EBLI Blog

For over a century, educators have been searching for the best way to teach children to read. This blog will explore two approaches to literacy:

If you can spell a word (by sound, not memorization), you can read that word! The reverse is not typically true. Many competent to exceptional

“May you find benefit in this story of the evolution of an educator and her practices, told with refreshing honesty and vulnerability. Lindsay Journo, the

Product Certification Provides Transparency to Edtech Marketplace SEPTEMBER 2023 | Washington, D.C. – The K-5 Classroom EBLI Teacher Training & Student Lessons (ETSL) has earned

Nora Chahbazi, EBLI Founder with Dr. Rachel Schechter, LXD Research Founder In the quest for effective literacy instruction, Nora Chahbazi, a neonatal nurse turned literacy

Trauma. Anxiety. Suffering. These experiences are widespread and deeply embedded within most, if not all, of the children and adults who experience sub-literacy or illiteracy.

What Makes EBLI Instruction Unique When explaining EBLI to educators, administrators, and others, the most comment I get is “We already do that”. Reflecting on

I was recently interviewed by Darius Namdaran for his podcast Dyslexia Explored. Darius is an excellent interviewer, and I shared some insights with him on

How long should students continue reading decodable books? Do they need leveled books? When and how can they move to getting a book from the

Research says a lot about the importance of spelling as well as the connection between spelling and reading and writing. Here are just a few

“Teachers the world over are experiencing increasing awareness about the research that backs how reading should be taught – often referred to as the Science

How do I know if my student(s) or children are reading successfully? There is an abundance of information that is easily accessible about reading instructional

Effective communication in general is tricky, and communication between parents and educators takes this to a whole new level. There’s often so much emotion involved,

Writing about whether phonics and syllable rules are necessary for student learning makes me feel somewhat anxious and quite vulnerable. I’m certain that teaching rules

R-Controlled vowels. Bossy r. Pirate r. R-influenced vowels. R in charge, rhotic and non-rhotic. What do these terms mean? These terms are referring to words

The joy of reading and getting immersed in a great book is one of the main reasons we are obsessed with teaching kids and adults

Think of something that you are not adept at, something that you can muddle through but it isn’t easy or enjoyable. For me, technology and

Those who read and write well, which most likely includes you if you’re reading this, typically take for granted the gift of literacy that allows

The seed that led to my involvement in The Truth About Reading documentary was planted back in 1997. My daughter’s reading struggles at the time were the

Materials don’t teach children how to read, teachers teach children how to read. I don’t remember where I read or heard that but I do

Since soon after I first taught my daughter Colleen to read back in the mid 1990’s, an experience that set me on this obsessive literacy

Let’s Marie Kondo literacy instruction! Or, follow the advice from the dynamic, amazing teacher and trainer Anita Archer: “Cut the fluff and teach the stuff.”

Phonemic awareness is a hot topic in recent months and years, and rightly so! The literacy research is rock solid on the importance of phonemic

Have you ever read a book and wanted to find someone else who had read it so you could discuss it with them? After reading The

Anytime is a fantastic time to take advantage of read alouds! In this blog, I’ll share some ways for both teachers and parents to do

The point of all reading instruction is for the learner to be able to accurately and automatically read the words on the page so they

There has been much buzz, discussion, and debate around phonological and phonemic awareness instruction lately.  Is instruction with larger units such as syllables and onset-rime

Twice in my life I’ve had the pleasure of living on tropical islands. For 3 years in the 1980s we lived at the Navy base

The 2019-2020 school year proved to be quite the year for US schools (and schools all over the world). In Michigan, where there were 120,000+

Part 2:  Accelerate Instruction As we established in Part 1 of this blog series, English is an alphabetic code. The skills needed to manage this code and

This is Part 1 of a 2-part blog series. Once you’re done, be sure to check out Part 2! Part 1: Skills and Concepts There is

How Might I Identify A Pretend Reader (and Speller)? In our reading center, parents often ask us how their child got all A’s on their

How do we keep students ‘in the zone’ when they are learning? Whether learners are being taught in-person or virtually, providing instruction or guidance that

Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction (EBLI) is an effective, efficient, systematic, research-based, revolutionary system of explicit literacy instruction, delivered through online, interactive training for classroom teachers and

What is Sub-Literacy? Sub = below. Literacy = the ability to read and write.  Sub-literacy is a problem hiding in plain sight. Someone could be

In 1997, my daughter Colleen was in 2nd grade. Her math score on the Iowa test was so high (98th percentile) that she was placed into her

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu Colleen, my middle daughter, has always been bright, kind-hearted, and curious. Her reading

EBLI is similar to traditional instruction in many ways: phonemic awareness and phonics instruction is structured, explicit, and systematic. Students immediately apply in reading and writing what was

Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction (EBLI) is an effective, efficient, systematic, research-based, revolutionary system of explicit literacy instruction, delivered through online, interactive training for classroom teachers and