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Laying the Groundwork: Evidence-Based Printing Instruction in Kindergarten
Why Printing Matters in Kindergarten When students learn to print, they build cognitive, fine motor, and foundational literacy skills. When we print with fluency, we reduce our cognitive load and create more mental space to support the mastery of advanced literacy skills. Learning to print fluently in kindergarten is important because it lays the groundwork…
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Oral Language in the New Ontario Kindergarten Curriculum
Oral language is the foundation of early literacy. Long before children can read and write independently, they develop language through conversations, listening, gestures, and shared thinking with others. James Britton (1970) captured this idea well when he wrote, “writing floats on a sea of talk.” In kindergarten classrooms, rich talk helps children build vocabulary, thinking…
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Implementing Structured Literacy In the Classroom: Part 2: Moving to print
This webinar is the first in a 3-part series hosted by IDA Ontario. In this webinar, Emily Moorhead demonstrates and discusses ways to support young learners as they begin to use letters to blend and segment for reading and spelling. She models how this leap from oral to print can be explicitly taught, guided, and…
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