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 criteria by which professionals could assess, diagnose me, and try to adapt my …

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 both appealing and logical to children, they …

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 so excited to have the best system to teach children to read that …

Today’s post by Jennifer Jenkins, writer and researcher for http://www.onlineuniversity.net, an online resource focusing on online universities and courses, investigates the increased importance of knowing more than one language. Jennifer notes that while not everyone can be a …

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 read from an early age, twenty-two …

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 assigned chapter book …

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, a struggling reader, has dyslexia? According to both education and …

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 a kid who asks the kind of questions …

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 path to something fantastic.  As children …

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 has taken root and give us the courage to let that new dream …