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Help Your Child Learn To Read – Stage One
One of the most valuable if not the most valuable invention of all time is that of the Alphabet. The Alphabet is what enables us to grow intellectually because we have access to ideas and words that are written down and not used every day. We think using words. The fewer words we know the [...]
Reading Magic – How You Can Prepare Your Child for School
There is no single approach to teach a struggling reader to read. There is no single commercially produced reading program that will provide everything necessary to produce a confident, fluent reader. There is no online program that will do it completely either. No product sold is a full reading curriculum. The most important factor in [...]
Read to Your Children Every Day
This article is written by Janelle Spaulding: Stay-at-home mom and teacher Every step a child takes toward learning to read leads to another. Bit by bit, the child builds the knowledge that is necessary for being a reader. Over their first 6 years, most children Talk and listen. Listen to stories read aloud. Pretend to [...]
Why Phonics Systems Work
I enjoy watching European films on a government sponsored television channel here in Australia. Fortunately for me, the other than English programs, all have subtitles so I at least know what is going on. Unfortunately I miss all the nuances and colloquial expressions that express layers of meaning. I have to admit I use English [...]
Learning to Read is Easy When Step by Step
One of the most hotly contested debates in education circles is the one concerning how a child will learn to read. Learning to read should be straightforward but in reality it is not. Each generation thinks they have discovered a new approach. The controversy called the ‘Phonics versus Whole Word Debate’ has it seems [...]
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