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, Summer, Teaching Tips, Multisensory Learning
Learning is a journey that never ends. But ensuring the gears of learning keep turning ensures they stay sharp! Learn four guidelines for smooth skill-building.
5 mins
Teaching Tips
15 Ways to Celebrate National Handwriting Day
5 minutes
Handwriting
K-2 teachers are tasked with teaching children the foundational skills that enable them to flourish as readers and writers. The developmental range, as we all well know, is wide, so the need to differentiate instruction is paramount.
2 mins
Ask the Experts, Teaching Tips, Multisensory Learning, Readiness
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3 min
Teaching Tips
Buttoning a shirt, latching a zipper, and holding a pen are basic fine motor skills we often execute without thinking. These are learned skills that come only with countless practice sessions.
4 mins
Teaching Tips
Oral language instruction is an element that can be built into all part of what happens while children are at school—both through implicit and explicit learning opportunities.
2 mins
Teaching Tips
When we think of literacy, we tend to think of reading and writing—often with an emphasis on reading. But the skill of writing is essential.
4 mins
The energy and rhythm of a primary classroom are indescribable. Throughout the day, teachers strategically orchestrate active learning experiences that build the minds, bodies, and learning souls of curious young students.
2 mins
Home Connection, Teaching Tips, Multisensory Learning, Readiness
Learn developmentally appropriate handwriting tips for children ages 2-5
4 min