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
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
Reading problems can be caused by many issues, and the reading help children need may differ because of the underlying causes of their struggle. Children could have a medical condition like a hearing impairment that affects the way they understand language. A learning disorder called dyslexia also could be the cause of reading struggles. According … Read more
Much of the curriculum in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade is focused on decoding, which is the ability to understand the sounds that letters make and blend these sounds together to create words. But in third grade, the curriculum shifts to focus more on reading comprehension. Reading comprehension is defined as extracting meaning from … Read more
Teaching reading is not an easy task and often one reading strategy might not work for some students. However, elementary school teachers have to undertake this big task for dozens of students. It is inevitable that some children might fall behind with reading. When your child needs help learning to read, it is important to … Read more
Second grade is a critical time where learning is accelerated. Your child is learning more complex and advanced skills and concepts. In all subjects, they are learning more and faster than ever before. This can be both an exciting and challenging time for your child. Although they are still learning how to read longer and … Read more
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