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
Readiness
Vocabulary refers to all the language and words that an individual can understand. Vocabulary words are used in everyday communications and focus on 4 areas: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
3 mins
Teaching Tips
What is Transitional Kindergarten?
What is Transitional Kindergarten?
Ask the Experts
The following are some of the most frequently asked questions that have come up throughout the trainings.
1 minute
Ask the Experts
Young children learn new literacy skills through play, exploration, observation, and by listening and speaking.
4 mins
Teaching Tips
I’m going to share with you my 4 best tips on how to demonstrate (or model) handwriting
7 minutes
Summer, Teaching Tips, Home Connection
If you’re a teacher, parent, or caretaker to a Pre-K child, you might be worried about what this school year means for children’s kindergarten readiness.
5 mins
Ask the Experts
Take it from me, a 23-year elementary school teacher, we need to teach our students BOTH skills of handwriting and keyboarding in our world today and here's why.
2 mins
Multisensory Learning
Throughout this pandemic, amateur and famous musicians have shared their live music via social media to entertain us.
5 mins
Ask the Experts
“Phonological awareness,” “phonemic awareness,” and “phonics,” are literacy terms we often hear used simultaneously, and maybe even interchangeably! However, as we work with children, helping them to develop a strong foundation of literacy and language skills, we must realize the important distinction between these terms.
8 min