Can Parents Find Reading Help Online?

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After a year of virtual learning for some students, parents might be finding the online or virtual landscape easier to navigate. While virtual platforms might not be the preferred medium for some students, others thrive with technology. Parents may be looking at online resources to keep kids from falling behind, to help move them ahead … Read more

Helping My First-Grader with Reading is Too Hard!

Helping My First Grader with Reading

The scene might sound familiar. You’re waiting at the bus stop for your first-grader to come home. Out of the double-doors bounces your child. You head home, fix a snack, and get ready to tackle that homework. Your child is struggling with sound blends, though. You’re doing your best, but that reading lesson is dragging … Read more

This Reading Helper App is Among the Apps Perfect for Preschoolers

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While the American Academy of Pediatrics doesn’t set precise screen time limits for older kids, the AAP does recommend limiting screen time to one hour or less each day for younger children (ages two through five). Screen time includes all screens—computers, devices and televisions. Parents of preschoolers might be extra careful for the screen time … Read more

When to Use Apps to Help with Reading Comprehension

Apps to Help with Reading Comprehension

There are many ways parents can help children with reading at home. Parents can help children sound out words as they read, review sight words with flash cards and even play games to help with letter recognition (for early readers). However, when comprehension is an area of literacy weakness parents may find helping their child … Read more

Why Children Have Reading Difficulties and how to Provide Reading Help at Home

Why Children Have Reading Difficulties and how to Provide Reading Help at Home

Understanding why a child is struggling to read may help parents provide reading help at home. Some children may struggle to read because of an underlying medical condition (perhaps a hearing impairment), while other children might have fallen behind their peers in reading because of other reasons. Dyslexia also might be a concern for parents; … Read more