Category Archives: General
Overcoming Dyslexia’s Challenges: Five Famous Examples
The International Dyslexia Association defines dyslexia as a learning disability that impairs a person’s ability to read, write and spell. Some dyslexics experience other symptoms such as trouble comprehending math, poor coordination or vision problems. Dyslexia is manageable and doesn’t …
Using an Orton Gillingham Approach in the Home
If you have a child who struggles with reading you will do everything you can to understand the reasons for your child’s difficulties. You have seen your child’s frustration and have suffered alongside them as you yourself struggle to understand …
YouTube Videos that Instruct & Inspire!
A good majority of us would say that we are visual people. It is a safe assumption to make when statistics say that on average you will spend 2 minutes longer on this post because it has viewable video on …
Multi-Sensory Instruction: Use it Effectively
There are two great blog posts Reading Horizons has that explain the reason for multi-sensory instruction and how to properly apply a multi-sensory approach to teaching reading. Those two posts are: The Connection Between Vocabulary and Reading Skills and A …
The Literacy Key
I was born in Canada in 1967 when dyslexia was almost unheard of and autism was yet to be classified as a disability. So although I was a child struggling with both of these, there were no neat sets of …
NEW! Reading Horizons Discovery – ages 4-9
The new Reading Horizons Discovery is the first step to your child’s future success. It provides every beginning and struggling reader with the reading skills they need to have a successful future. By teaching reading in a way that is …
Reading Horizons Discovery Contest Giveaway
If you haven’t heard Reading Horizons just launch their best reading program for children ages 4-9. It is now available for use in your own home! Learn more about the ins and outs of Reading Horizons Discovery here. We are …
How Does Reading Improve Brain Function?
By Guest Author, Allison Watkins This past January a neuroscientist by the name of Stanislas Dehaene published a study on the extensive impact reading has on the brain. He performed his study with thirty-one Brazilian adults who’ve learned how to …
7 Signs Most Doctors Miss that Reveal Your Young Child Has Dyslexia
Guest Post by Dr. Eugenia Krimmel Dr. Krimmel is a mother of a son who was diagnosed with both dyslexia and ADHD. Dr. Krimmel has also taught in classrooms for over 23 years. What are the signs that my child, …
When to “Sound the Word Out” and When to Try a Different Approach to Reading with Your Child
Parents everywhere know that children are naturally-curious creatures. It could be an infant who discovers that pots and pans make noise when you bang them together, a toddler who learns (the hard way) that grown-up scissors will cut hair, or …
How Children Make the Reading Connection and Become Expert Readers
Learning to read is like…digging through an old coat closet and finding Narnia. Children enter the wardrobe and start hanging up all the skills they acquire without realizing that with each step deeper into the closet, they are on the …
Disney’s Brave and Other Beloved Children’s Stories Model Values: Book Suggestions and Activities
The best stories are the ones which give us an unanticipated and fortuitous glimpse into our own lives through the experiences of another. The best stories are the ones which touch our hearts in a place where a new dream …
Why Should Parents Care About Phonics Instruction?
Experience teaches us to be skeptical when things seem too good to be true, and it seems like 98% of the time an opportunity appears too amazing, something surely is amiss. But sometimes you find a wonderful thing that doesn’t …
How to Help A Deaf Child Become a Successful Reader
New parents are always such an endearing and amusing sight. They cannot yet look at their babies without an Olympic-sized grin and a monumental show of pride as if their child just became the only infant in history to win …
Anyway We Can for Millie Flamm
Sometimes we have bad days where bad things happen to us and we get stuck in a bad mood. For me, those days seem to be directly and unmistakably correlated with Monday mornings. This seems to be the time when …
10 Ways Parents Can Grow Their Child’s Reading Skills
One major and important skill that children need for a happy and healthy life is the ability to become a fluent reader. Reading isn’t a skill that develops naturally – it is a learned ability. Even though reading may not occur naturally, …
Take a Bite Out of Evertaster: A Brand New Book Series for Picky Eaters…I Mean Kids
Are you looking for something yummy…to read? A new novel by up-and-coming author Adam Glendon Sidwell will give you just that – a tasty treat for your imagination. Evertaster is set to be released on June 14, 2012, so kids …
What Can Pizza Teach About Reading and Language Skills?
Ordering a pizza would probably be something I would have put on my “easy” list: easy dinner option, easy kid-pleaser, easy to come by. And then I visited Italy. Don’t get me wrong, delicious pizza is extremely easy to find in …
Summer Learning Ideas and Activities for Parents and Children
Summer has nearly arrived, and I can’t help but wonder…are parents excited to have their little cubs around the den more, or are they mourning the death of any free time / peace and quiet they enjoyed throughout the …
How to Help Your Teen Get the Most Out of Summer Break
Parents of 2012: If you have managed to survive parenthood up through the teenage years, congratulations! This is a major accomplishment and you should be proud. You have likely seen many sleepless nights, grocery store tantrums, doctor appointments, science fair …
