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How PICTURE Books Help TEACH Comprehension and Phonics!

September 27, 2023 By Nancy Bailey 26 Comments

When he looks at the pictures, he’ll get so excited he’ll want to draw one of his own. He’ll ask for paper and crayons.  ~Laura Joffe Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond. If You Give A Mouse a Cookie Regarding how teachers teach reading, it’s alarming that pictures get a bad rap. One of the best […]

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The Science of Reading and The Rejection of Picture Books

March 26, 2023 By Nancy Bailey 36 Comments

The Science of Reading rejects the importance of picture books to children learning to read. In 2021, I wrote this, and many parents assumed that schools still use picture books and that children get exposure to them at home. The general idea was that picture books were taken for granted. But while there are quibbles […]

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nancyebailey1 Nancy E. Bailey @nancyebailey1 ·
27 Nov

More attention should be paid to NCLB's Reading First, a scandal. Results showed children with phonics programs did no better comprehending than children without. Ignoring the findings or highlighting them as positive shows naiveté.

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roblevine82 Rob Levine @roblevine82 ·
26 Nov

Just about every bad thing MN philanthropies have done to public ed was predicated on the lies in NAR, including the @BushFoundation's TEI

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27 Nov

More attention should be paid to NCLB's Reading First, a scandal. Results showed children with phonics programs did no better comprehending than children without. Ignoring the findings or highlighting them as positive shows naiveté. https://nancyebailey.com/2019/08/28/is-nclbs-reading-first-making-a-comeback/

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jrlsilverman Julia Silverman @jrlsilverman ·
27 Nov

Portland kids will go back to school tomorrow for the first time since Halloween (albeit two hours late). Here's our story unpacking the details:

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susanoha Susan Ohanian @susanoha ·
27 Nov

11/27/50 Kevin Henkes b. His favorite book as child: "Is This You?" by Ruth Kraus. He still has it. He named cat for an adult favorite, E.B.
I love all Kevin Henkes books but golly, this one is so wonderful.

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