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The 7 Essential Steps To Reading Proficiency

The 7 Essential Steps To Reading Proficiency

Stages of Reading Development – In Sequence Confident reading with comprehension is the culmination of a learn-to-read journey that requires mastery of the sequential stages of reading development, language, and cognitive processes to build an essential reading...
Metacognition: Is Your Child Thinking While Reading?

Metacognition: Is Your Child Thinking While Reading?

The Importance of Metacognitive Reading Strategies Metacogntion: A coach in your head saying, ‘Does this make sense, should I reread this page.” Your child will not do well in college if they don’t use metacognitive reading strategies. It’s the...
The Importance of Deep Understanding

The Importance of Deep Understanding

How to Fill a Reading Gap in Today’s Education System One key to lifelong learning is deep understanding: the ability to connect to prior knowledge, put knowledge in context, and see the big picture—to understand it deeply. It is one of the fun parts of learning, as...
Move On From Reading Drills That Are Not Working

Move On From Reading Drills That Are Not Working

Slow Progress Tells You The Problem Is Deeper Your child is struggling with reading, and of course, you want to help. You try flashcards, phonics drills, extra reading time, tutor sessions, and lists of sight words. These reading drills can help, but if progress is...
How The Brain Reads and Understands Words

How The Brain Reads and Understands Words

The Reading Brain Reading is not natural, but for so many of us, the pieces fall into place and we figure out not only how to read, but also how to read effortlessly, with automaticity.  It is amazing how the brain reads words. For good readers, the brain reads and...
Slow Reading? How to Build Reading Fluency.

Slow Reading? How to Build Reading Fluency.

Fixing the Root Cause of Slow, Effortful Reading When your child concentrates hard to decode letter sounds while reading, the reading is laborious – slow and choppy. That’s a problem because it makes reading exhausting for your child, makes comprehension...