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tutoring & ED THERAPY

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Summer Camps

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MObile Word Lab


Tutoring & Ed Therapy 

Information and Winter 2020 registration here, or contact us.

More information on this page coming soon.
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"Words in the Wild" summer CAMP

​In Words in the Wild, rising 1st,  2nd and 3rd graders grow their love of reading and find joy in writing while getting their hands dirty in the gardens of Fairyland, Lake Merritt Botanical Gardens and the Kaiser Roof garden.

For more information check out our summer camp page! 


Email admin[at]buildingonthebest.com for more information.

Stay tuned for more information about bringing Words in the Wild to your site. We are exploring exciting options!

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mobile word lab: accepting applications

Through meaningful contexts like gardening, songwriting, cooking and science fiction, readers and writers develop literacy skills and a love of language.

Students become word scientists by investigating patterns in orthography (how words look), phonology (how words sound), and vocabulary (what words mean).

HOW? English spelling is based on meaning but this important connection is often overlooked - consider the “silent g” in sign. It's not "irregular" or "stupid" - it signals a connection to related words like signature, signify, even significant. Instead of memorizing endless “sight words,” word scientists discover relationships between word meanings and spellings. Learn more about this approach from Word Works Kingston, or Beyond the Word for the early grades.

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Mobile Word Lab students writing and exploring.
Bring Mobile WordLab to your school! 
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Parent-Teacher Family Lit Workshops: 
HANDS-ON LEARNING FOR GROWN-UPS

Join us for  workshop, or bring Words in the Wild to your school or district, or neighborhood library.
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