Learning Reading Hub
Teaching your child to read can feel overwhelming. While there are countless reading programs, phonics curricula, apps, worksheets, and books available, most of them will give you a script to follow and/or a set of activities to complete. Very rarely will they go into the logic behind the activities, how the process of learning to […]
Are you trying to teach your child the alphabet? There are plenty of tools and resources out there… but not all of them are effective! In this post, I’ll share five pedagogically sound tools I love for teaching letters in early literacy. These tools are extremely powerful, but for some reason they don’t get as […]
Most parents assume that learning to read begins when we start teaching letters. And while being aware that letters exist, that they represent sounds, and having some familiarity with them is definitely very helpful once formal reading instruction begins… reading preparation actually starts much earlier. Long before children read words, they develop pre-reading skills that […]
If you’ve ever taught a child to read (or you’re in the middle of doing so) you’ve probably wondered: Should I teach letter names or letter sounds first? It’s a common question, and one that has sparked a lot of debate. Let’s look at what research has to say about this, what makes sense developmentally, […]