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Get Sticky!

Get Sticky!

Here at Rooted in Language, we often use the word "sticky" as in: "Here is a sticky idea" "This strategy has sticky-ness" Sticky is our word for memorable-concepts and skills...

Get Sticky!

Here at Rooted in Language, we often use the word "sticky" as in: "Here is a sticky idea" "This strategy has sticky-ness" Sticky is our word for memorable-concepts and skills...

Reading, Writing, and Potty Training

Reading, Writing, and Potty Training

This spring will be the 27th anniversary of the first time I potty trained my child. Like all good moms, I read the recommended book of the day: Potty Train...

Reading, Writing, and Potty Training

This spring will be the 27th anniversary of the first time I potty trained my child. Like all good moms, I read the recommended book of the day: Potty Train...

Empathy for the Struggling Learner

Empathy for the Struggling Learner

Over the holiday break, my husband, David, and I visited my in-laws in Switzerland. On the trip, his parents generously bought ski passes for everyone so we could experience a...

Empathy for the Struggling Learner

Over the holiday break, my husband, David, and I visited my in-laws in Switzerland. On the trip, his parents generously bought ski passes for everyone so we could experience a...

Merry Meta-presents!

Merry Meta-presents!

Metacognitive thinking has two benefits: it deepens learning and it increases ownership in the learning process. Why not take advantage of the holiday season to encourage your kids in their...

Merry Meta-presents!

Metacognitive thinking has two benefits: it deepens learning and it increases ownership in the learning process. Why not take advantage of the holiday season to encourage your kids in their...

Reading and Writing: Complex Tasks / Complex Intervention

Reading and Writing: Complex Tasks / Complex In...

Reading is "composed of neural systems that support every level of language-phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics-as well as visual and orthographic processes, working memory, attention, motor movements, and higher-level comprehension...

Reading and Writing: Complex Tasks / Complex In...

Reading is "composed of neural systems that support every level of language-phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics-as well as visual and orthographic processes, working memory, attention, motor movements, and higher-level comprehension...

Meta Makes the Difference!

Meta Makes the Difference!

Metacognition is the ability to: Think about how we think Talk about how we talk Learn about how we learn Examples of metacognition happen everyday. We have all heard people...

Meta Makes the Difference!

Metacognition is the ability to: Think about how we think Talk about how we talk Learn about how we learn Examples of metacognition happen everyday. We have all heard people...