Children are never too young for reading practice! Parents are even encouraged to read to their babies. The more words children hear the better! Reading helps children understand sounds, learn new words and builds language skills, too. Parents may begin working with their preschoolers to learn early literacy skills like letter recognition, sounds and more. … Read more
As children enter the upper grades of elementary school, reading becomes a bit more difficult. In fourth grade, chapter books are likely the norm for young readers. They may be expected to provide a bit more detail about characters and be prompted to make predictions about what happens next in a story. Reading builds each … Read more
Parents may have tried nearly every suggestion to help their struggling reader at home. They’ve read to children and asked key questions. They have gone over lists of sight words. Parents have helped children sound out words. They’ve chunked text. And now they’re exhausted. Having a struggling student can be difficult for parents, especially when … Read more
In first grade, students may be learning more about decoding and blending sounds to make and understand words. Text in books is getting a little more difficult, and students also may be focused on the ‘who’ questions of comprehension. Daily reading may be assigned, and parents may need to initial or sign a sheet noting … Read more
Schools and school districts might use different programs for reading, math and other subjects. And every school or district could have their own preferences on how they teach these subjects and what programs are used to aid in teaching. For reading, programs like Raz-Kids and Accelerated Reader might be utilized in the classroom. But what … Read more
By the time children reach third grade, they may have mastered sounds, sound blends and even grown to understand the basics of story comprehension. They can retell the basics of stories and maybe offer their own opinion about what they liked or didn’t like about the book. In third grade, reading gets a little harder. … Read more
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