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WHAT WILL YOU LEARN ON THIS ARTICLE?? High-Frequency words vs. Sight words INFOGRAPHIC: The Untold Story of High-Frequency Words TRUE or MYTHS? Common Beliefs around Sight words EVEN More Revealing Data! The 220 Most Commonly Used High-Frequency Words List The INS and OUTS of the analysis Recommended Resources The Video: The Untold Story of High-Frequency […]
If you’ve been looking into literacy apps for your kid, chances are that you’ve heard of the literacy app Learn with Homer! Homer is a very popular app for learning to read, but… Is it worth it? Is it the right choice for your child? How much does Homer cost? Does it cover any other […]
In this post, we are going to cover a sensitive topic: how to help struggling readers at home. I am actually going to ask you to reflect on a few questions you should ask yourself before putting the label ‘struggling reader’ to your child. This is because in the answer to these questions, you may […]
In this post, we are going to talk about sounding out words correctly, because this is a crucial skill for becoming a fluent reader. But, wait, before you even start working on this skill with a child, he/she should be able to recognize the the individual in words, also called phonemes. So, it is really […]
It may be that your child is learning to read at school and you have been told that on the curriculum they have some phonics instruction. Or maybe you are just trying to figure out what is the best way to teach your child to read… Whatever your personal circumstances, after reading this article, you […]
Reading wars, Whole word VS. Phonics, whole language advocates vs. phonetics enthusiasts… Who would imagine that learning to read could be such a controversial topic? But sadly, it is! And I use the word SADLY for a good reason: Because the ones that normally pay the consequences of this disagreement are our children! In this […]
If you have been looking into the topic of teaching your child to read or if you are an educator, you may have heard of the term Synthetic Phonics. In this article, I am going to explain what Synthetic phonics is. Besides, if after reading this article, you decide you want to go ahead and […]
Before learning to read, we first must learn to hear. What is Phonemic Awareness? Phonemic Awareness is the ability to hear, identify and manipulate the individual sounds that form words. For instance, the word cat is formed by the following individual sounds (or phonemes): /c/ /a/ /t/. Using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), this word […]
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It is both alarming and sad to see how many parents think they have done something wrong, and are tired to see their children getting frustrated when trying to read. These parents are just discouraged by how their kids are just trying to guess the words in front of them instead of reading them. And, […]