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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If you’re looking for ways to help your child develop phonemic awareness, you’re in luck! There are plenty of activities you can do at home to support your child’s learning. Check out these phoneme awareness activities for parents to use with their kids. Sound Sorting: This activity is a great way to help your child
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Phoneme Awareness letter sounds: Games for Parents to Use with their Kids. Most parents are familiar with the basic building blocks of reading – the alphabet. But did you know that there are smaller units of sound within each letter? These are called phonemes, and they are the key to helping your child become a
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Traditional classroom skill instruction in reading v. online/edtech applications? There is no one answer to whether traditional skill instruction or online/edtech applications are better for reading instruction. It depends on the needs of the individual students and what will work best for them. Some students may benefit from the structure and discipline of a traditional
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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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Do you know your child’s learning styles? Many utilize a combination. Parent tips for activities for three learning styles.
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Reading Skills and the Learning Brain. Reinforce reading skills by exercising your child’s learning brain. Reading skills are important for children to learn and practice. However, reading is not the only skill that is important for children to learn. Exercising your child’s learning brain is also important. This can be done by providing activities that
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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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