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Reading.com App Review

Reading.com App Review

A Unique, Research-Based Approach to Teaching Children to Read At phonics.org, we evaluate phonics programs designed for children—empowering you to make informed decisions about the most suitable apps for your child’s learning journey.  In this article, we provide an educational review of the Reading.com app for early literacy instruction. What is Reading.com? Discover a research-based …

Fluency Is Not a Bonus Skill: Why Reading Rate and Accuracy Matter

Fluency Is Not a Bonus Skill: Why Reading Rate and Accuracy Matter

Most parents celebrate when their child can sound out words on a page. That’s a huge milestone. But here’s what often gets overlooked: decoding is not the finish line. A child who can laboriously sound out every word in a sentence but reads so slowly they’ve forgotten the beginning by the time they reach the …

Adopted Children and Phonics: Addressing Gaps from Disrupted Early Language Exposure

Adopted Children and Phonics: Addressing Gaps from Disrupted Early Language Exposure

Before a child ever sees a letter on a page, their brain is already building the architecture for reading. It happens through thousands of hours of being spoken to, sung to, and read to in those first years of life. For children who spent their earliest months or years in institutional care, foster placements, or …

Phonics for Students with Visual Processing Difficulties

Phonics for Students with Visual Processing Difficulties

Your child passed the eye exam with flying colors, but they still mix up “b” and “d,” lose their place on the page, and get frustrated every time they sit down to read. Sound familiar? The problem might not be their eyesight at all. Visual processing difficulties affect how the brain interprets what the eyes …