Wishing educators a great start to the school year! Thank you for all of your hard work, adaptability, and care for students during this difficult time in education. Here are some of my favorite picture books to start the year with!

Look what “POP”ped up at our showroom! Custom Education Solutions is excited to now be your northern Illinois resource for #Zaner-Bloser and #Stenhouse! I’m especially loving Patterns of Power and Graham Fletcher’s new math resource, Building Fact Fluency!

The last few years have showed us just how valuable our labor force is. Thank you to all of the health care providers, teachers, grocery workers, sanitation staff, truck drivers, & all of the other workers who have kept us moving forward. You truly are essential- happy #laborday!

Noticing some phonics skills gaps this year? Our upcoming webinar, Notable Decodables, will share best practices in using decodable texts to make learning leaps and highlight some great resources (including some edited by Wiley Blevins, EdD!) You can register here: customedu.microsoftcrmportals.com/notable-decoda…

Free downloadable books to celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth2021! These are just two awesome titles from the new leveled text collection that features #ownvoices authors from across Latin America- available in Spanish and English!

Something exciting is happening Custom Education Solutions! We are adding a new section in our showroom dedicated to own voice authors. What are some of your favorite new titles by Latinx authors? We don’t want to leave any great books out!

I am loving my new Curriculum Curator role Custom Education Solutions! I got to spend the last two days with some of our favorite publishers picking new books to add to the showroom. A sneak peek of what’s to come. Thanks, Capstone 📚!

Work is making me hungry today. Thanks for the new books @cherrylakepress! Just a taste of what is coming to Custom Education Solutions!

I can’t express how excited I am to finally get my hands on Wiley Blevins, EdD ’s new Phonics Intervention. IL friends- let me know if you want to see samples! #scienceofreading

I always appreciate the opportunity to hear Silvia Dorta Duque speak! Check out her upcoming webinar focusing on the needs of newcomers: goto.benchmarkeducation.com/acton/media/34…

Absolutely love having Elmhurst CUSD 205’s dual team at the showroom! The joy, passion, and expertise they bring with them is evident. Thanks for such a fun day, Ariana Leonard, Ed.D and @GrupoAdelante!

Elmhurst did some amazing work today!

The calm after a busy day of curriculum planning! Can’t wait for the great new books that Elmhurst picked to be in the hands of students!

Buenas dias de Guadalajara! Excited for a day full of finding great new Spanish books the bring back! #FILGuadalajara2021

Another great year FIL Guadalajara! I can’t wait for our bilingual and dual teacher to see what we found!

We are here at #IRC2022! Stop by the Benchmark Education and Custom Education Solutions booth 600 and win a set of Wiley Blevins, EdD decodables!

Sooo excited to be back in action hosting PD events! Love listening to Elisa Brente lead the discussion on how to use #scienceofreading to close the achievement gap.

Up front seating for Wiley Blevins, EdD to answer all of our burning phonics and #scienceofreading questions. Thanks for the opportunity, Benchmark Education!

Excited to share this with my IllinoisLETR trained districts!

Loving the sneak peak of some amazing new phonics resources Benchmark Education is developing with Wiley Blevins, EdD, including what Wiley referred to as his “dream decodables” for K-2!