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
Quick Summary: Phonics fell out of favor in the 1970s and 1980s because many children lacked the processing skills to pick out the sounds inside the syllables and words. This led to alternative...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...







