Build Your Expertise Blog Series · preschool · purpose · research

Examining Purpose in Young Children’s Writing: Build Your Expertise

Examining the evidence around what young children do when they write will lead us to better understand their conscious and unconscious purpose. We can also look at how teachers and caregivers nurture a social environment, giving purpose to children as they do this work.

Build Your Expertise Blog Series · Inventive spelling · research · spelling

Invented Spelling is the Gateway to Skilled Writing: Build Your Expertise Blog Series

Teachers of writing know that invented spelling is a crucial component of literacy development for young learners. Today, build your expertise around the research that supports invented spelling and provides recommendations for moving from invented to conventional spelling, an important goal for all writers.