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I (Don’t) Love to Read Month (3 min read)
“The Reality is that each new reader - that is, each child - must build a wholly new reading circuit. Our children can form a very simple circuit for learning to read, and acquire a basic level of decoding, or they can go on to develop highly elaborated reading...
Is My Child Behind? Hoot Helps You Answer This Question
Have you subtly compared your child to others and wondered if your child could be doing better? It happens easily. Maybe you run into another parent at the store and catch wind that their kid is reading several grade levels ahead. Maybe you overhear praise for a...
Hoot Reading Offers Special Programming to Help Families Across North America With Pandemic Schooling
Hoot Reading’s App connects kids and teachers virtually, unintentionally perfect for the new normal of learning. Winnipeg, North America, October 14, 2020 - This fall, Hoot Reading aims to support families going through the challenge of educating their children during...
Building Healthy, Productive Routines For A Successful School Year
Hoot Teacher Ms. Elizabeth Tornatore gives her best tips on how to create routines that will help your student succeed this school year. For many of us, a new school year brings feelings of excitement and wonder that go along with new opportunities. New school years...
Back-to-School Learning Games to Get Your Family Ready For Fall
Fun Tips From Ms. Elizabeth Hawkins Lincoln, a Hoot Reading Classroom Teacher As the school year draws near, parents are asking how to "ready" their child before the first day of school. In addition to any sessions you might select from Hoot's Reading, Math, or...
How to Avoid Summer Learning Loss
Kindergarten is in many ways, a "rite of passage" in North America. The number of social media posts about crying parents, smiling teachers, and our nervous kids, seem to increase annually. This year, 2020, may be no different. Depending on what your school district...
Hoot Reading Awarded 2020 Academics’ Choice Smart Media Award for Mind-Building Excellence
International Awards Program Recognizes Online Literacy Service as Effective and Stimulating Learning Tool Winnipeg, MB (June 1, 2020) -- Leader in online reading education, Hoot Reading, has been selected as a winner of the 2020 Academics' Choice Awards, in the Smart...
Take The Fight Out of Learning: How to Stop Being a Barrier in Your Child’s Education
"I can do it by MYSELF," she said in a growly whisper. It was my younger daughter's singular response to two separate, but related things that were happening at that moment. The first was a question from her teacher on the "get to know you" worksheet that...
Reading Time! Daily Activities to do at Home During Social Distancing – Part 3
It's time for Part 3 in our Reading Activities series and this one is all about literacy games! If you missed them, you might want to catch up on Part 1 (about sight words) and Part 2 (about fiction and nonfiction reading activities). As a reminder, here is a list of...
Reading Time! Daily Activities to do at Home During Social Distancing – Part 2
We know that you're looking for ways to keep kids learning and engaged at home right now, and we're happy to share some ideas! Last week, we shared Part 1 in this series that was all about working on sight words and the accompanying activities to do. Click here to...
Reading Time! Daily Activities to do at Home During Social Distancing – Part 1
If your school is unable to provide lessons for your child during social distancing, or if you want to extend the materials being sent home, here are ways to keep their reading going strong. If you haven’t already, try a free Hoot lesson too! Many parents find that...
3 Ways to Make Homeschooling More Manageable During The Pandemic
Yes, this is really happening. And yet, at least once a day I find myself in a moment of hazy denial. If I don't look at the news, I can almost forget that a pandemic is taking place. I feel extremely fortunate that it hasn't yet affected me personally, and I can...