famous women writers whose writing is beloved by readers and esteemed by critics.
5 minutes
Readiness, Summer, Teaching Tips, Multisensory Learning
Learning is a journey that never ends. But ensuring the gears of learning keep turning ensures they stay sharp! Learn four guidelines for smooth skill-building.
5 mins
Teaching Tips
15 Ways to Celebrate National Handwriting Day
5 minutes
Handwriting
K-2 teachers are tasked with teaching children the foundational skills that enable them to flourish as readers and writers. The developmental range, as we all well know, is wide, so the need to differentiate instruction is paramount.
2 mins