The Literacy Party

06/03/2025

✨Mom Glow✨ May Photo Dump 📸

May was filled with family events, dock diving, puppy play dates and despite some lingering April showers ☔️ 🚿 we had lots of May flowers 🌷🌺💐🌼🪻

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03/21/2025

Only 160 days left to go! 🤰🏻🫶🏼 What are some of your favorite moments with baby? 👶🏼

03/16/2025

So, Let me reintroduce myself. I’m Stephanie Makris- I am first & foremost a dog mom to Maple 🍁 and Holly 😇, a mom-to-be to Baby M (arriving this August), I am a teacher turned tutor, I love coffee shops & restaurants , long walks outside, being home with my family — and just a few adventures mixed in! ✈️ .

Thank you for being here and I hope you’ll stick around to see what the next 5 years have in store! 🫶🏼🫶🏼

03/13/2025

Baby M’s little ears are just starting to hear! 👂🏼👂🏼💛 and as soon as I saw the book “Family” by I knew it was the first book I wanted Baby M to hear— about the sweet animal families around the world, the animal parents loving and protecting their babies and teaching them the way of the world.

I just know that when Baby M is here they’re going to love all animals, just like their mama and they’ll love the incredible illustrations and peak through flaps—just like their mama 💛

It’s wild to me that I can already start sharing my love of stories with this little one. ☺️ What stories did you share with your little ones that you think Baby M needs to hear?

03/04/2025

Hi Everyone! My sister (pediatric speech therapist) and I are so excited to share we’ve developed a free Orton-Gillingham aligned reading class for early readers! Our class is called The Phonics Party!

We have a caregiver video, a welcome to our readers, and our first lesson ready to go. We will be releasing two lessons per week (Mondays & Wednesdays)! We would love for you to take a look and subscribe for updates and new lessons!

If you would like some additional information, feel free to comment below and I will reach out and share more! :)

You can visit our website here: https://www.theliteracyparty.com/thephonicsparty
You can check out our free lessons here: https://youtu.be/Q97_VAaLVtc?si=cufSnwfL63YUhxps

COMING SOON!The Phonics Party is an interactive, multi-sensory phonics class for early readers📚.This Orton-Gillingham-aligned reading class is led by Miss S...

02/28/2025

We are excited to announce a new chapter for The Literacy Party 💛… we’re growing by one little reader. 👶🏼🍼📚

We are so excited to meet our little bookworm this August. Bring on those board books 💛📚🐛

10/11/2024

Buckle up and head to NYC for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!

This virtual field trip covers the history of the Thanksgiving Day Parade- from the Wondertown Windows to the behind the scenes of the magnificent parade that is broadcasted all over the world today!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Virtual-Field-Trip-Macys-Thanksgiving-Day-Parade-Balloons-Over-Broadway-6234810

10/11/2024

Let's travel the world this Halloween!

Halloween Celebrations Around the World is the perfect, no-prep activity for your students!

Your students will learn about the origins of Halloween and how people in Ireland, China, Italy, Portugal, Mexico, the Netherlands, France, Italy, and Japan celebrate Halloween!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Celebrations-Around-the-World-Virtual-Field-Trip-8640499

10/03/2024

Literacy, coffee, networking .. oh my! We are so excited to share our first ever Literacy Tutors Coffee Chat and Networking Call!

We cannot wait to meet other literacy tutors, learn about each other’s tutoring businesses and share industry tips to help us all… help more readers!

We would love for you to join us on Friday, October 25 at 12 PM EST/9 AM CST. Comment coffee and we’ll send you the deets!

One lucky tutor in attendance will win a $10 card .. because let’s be real, tutors run on coffee. Be sure to tag a tutor bestie to join us! ☕️ 📕 👩🏻‍🏫

10/02/2024

We are so excited to announce our next story time for in Morristown, NJ on Friday, November 1st at 4:30 pm!

Join me after school to learn about Dia de Los Mu***os, make a craft, and grab a yummy treat! 🍦

Will we see you there??

10/02/2024

“But never could I foresee… that I would one day become a tree! Maybe falling behind isn’t finishing last. Maybe your season has just yet to pass.” 🍎 🍏

The Sour Apple is a beautifully illustrated rhyming book with a great lesson for littles!

Sour Apple thought he was going to be picked last or not picked at all. Sour Apple is left at the end of the season on the cold fall ground. He thought his time was over and really it was just beginning.

I know my K-2 friends would LOVE this story. I hope you get your hands on this gem this fall! 🍎 🍏