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 five-year-old is listening to you read “Little Red Riding Hood.” When the wolf...
Picture this: Your reluctant reader who struggles with phonics suddenly can’t put down a...
Have you ever watched your child sound out a simple word like “cat” or...
Did you know that the nursery rhymes you loved as a child could be...
The excited squeal of “I know that word!” from your child during storytime. The...
Picture this: Your child’s eyes light up as they successfully sound out a word...
Learning to speak is one of the most remarkable feats of early childhood. As...
The strange creatures and bizarre vocabulary of The Jabberwocky offer more than just giggles—they...
Learning to read involves many small steps that build upon each other. Among these...
Did you know that there’s a scientific roadmap for teaching children to read? Many...
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…
You open a picture book with your four-year-old. The words dance across the page in predictable patterns. Your child giggles at silly animal sounds, then surprises you by chanting along…
Your child snuggles beside you on a cold December evening, eyes bright with anticipation as you open a holiday book. The pages smell like fresh print and possibility. Outside, snowflakes…
The twinkling lights are up, cookies are baking, and your eager young reader wants to dive into every holiday book on the shelf. But here’s the wonderful secret many parents…
