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Why Reading Struggles Start Well Before The First Book (And What Parents Can Do)
The Acquisition of Reading Skills by Stages My child can speak well but struggles to read. It's more common than you think. An NIH study showed that 73% of at-risk readers have language milestone...
Check Phonemic Awareness When Sounding Out Words Is Torture
Why Learning to Listen Comes Before Learning to Read "The best predictor of reading difficulty in kindergarten or first grade is the inability to segment words and syllables into constituent sound...
Is Your Child’s Brain Fast Enough to Read?
The Amazing Reading Brain - If Processing Is Fast Enough The brain can make every word a "sight word" when language processing skills are good. But what if they're not? Reading feels like a visual...
Reading Help for 1st Graders
Learning To Read Is a Sequential Process Is your child having difficulty blending sounds in 1st grade? Is your first grader struggling with reading? What does struggling with reading even mean in...
Writing Problems – How To Help Your Child
Do's and Don'ts for Struggling Young Writers Every parent knows that sometimes getting their child to complete work can be challenging. Whether you are teaching your children at home or in school,...
How to Prepare Your Child for Phonics and Reading Success
How to Avoid Phonics Frustration When Phonics Doesn't Work for Reading: Try Pre-phonics Training Phonics fell out of favor as a primary method of reading instruction because too many children lack...
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,...
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...