Founded by Beck Goodman, M. Ed.
✏️ Academic Enrichment
📚 Early Literacy
🧠 Lifelong Learners
02/09/2026
Here’s a few other tips to keep reading fun:
✅ All reading is good reading
Magazines, graphic novels and poems count too!
🤓 Model reading for pleasure
Kids will copy what they see. Show them how much fun reading can be!
🎬 Read first, watch second
Read books that have been turned into movies or TV shows
Send this to a parent who wants to raise bookworm 📚
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01/26/2026
Writing starts way before kids are ready for letters. Mastering the art of scribbling helps build fine motor skills, hand strength and joy of creating 🖍️
Once they’ve got these steps down, here are a few other signs of writing readiness to look out for:
〰️ Drawing lines
↪️ Drawing curves
✍️ Appropriate pencil grip
Remember, the best learning happens when kids get to make their own marks 🎨
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01/24/2026
Want to raise confident kids? Try some of these phrases when things get tricky.
Save this post to teach your kids:
💪 Persistence
Keep going even when things get hard
🧘 Regulation
Help your kids take a deep breath or small break to manage their feelings
🙋♀️ What would YOU add?! I’d love to know!! Share your go to phrases, and I’ll pin some for others to see too!!
Inspo
01/13/2026
All hands can practice building fine motor skills. Here are some of my favorite materials that support future pencil grip:
💚 Scissors
💚 Teasers
💚 Pipettes
💚 Playdoh
💚Beading
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There is so much noise when it comes to raising a reader so here’s what really matters.
✅ Being read to EVERY day
✅ Rhyming, syllable splitting and sound blending
✅ Learning accurate letter sounds
✅ Letting kids grow at their own pace
What is some of the worst advice you’ve heard when it comes to teaching your child to read?
Building foundational reading skills doesn’t have to happen with flashcards and worksheets. Music provides so many opportunities for kids to rhyme, syllable split, or identify the beginning sound of words, which are all skills needed for reading and writing ✏️
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Before kids can spell, they need to develop the foundational skills to break apart sounds. And the best part? All of those skills can be developed through play!
Follow to learn how to play your way to reading🤪📚
I know I won’t be popular for saying this but our kids aren’t reading because we’re not reading.
Here’s how I changed my own relationship with reading:
🎧 Audiobooks count
📕 Pick short, easy reads or re-read something you once loved
👍Be nice to yourself. Learning a new hobby takes time and patience. You deserve both.
Do you have any tips from your own reading journey? Share in the comments!
11/18/2025
Thank you for 130k followers 🎉
I’m teaming up with to give away over 50 books 📚 These books are my go-to for building confidence and skills in early readers.
Here’s how to enter for your chance to win
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We all know it’s important for kids to read at home but it’s equally important that kids have grownups in their lives who read for fun.
So, let’s get the ball rolling. Share in the comments a book that you loved. It may inspire someone else to give it a try 📚❤️
Comment “get started” and I’ll send you the link to access all my favorite games and strategies for teaching letters 🍎
Those developmental leaps are crazy 🤣
What was the most unexpected change you’ve seen after a growth spurt? Share in the comments!