Should reading technology only be used as a ‘supplemental’ tool for a child’s reading success? To answer this question, we should to look at both sides of the argument. What is most important is that parents and educators make the decision based on what they feel is best for the individual child. The pros of […]
Q: If juvenile offenders learn to read can juvenile crime be prevented? Answer: YES. Learn to read and many juvenile offenders can reach a turning point. How many of us think about the number of juveniles incarcerated in detainee facilities? Recidivism rates among juveniles is very high. For many, it is a revolving door. What happens
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Parents how can you help when your child reads to you? Children can’t wait to share their reading prowess with their parents. If time is limited, here is a parent tip. STOP, take smaller bites while reading by following the steps below. Divide the book they are going to read into smaller bites for each
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Reading skills start young and last a lifetime. There are many challenges for parents as you raise your children. The rules of the game seem to change every day making it even more challenging to keep up. All parents want first, is that their children are healthy, happy, and safe. After that however, there are
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“In the pages of a book anyone can be a great explorer or become their dream. The power of education and daydreaming creates the innovators of the future.”—Archer Sierra Reading and your child’s interest in reading was on my local news last evening. http://www.kpho.com/story/28202822/kids-need-to-read-provides-books-to-disadvantaged-arizona-school-kids I can’t tell you how many times, as a Reading Specialist,
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Reading skills increase with movement. Winter is taking its toll. Snow piled up, schools closed, and some of the coldest temperatures on record! Are your kids suffering from cabin fever? How are their reading skills? Keep them moving. Research has shown that movement aids in cognitive processing and focus. Ask a ballerina. My daughter
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Exercise your child’s learning brain and develop reading skills using tracing. Tracing is great visual perception and motor skill practice which helps build reading skills. Tracing develops the hand-eye coordination needed for reading and writing and the fine motor skills for writing. Tracing also exercises their ‘eye for detail’ which aids in decoding and comprehension. Let’s
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Reading skills are a construction zone of Benchmarks. Architects and carpenters are builders who use ‘benches’ and ‘blueprints’ for tools as they build their structures. Teachers and parents are architects and builders also. Their ‘benches’ and ‘blueprints’ just look different when assessing reading skills. Benchmarks are the benches and blueprints for teachers and parents, as
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Back-to-School and the debate over whether to teach cursive handwriting or manuscript handwriting style to kids heats up. Handwriting for kids may seem like a dying art for some. You may even think with all the texting and computers in use there is no need for such archaic techniques? We aren’t there yet. Until everyone has
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