Children’s Reading

Finding Resources to Support Reading Skills

Finding Resources to Support Reading Skills

Homeschooling your children can be a challenge, finding resources to support reading skills can equally be challenging.  One practical way to help them learn to read is through local libraries. A trip to the library can provide books and other reading materials for your homeschool children.  This way, they can practice and perfect their reading […]

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Benefits of Reading for Homeschoolers

Benefits of Reading for Homeschoolers

Homeschooling can be a great way for children to learn and grow. But it can be challenging to teach them to read effectively. There are many benefits of reading for homeschoolers. That’s why it’s important to have strategies in place to help homeschoolers become better readers. In this blog post, we’ll discuss strategies and tips

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Child's Reading Comprehension Skills

How Do I Increase My Child’s Reading Comprehension Skills?

There are a few key things you can do to help increase your child’s reading comprehension skills. First, make sure they are reading regularly. This will help them become more familiar with the material and better able to understand it. Second, when they are reading, have them stop and summarize what they have read after

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Why is retelling a story important for your child's comprehension

Why is Retelling a Story Important For Your Child’s Comprehension?

Why is retelling a story important for your child’s comprehension development as they are learning to read books? When children are first learning to communicate, they do so primarily through sounds and gestures. But as they grow and develop, their ability to use language becomes more sophisticated. One of the key milestones in a child’s

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3 Sneaky reasons why your childs reading scores might be low

3 Sneaky Reasons Why Your Child’s Reading Scores Might Be Low

3 Sneaky Reasons Why Your Child’s Reading Scores Might Be Low- and What You Can Do About It. If your child’s reading scores are lower than average, there could be a few reasons why. Here are three potential causes- and what you can do to help improve your child’s reading skills. Your child might not

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why reading for fun is important for children

Why Reading For Fun is Important For Children

There are many reasons why reading for fun is important for children. First, reading helps children develop their vocabularies. The more words children are exposed to, the more likely they are to learn them. Second, reading helps children develop their ability to read and understand complex text. Children who read regularly tend to have better

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Learning to read

Learning How to Read: Phonics and Decoding

The second floor to the construction of ‘reading success’ is phonics or decoding and sight words and use of symbol imagery. Let’s discuss phonics or decoding first.  To have a strong foundation for mastering decoding, your child must be proficient with phoneme awareness as I discussed first.  The next floor is decoding and sight words

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Improve your Child's Phonemic Awareness

How to Improve your Child’s Phonemic Awareness with These Activities

Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds-or phonemes-in spoken words. It is a critical first step in learning to read. These activities will help improve your child’s phonemic awareness. Word Search: Create a grid of squares on a piece of paper.  Write words in each grid square.  This game

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Games Your Children Can Do in Daily Life to Promote Phoneme Awareness

Games Your Children Can Do in Daily Life to Promote Phoneme Awareness

If you’re looking for ways to help your child become aware of phonemes, or the individual sounds in words, there are plenty of games your children can do in daily life to promote phoneme awareness.  Below are a few examples: Tongue Twisters: This game is a great way to help children identify different sounds and

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Phoneme Awareness letter sounds

Phoneme Awareness letter sounds: More Games for Parents to Use with their Kids

Phoneme Awareness letter sounds: More Games for Parents to Use with their Kids Phoneme awareness is the ability to identify and manipulate the individual sounds, or phonemes, in spoken words. Phoneme awareness is a key building block for success in learning to read. These games can help parents work on phoneme awareness with their kids

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