Enrichment Therapy & Learning Center, P.C.- North Liberty

03/31/2026

Reading Awareness: Tip Tuesday 💛

Praise the effort, not just the reading. Let’s build confident readers! ✨

03/30/2026

Student Wins from March 💙

Progress looks different for every child — clearer speech, stronger reading skills, improved writing, and growing confidence.

These moments may seem small, but they lead to big breakthroughs. We’re proud of every student taking steps forward. 📚

03/28/2026

✨ Specialist Book Spotlight ✨

“I love using the Dog Man series because it gets even reluctant readers excited about picking up a book. The graphic novel format makes reading feel less overwhelming while still building important skills.” — Sarah McCurdy, Learning Specialist

Dog Man can be used to work on:
📖 Comprehension
🧠 Sequencing
💬 Dialogue & inference
✨ Building reading stamina

The illustrations support understanding, and the humor keeps students engaged — which helps build confidence and positive reading habits.

03/25/2026

Fluency is reading smoothly, accurately, and with expression.

When reading becomes less choppy and more natural, comprehension improves — because the brain isn’t working so hard to decode every word.

Fluent reading builds confident readers. 💙

Call our team to learn how we help students become smoother, more confident readers.

📞 North Liberty: (319) 626-2553
📞 Des Moines Metro: (515) 419-4270

03/25/2026

🌷📚 Spring StoryWalk at the Oxford, Iowa, Public Library!

We loved partnering with the Oxford Library again to bring this interactive StoryWalk to the community. As families walk through the story, they’ll find simple activities designed to support speech, language, and literacy skills along the way.

Stop by, take a walk, and enjoy the story together 💙

Our spring StoryWalk book, The Duck Who Didn't Like Water by Steve Small is available to walk through at Creekside Park!

We've continued our partnership with Enrichment Therapy & Learning Center, P.C.- North Liberty to bring you early literacy resources AND a new challenge!

Scan the QR codes at the beginning of the StoryWalk to download or stop by the library to grab your Spring BINGO sheet! Full of challenges that not only promote early literacy, and learning, this curated BINGO sheet features challenges that tie back to the featured book!

Thank you so much again to our friends at Enrichment Therapy & Learning Center for partnering with us! ☔ 🐸

03/24/2026

Reading Awareness: Tip Tuesday 💛

Feeling overwhelmed? Offer to take turns with your reader! You can alternate sentences, paragraphs, or pages to reduce demand.

03/23/2026

✨ Specialist Book Spotlight ✨

“I love using Little Blue Truck because it highlights helping others, working as a team, and choosing kindness. The rhyming text makes it especially fun to read aloud and keeps students engaged.” — Kaylie Wright, M.A., CCC-SLP

This book is perfect for building early listening skills, rhyming awareness, and social-emotional conversations — all while enjoying a sweet story about teamwork.

03/22/2026

Happy Birthday, Kaylie! Make today the best day ever—because you deserve it!

03/20/2026

Decoding words is important — but comprehension is the goal of reading.

Students build comprehension skills by learning to:
✔️ Identify the main idea
✔️ Retell events in order
✔️ Make predictions
✔️ Answer deeper questions about the text

Reading success comes from understanding what you read — not just saying the words.

📚 Wondering how your child’s reading comprehension is developing?

Call our team to learn more:
📞 North Liberty: (319) 626-2553
📞 Des Moines: (515) 419-4270

03/20/2026

Huge thank you to Springmier Community Library for hosting us for our free developmental screenings and to Oxford, Iowa, Public Library for helping us spread the word! 📚✨

We’re so grateful for the opportunity to connect with families in such a welcoming space.

03/19/2026

✨ Specialist Book Spotlight ✨

“I love using Wonder because it opens the door to meaningful conversations about empathy, kindness, and perspective. It helps students think about how their words and actions impact others.” — Erin Winkler, M.A., CCC-SLP

This powerful story encourages discussions about character, resilience, and what it truly means to choose kindness — even when it’s hard.