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Phonemic Awareness and Rhyme
Through research, we have found that phonemic and phonological awareness is just as important as phonics in helping children to find reading success. We have found that it is an essential skill, needed early on in childhood, and that there …
Improving Vocabulary Isn’t Magic
If your child or student is a struggling reader, most likely they are getting tripped up with unfamiliar or difficult words. Stumbling over words affects reading comprehension skills and can make the task feel like drudgery. First and foremost, a …
Excerpts From: Why Learning To Read Is So Hard by David Morgan, MD
As a rule of thumb around 15% of children find it easy to learn to read at a very young age. Another 25% learn quickly, without too much effort. The next 56% find reading hard or very hard. And the …
Book Review – Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children’s Reading Success
With literacy problems plaguing as many as four in ten children in America, this helpful resource book for parents and educators reminds us of the importance of establishing strong reading skills in early childhood. Editors M. Susan Burns, Peg Griffin and …
How to Teach Reading
Hello again. I have been working with some schools and homeschooling families the past couple of weeks to help everyone get up and running for the new school year. It is becoming more and more evident to me that very …
