Parents who homeschool their children have a common concern as those who send their children to public or private schools. If children don’t continue homeschool lessons during the long summer break, they may lose the gains they acquired in reading or math. This fallback trend is known as the summer slide. To keep children moving … Read more
For many children across the country, summer vacation means nearly three months out of school. Instead of sitting in a classroom, children can enjoy the outdoors, catch up on their sleep and have fun with friends and family. Trips to the pool, the beach or museums also could fill the days of summer. While summer … Read more
First graders are in the early stages of the reading journey. At this grade level, reading fluency could vary greatly from student to student. Some children might be struggling with phonics and might be reading below grade level expectations while others could be precocious readers and are delving into smaller chapter books. Many children might … Read more
For children whose native language is not English, learning to read in English can be a struggle. Mastering a second language can be difficult for children—especially if they are older. When non-English speaking students are still in the midst of learning English, daily classroom lessons can be a major struggle. After all, these students must … Read more
Parents might learn that their child isn’t reading at the expected benchmark for their grade level. Reading at a lower reading level can be due to struggling with one or more aspects of literacy. There are several reading skills that children need to master in order to gain proficiency; creating a reading skills list can … Read more
Children who use English language learning programs or participate in English as a Second Language (ELL) programs receive educational support to help them gain fluency in English. However, since these students are not proficient in speaking English, they also might struggle with reading books that are not translated in their native language. While the Readability … Read more