Check out this Reading Game to help your child learn to read and strengthen their reading skills! Game 3: Museum Walk! Ages 5 and up. Language processing for reading skills requires the development of a treasure chest full of vocabulary. Here’s a fun way to grow your child’s vocabulary. This is especially valuable to those […]
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Here is another game to help your child learn to read and strengthen their reading skills! Reading Skills Game 2: Follow the Light! Ages 4 and up. This game is great for developing the ‘bilateralism’ capabilities of the brain. This is a necessary brain function for reading skills because scientists have shown that reading involves
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Reading Comprehension and CLOZE. The prize to reading is comprehension! We read for pleasure, and to gain knowledge and information. Just like any good recipe, there are several ingredients necessary for developing reading comprehension strategies: [Building the Reading Brain PreK-3 by Patricia Wolfe and Pamela Nevills] Ingredients for Reading Comprehension: Using generous spoonfuls of: Vocabulary
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IQ is not a strong predictor of reading comprehension success. In fact, many research studies have determined that IQ does not directly correlate to reading achievement. There are two factors that contribute greatly to reading difficulties and each contains multiple ‘signs’ for reading challenges. The two factors are ‘biological/neurological’ and ‘environmental’. KEEP IN MIND that
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5 ways to make reading fun: help your child learn to read! Did you know that most kids stop reading by their fourth grade year in school? That’s a scary thought! Reading is an important part of a child’s success in school, in life and well into their adulthood. If we want to help our
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This is your brain on reading: Everything you see, hear, taste, touch, or smell must go to your brain for processing. The brain will send you, via express delivery: that what you see is a ‘dog’; or you just heard a ‘train whistle’; or that sweet taste is ‘candy’; or what you are touching is
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My child doesn’t like Reading! Help! TIPS FOR PARENTS-WHAT CAN I DO?? “A child grows in reading…by reading” by Guy L Bond. 1- Use materials at a suitable level of difficulty for your child. IF YOU ARE NOT SURE HAVE YOUR CHILD’S READING ABILITY LEVEL ASSESSED! 2- Use a variety of reading materials that
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I don’t know about you, but when I was young, I was read Book after Book after Book! Oh how I loved the sound of turning each crisp page, searching for new characters, new adventures, new lands, new places, new sounds. It was magic. It was wonderful. Good News! Studies show the developmental power of
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