Category Archives: Teaching Child To Read
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 …
Rainy Day Books
With the Easter holidays looming at the end of the month, families budgets tight, and the weather unpredictable: one question on the lips of parents is what can we do on a rainy day at home? Books could be the …
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 …
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 …
3 Ways Parents Can Help Their Kids Become Better Readers
Guest post by freelance blogger, Pepper Givens Remembering letters, sounds, and sight words may be difficult for your kindergartner. Reading long picture books may seem impossible to your second grader. Your fifth grader might struggle to finish his or her …
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 …
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 …
The Impact a Dad Can Have on His Children’s Reading Abilities
By Guest Blogger, Jamie Menard, MA in Reading As we celebrated Father’s Day this past weekend, many of us took the time to reflect back on the fond memories we have of our fathers when we were growing up. We …
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 …
Why Sitting Too Close To the Television Makes Your Eyes Go Square
One crucial tool for improving reading is good eye sight. Here is a guest post discussing how you can protect your own eye sight and your child’s. Guest Post by Sara Parker “Don’t sit too close to the computer…your eyes …
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 …
What Teachers Want Parents to Know About Reading and School
As a parent, how do you remember your time spent as a student in school? Do you smile when you think of your carefree elementary days, cringe when you think of all your awkward junior high/middle school moments, or relish …
Find Classroom Reading Help on Pinterest
Reading Horizons recently joined that social media phenom, Pinterest. And we’ve done it with abandon – sharing pins and boards like Education Quotes, Education Reform, Lesson Ideas, Humor for the Classroom, and Literacy Help. What makes Pinterest an excellent reading …
30 Facts About First Graders that Every Mother Needs to Know
For quite awhile I have wanted to target a very specific group of people with our marketing efforts. I refer to this group as “neurotic moms.” Although neuroticism is sometimes viewed in a negative light, in this instance the aspect …
What Parents Can Do To Help Their First Graders Succeed
Imagine this… you’re sitting in a parent teacher conference, the teacher goes over every aspect of your child’s performance and then… they point out an area of weakness. You instantly want to help your child. You don’t want your child …
Reading Removes Limits to Learning
It’s amazing how much information is available. In today’s day and age, if you want to learn something – you can. There is a book/article/video/class on almost every conceivable topic. And with reading skills in place, almost all limits to …
Reading is Not Optional – Even for Struggling Readers
Recently the upcoming ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Walter Dean Myers, spoke on NPR about the theme he has chosen for his ambassadorship: Reading is Not Optional. I can’t think of a stronger statement to convey the importance of literacy. This statement …
