How Teaching Letter Sounds Impacts Children I didn’t grow up in the South. I was born and raised in a small town in Central Illinois, spent time near Chicago, and then moved to North Carolina for my senior year of high school. It was a big shift, but I loved it! The clothes were a bit different, the popular sports shifted a bit, but one thing truly stuck out.   The accent.   At UNC-Chapel Hill, I was surrounded by friends from all over the country, each with their own way of

If you’ve ever taught a class full of preschoolers, you know firsthand the wide range of skills and developmental stages they bring. Each child enters the classroom with their own set of strengths, challenges, experiences, and background knowledge, creating a rainbow of unique learning profiles. This makes our roles as preschool teachers especially exciting (glass half full?)! Through engagement, observation, and assessment, we can begin to learn to unique learning profile of