Falling for Learning Podcast

Send us Fan Mail TD Flenaugh and guest Lauren Moseley discuss strategies for a strong start to the day, emphasizing the importance of a welcoming and productive morning routine. Moseley, a national board-certified teacher, shares the "Strong Start" program, which includes morning greetings, goal setting, purposeful partnering, community-building activities, breath work, and sending love affirmatio...

Send us Fan Mail TD Flenaugh discusses perfectionism, sharing personal experiences and strategies for parents to help their children. Perfectionism can lead to stress, burnout, and unrealistic standards. Flenaugh emphasizes the importance of setting boundaries, providing clear guidelines, and encouraging progress over perfection. She suggests using checklists, setting deadlines, and delegating tas...

Send us Fan Mail T.D. Flenaugh celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week by highlighting four influential teachers who shaped her life. She praises Mr. Beu for instilling potential and honesty, Ms. Nelson for treating students as scholars and preparing her for college, Ms. Coerr for fostering a love for nature and journaling, and Ms. Byler for her meticulous editing of scholarship essays and introducin...

Send us Fan Mail TD Flenaugh discusses the importance of stamina for children's academic success, particularly during end-of-year testing. She emphasizes the need for children to develop the ability to focus for extended periods, suggesting incremental practice starting from early grades. Flenaugh recommends daily reading sessions, think-aloud activities, and tracking progress with charts. For mid...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Eno Attah, a school librarian with a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership, discusses the transformative power of libraries. She highlights her journey from a Nigerian American background, influenced by PBS and her community, to becoming an educator. Dr. Attah emphasizes libraries' role as safe spaces offering resources beyond books, such as hotspots, calculators, and Chro...

Send us Fan Mail T.D. Flenaugh discusses integrating AI into the writing process, using tools like Otter AI and ChatGPT. Chat GPT assisted in categorizing expenses for taxes and creating a book cover. Flenaugh emphasizes responsible AI use, particularly in education, through a collaborative project with the California Writing Project. Students use AI to enhance their writing, but Flenaugh stresses...

Send us Fan Mail Educational expert Tauanja Kittrell and host, TD Flenaugh, discuss the General Educational Development (GED) test, explaining its history, purpose, and structure. The GED, developed in the 1940s, is a four-subject test (English, science, math, social studies) that can lead to a high school equivalency. Flenaugh highlights the financial benefits of obtaining a GED, noting an averag...

Send us Fan Mail Is your child struggling with reading longer words? Or maybe you want to boost their vocabulary without drilling flashcards?  This week on Falling for Learning , we explore how recognizing word patterns —from simple three letter words to longer multi-syllabic words.  Give it a listen—you'll walk away with practical, easy-to-try strategies that support real literacy growth at any a...

Send us Fan Mail Buy the bookset - The R.E.W.R.I.T.E. Method & The R.E.W.R.I.T.E. Method Workbook   In episode 92, T.D. Flenaugh discusses strategies for keeping learning fun during breaks. She emphasizes the importance of giving children choices in their learning activities, such as gamifying tasks and setting achievable goals. She also suggests using resources like libraries and YouTube for...

Send us Fan Mail TD Flenaugh discusses the importance of researching issues that matter personally and sharing these methods with children to foster critical thinking and informed decision-making. She highlights the dangers of synthetic braiding hair, citing a Consumer Reports investigation that found carcinogens in all 10 synthetic hair products tested. Flenaugh emphasizes the need to evaluate so...

Send us Fan Mail Get The R.E.W.R.I.T.E. Method and The R.E.W.R.I.T.E. Method Workbook ! TD Flenaugh discusses the importance of decodable passages and repeated readings to build reading fluency in children. Decodable passages contain spelling patterns children have learned, such as "cr" and "fr." Flenaugh emphasizes the need for multiple reads to help children recognize and sound out words. She su...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Pratt, a social media strategist and homeschooler, discusses his journey and insights on parenting and education. He shares his early reading skills, influenced by his mother's homeschooling and his father's street smarts. Dr. Pratt recounts his experiences with standardized testing, his mother's creation of a homeschooling curriculum, and his father's influence. He emphasizes...

Send us Fan Mail Dana Fikes, a veteran educator and author, shared her journey from teaching two-year-olds at her aunt's school in Pasadena to working at JPL and NASA, and later at PAC Bell and Head Start. She discussed her book, "The Pirate Who Loved Flip Flops," which addresses bullying and promotes individuality. Dana emphasized the importance of creating a supportive learning environment and s...

Send us Fan Mail Falling for Learning Podcast Episode 87 features Melida Haye, a veteran educator, who discusses her journey from Panama to the U.S., where she pursued a career in education despite her parents' initial aspirations for her to become a doctor. She emphasizes the importance of listening to children's interests and supporting their choices, even if they differ from parents' expectatio...

Send us Fan Mail TD Flenaugh discusses strategies for teaching children to read fluently, focusing on consonant blends (CR and FR) and sight words from the Dolch 1000 word list. The episode emphasizes the importance of blending sounds in words and using decodable text to help children recognize patterns and improve reading fluency. Practical activities include oral blending and segmenting of words...

Send us Fan Mail Resources Buy T.D.'s book bundle - The R.E.W.R.I.T.E. Method and The R.E.W.R.I.T.E. Method Workbook Get sight words for your reader - https://superstarworksheets.com/sight-words/fry-sight-words/ TD Flenaugh discusses the importance of sight words, specifically Fry's sight words, for reading fluency. The podcast aims to help parents and caregivers with resources and strategies for...

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Send us Fan Mail Support the show We drop new episodes every Saturday at 5 p.m. Pacific Time. Follow us: Instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/fallingforlearning/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/fallingforlearning/ https://linktr.ee/falling4learning

Send us Fan Mail TD Flenaugh discusses strategies for improving children's reading fluency through word families. The episode focuses on the CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) pattern, emphasizing the use of short vowel sounds, and the concept of "magic E." Flenaugh introduces -ID and -IDE words, explaining how children can recognize patterns to read more efficiently. The importance of reading connec...

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Send us Fan Mail TD Flenaugh discusses structured literacy, emphasizing its effectiveness in teaching 95% of students to read. The podcast aims to support parents and teachers in improving literacy skills. The lesson plan, divided into two 30-minute sessions, focuses on the short "o" sound using CVC and CVCC words. Activities include word work, word sorting, and reading connected text. Key strateg...

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Send us Fan Mail Watch episode 76 on Letter Sound Blending - https://youtu.be/MU2t1DHD8VM?si=30GAWCGO6Xxnnt8N. TD Flenaugh discusses structured literacy, a method aligned with the science of reading, aimed at solving reading issues in 95% of children if practiced systematically five days a week. This episode involves four of the 8 stages of structured literacy: phonological awareness, reviewing le...

Send us Fan Mail Falling for Learning Episode 77 focuses on the journey into education for Restorative Justice Teacher, James Riley. Check out his YouTube Channels - https://www.youtube.com/c/mrrileysworld and https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinPaliFootball.  Purchase the Falling for Learning Book Bundle by T.D. Flenaugh - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW18L9GQ?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_s...

Send us Fan Mail Falling for Learning Podcast episode 76 focuses on Letter Sound Blending, a key technique in helping children learn how to read fluently. Purchase the Falling for Learning Book Bundle by T.D. Flenaugh - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW18L9GQ?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tpbk Support the show We drop new episodes every Saturday at 5 p.m. Pacific Time. Follow us: Instagr...