Reading books to babies is a wonderful way to connect with them! The closeness they feel as they sit on your lap, curiously looking at the pictures and enjoying hearing your voice, helps their brain associate reading with love, warmth, and happiness. And it is what is responsible for helping them develop a lifelong love …
Do you know that there are 6 important pre-reading skills that your child needs to develop in order to become a successful reader and speller? Oftentimes, these pre-reading skills are ignored but research shows that the development of these skills is the very foundation on which all other literacy skills such as phonics, advanced spelling …
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Looking for fun ways to teach sight words to kids? Here are some simple yet engaging sight word activities that you can do at home to help your child learn sight words. >>>>>Grab your FREE Dolch Sight Words Chart at the end of this post<<<<<< Before we get to the fun …
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Do you know that the schwa sound is the most common yet the trickiest sound in English? Many people are not aware of this sound! Most schools, including popular phonics curriculums around the world, leave this sound out of the equation simply because it is such a hard nut to crack. …
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‘What are digraph sounds?’ ‘How can I teach digraph sounds to my child?’ ‘My child struggles to notice digraphs in words, what should I do?’ If you are new to phonics teaching, the whole thing can be overwhelming and confusing! Don’t worry! In this post, I’ll help you learn all about …
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Teaching counting for kids can be fun and easy because you hardly need anything to teach this important math skill. Research shows that kids who learn to count early, develop a fondness for numbers. Moreover, their understanding of numbers as quantities serves as a foundation on which all other complex math …
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Are you looking for counting books for kids? In this post, I’m going to share with you 20 must-read counting books for kids that you and your child will simply enjoy! These books are interactive, engaging and are great to teach numbers while developing literacy skills in toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners. I hope you …
Are you looking for ways to improve reading comprehension for your child? Here are 10 effective strategies to help you build the skills needed for reading comprehension! Apart from the strategies, in this post, we will also discuss why it is essential to build the skills needed for reading comprehension even …
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Do you know that helping kids build their English vocabulary can make their ‘learning to read‘ experience easy and interesting? For instance, when a child sounds out a word and the word is familiar, it gives the child the confidence to continue reading. On the contrary, if most of the words …
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Print awareness is a very important pre-reading skill that your child needs to develop to become a successful reader! As fancy as this term might sound, print awareness is nothing but your child’s earliest understanding of the written language. In other words, it is: Knowing how to hold a book right. …
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