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6 Reading Apps to Help Your Child Learn

6 Reading Apps to Help Your Child Learn

Posted in Educational Technology, English Tutoring, Featured, Tips & Advice

Teachers on Call shares a list of reading app recommendations to promote early literacy.

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Age-Appropriate Ways to Get a Young Child Writing

Age-Appropriate Ways to Get a Young Child Writing

Posted in Community, English Tutoring, Featured, Tips & Advice

Teachers on Call shares some fun and age-appropriate ways introduce a young child to the idea that writing is enjoyable.

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Great Tips and Reads to Help You Be a ‘Reading Role Model’ This Summer

Great Tips and Reads to Help You Be a ‘Reading Role Model’ This Summer

Posted in Community, English Tutoring, Featured, Tips & Advice

Be a reading role model yourself with these excellent book picks.

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Make sure the only “Summer Slide” your child is on this year is at the playground!

Make sure the only “Summer Slide” your child is on this year is at the playground!

Posted in English Tutoring, Featured, Math Tutoring, Tips & Advice

Here are some recommendations from Teachers on Call for how to maintain and engage in learning this summer, in order to make sure your kids are ready for the next school year and avoid the summer slide.

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Hooked on Books with Author/Illustrator Cinders McLeod

Hooked on Books with Author/Illustrator Cinders McLeod

Posted in English Tutoring, Featured, Hooked On Books, Parent Education Resources, Tips & Advice

This month’s Teachers on Call Hooked on Books interviews author Cinders McLeod, an author and illustrator who is passionate about financial literacy.

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Wattpad Storytelling Platform Data Identifies Bestsellers

Wattpad Storytelling Platform Data Identifies Bestsellers

By Joanne Sallay

Posted in Community, English Tutoring, Featured

Joanne Sallay, interviews Deanna McFadden, Publishing Director at Wattpad, to learn first-hand how data and technology are being used to change the book industry.

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How to Read with Your Kids at Home and help them Love It!

How to Read with Your Kids at Home and help them Love It!

Posted in English Tutoring, Math Tutoring, Featured, Tips & Advice

Teachers on Call online English tutors share many ways a parent can help their child develop a love of reading.

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How to Get a Little Extra French or English Language Practice In – with Poetry!

How to Get a Little Extra French or English Language Practice In – with Poetry!

Posted in English Tutoring, French Tutoring, Parent Education Resources, Featured, Tips & Advice

Teachers on Call shares fun poetry activities to encourage English and French language skills.

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Teachers on Call Tutor Featured in Ontario School Library Association Magazine

Teachers on Call Tutor Featured in Ontario School Library Association Magazine

By Joanne Sallay

Posted in English Tutoring, Featured

Teachers on Call President, Joanne Sallay interviews Teachers on Call tutor, Erica Yu regarding her grassroots initiative called Little Free Diverse Libraries GTA.

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6 Classic Adventure Stories for Family Literacy Day

6 Classic Adventure Stories for Family Literacy Day

Posted in English Tutoring, Parent Education Resources, Featured, Tips & Advice

Teachers on Call shares 6 wonderful classic books and series that you may have enjoyed when you were your child’s age for Family Literacy Day.

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