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Want to know a secret? Helping children learn how to choose the right book to read is simple! It’s all about one little word that they can keep in their back pocket whenever they’re in the library, at the classroom reading center, or the book fair. All they need to remember is P.I.C.K. P.I.C.K. stands […]
I’m sure most parents don’t think about the process of learning to read until they have children of their own at home grabbing for books. As a teacher myself, I cannot tell you how many times parents have come up to me asking questions about how they can teach their children to read at home. […]
Contrary to what you may think, literacy does not start when your child starts school, but much earlier! From birth, babies and children begin to gather the skills they will need to read. Between the ages of 3 and 5 are critical for reading growth, and by 5 years old, some children are already in […]
I’m sure most parents don’t think about the process of learning to read until they have children of their own at home grabbing for books. As a teacher myself, I cannot tell you how many times parents have come up to me asking questions about how they can teach their children to read at home. […]
Parenthood is challenging on its own, let alone taking steps to teach your child to read. As a teacher, I can confidently say that a child’s reading skills are early predictors of their academic success in the future. Teaching your child to read isn’t a step you have to take on your own. There are […]
As a teacher, I know that teaching children how to read is no easy task, so it’s no surprise that there are plenty of products claiming to have cracked the teaching to read code. One product in particular, “Children Learning Reading,” states it has a proven formula to enable parents to develop and improve the […]
As a teacher, I can confidently say that there’s a lot to learn when starting school, making new friends, building confidence with letters and numbers, and learning much more through play. However, learning how to read is taught systematically, from their first days at preschool through their first years in elementary school. It can be […]
Before discussing why it is important for toddlers to learn about phonics, we need to understand what exactly phonics is. Phonics is knowing that sounds and letters have a partnership; aka it is the link between what we say and what we can read and write. Phonics is the first strategy that young readers will […]
Before your child reaches the age of 10, one of the most important things they will accomplish is learning how to read; in fact, children begin acquiring the skills they need to master reading from birth. An infant as young as six months old can already distinguish between the sound of their native tongue and […]
I’m sure most parents don’t think about the process of learning to read until they have children of their own at home grabbing for books. As a teacher myself, I cannot tell you how many times parents have come up to me asking questions about how they can teach their children to read at home. […]