Your family plays a big role in helping your child learn to read and write. With the right phonics activities at home, you can support your child’s literacy development and academic success. The more you understand how and why phonics instruction works, the better you can facilitate effective and meaningful learning experiences with your family.
To help your child practice phonics at home, read our insights for parents below! You can also browse our phonics program reviews for more.
Your fourth grader breezes through simple stories but stumbles over science textbooks. She can...
Your child confidently identifies the letter M on Monday. By Wednesday, they stare at...
January brings fresh energy and clean slates. You’ve organized closets, cleared out old toys,...
New Year’s resolutions aren’t just for adults. January offers the perfect opportunity to set...
The new year brings more than just resolutions and fresh calendars. For parents of...
Family literacy traditions work because they remove the daily negotiation. When reading becomes “what...
Many parents watch their children’s hard-won phonics skills fade during extended school holidays, but...
Your child watches snowflakes drift past the window, clutching a mug of warm apple...
The menorah glows on the kitchen counter. Your preschooler watches the first candle flicker...
New Year’s brings fresh starts, new goals, and celebrations around the world. You pull...
Your fourth grader breezes through simple stories but stumbles over science textbooks. She can decode “cat” and “jump” perfectly, but falls apart when facing “ecosystem” or “photosynthesis.” This may not…
Your child confidently identifies the letter M on Monday. By Wednesday, they stare at the same letter as if they’ve never seen it before. You wonder if you’re doing something…
January brings fresh energy and clean slates. You’ve organized closets, cleared out old toys, and maybe even tackled that junk drawer. But have you looked at your child’s reading materials…
New Year’s resolutions aren’t just for adults. January offers the perfect opportunity to set meaningful reading goals for your child. The key isn’t setting ambitious targets that lead to frustration.…
The new year brings more than just resolutions and fresh calendars. For parents of struggling readers, January offers a strategic window of opportunity that is often overlooked. The timing isn’t…
Family literacy traditions work because they remove the daily negotiation. When reading becomes “what we do on Sundays” or “how we start each month,” children stop resisting. The routine creates…
Many parents watch their children’s hard-won phonics skills fade during extended school holidays, but it doesn’t have to be this way. The good news? Keeping those reading skills sharp during…
Your child watches snowflakes drift past the window, clutching a mug of warm apple cider. The holiday lights glow softly in the corner. A stack of books waits on the…
The menorah glows on the kitchen counter. Your preschooler watches the first candle flicker and asks, “Can we read a Hanukkah story?” You reach for a colorful picture book, and…
New Year’s brings fresh starts, new goals, and celebrations around the world. You pull out a stack of colorful books. Each one exploring different traditions and the magic of new…
