8 Tips to Prevent Summer Reading Loss
The last day of school arrives with excitement and relief, but lurking beneath the summer fun is a concern that keeps many parents awake at night: Will my child forget…
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.
When you start helping your child with reading, you’ll quickly encounter terms that might...
As a parent, you probably have questions about phonics and how to support your...
Sarah thought she was doing everything right. She bought colorful phonics workbooks, downloaded popular...
In a historic shift that could transform how millions of American children learn to...
When five-year-old Maya first entered kindergarten with her hearing aids, her teacher wondered how...
Did you know that the books your child reads during their early learning years...
The journey to reading proficiency isn’t linear—it’s filled with plateaus, leaps forward, and occasional...
Learning to read shouldn’t feel like a chore. When children associate reading with enjoyment,...
Have you ever wondered why your child can recognize the letter ‘B’ but struggles...
Your five-year-old is listening to you read “Little Red Riding Hood.” When the wolf...
The last day of school arrives with excitement and relief, but lurking beneath the summer fun is a concern that keeps many parents awake at night: Will my child forget…
Your energetic six-year-old sits down for phonics practice, excited to learn new letter sounds. Within minutes, they’re fidgeting, looking around the room, and asking about the dog next door. If…
When nine-year-old Marcus sits down with his fourth-grade chapter book, he looks confident and ready. But after just a few sentences, frustration creeps across his face. He’s stumbling over words…
A classroom full of third graders opens their science textbooks, ready to learn about butterflies and volcanoes. But for many eight-year-olds, the words might as well be written in a…
Your three-year-old walks up to you holding a book, points to the letter ‘M’, and declares, “That’s my letter!” Your heart swells with pride, but then doubt creeps in. Should…
Your five-year-old was excitedly sounding out simple words just last month, proudly reading “cat” and “dog” with confidence. But suddenly, they’re stuck. New words feel impossible, tears come easily during…
Did you know that before children can successfully crack the reading code, they must first develop the ability to hear and manipulate the invisible sounds that make up spoken words?…
Your child sits at the kitchen table, pencil in hand, dutifully filling in letters on a phonics worksheet while you prepare dinner nearby. They seem focused and productive, and you…
Here’s something that might surprise you: when your child sits down to sound out the word “cat,” their brain is performing an intricate dance that involves far more than just…
When it comes to teaching children how to read, not all approaches are created equal. Behind classroom doors across America, a quiet battle is taking place between two fundamentally different…
