by Gabby Alderman | Sep 11, 2020 | Reading, Writing
A very common issue that children have when reading is the reversal of letters. The most common reversals are the letters “b” and “d.” Some parents are confused about what that means. Parents sometimes think that letter reversals are a sign that their child has...
by Gabby Alderman | Sep 11, 2020 | Reading
A lot of focus in school is on teaching children how to read single syllable words. So, they learn consonant sounds, vowel sounds, and they start reading. After that, a lot of the time the instruction stops, and it is assumed they will figure out the rest. But when...
by Gabby Alderman | Sep 11, 2020 | Reading
“Breaking rules” are valuable tools that your child can learn to help them read multi-syllable words, which are usually the words that are going to trip them up once they start reading. There are 3 simple things your child can do to break a complex word...
by Gabby Alderman | Aug 31, 2020 | Fluency, Reading
Is your child’s reading choppy or robotic-sounding? If so, you will want to focus on the smoothness of their reading. In this case, an invaluable tool is their finger. Having your child read with their finger under the words as they read, touching the book and...
by Gabby Alderman | Aug 31, 2020 | Fluency, Reading
Sometimes when children read, they do not pay attention to punctuation. They will read right over commas, right over periods, then they get to the end of a paragraph and just keep going to the next sentence. So some children need to be explicitly encouraged to pay...
by Gabby Alderman | Aug 25, 2020 | Fluency, Reading
Does your child struggle with being able to read in long phrases, rather than word by word or every other word? If so, the best way to help them develop their fluency is to have them read poems. Poems are written in a way where they are grouped in long phrases. They...
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