by Catherine White | Jan 23, 2019 | Families
Picture this: Your child comes home and says, “My teacher says my homework is to read with you.” Do you sit down, listen for a few minutes and think, What am I doing here exactly? Supporting a young reader isn’t complicated, but we’re not born knowing how to do it....
by Kendall LaParo | Jan 9, 2019 | Education Leaders, Families, Teachers
We know that getting families to take time out of their busy lives to attend school events can be a challenge. When we survey Springboard staff before a program starts, we consistently find that they don’t feel confident that they will see high family attendance at...
by Lila Karosic | Dec 20, 2018 | Families
Booktalks and Engaging Readers is a monthly series that is mostly dedicated to children’s books. In addition to sharing quality literature with teachers and families, this series will share resources for what works — and what doesn’t — for encouraging and engaging...
by Springboard Collaborative | Nov 23, 2018 | Families
If you’ve ever watched a child learn how to read, it seems magical. One day they are struggling through letters and sounding out words and the next they are reading full sentences. But reading isn’t really magic. Although it’s a complex process, it can be boiled down...
by Lila Karosic | Nov 9, 2018 | Families
Booktalks and Engaging Readers is a monthly series that is mostly dedicated to children’s books. In addition to sharing quality literature with teachers and families, this series will share resources for what works — and what doesn’t — for encouraging and engaging...
by Springboard Collaborative | Oct 10, 2018 | Education Leaders, Families, Teachers
One of the goals of Taylor School, like all elementary schools, is to prepare our students to be lifelong English readers. And our school administration wanted to run a Springboard program to help achieve this goal for our students. But at Taylor, most of our...
