Winter is still here, which means you are spending more time indoors. It’s a perfect time to curl up with a book with your child. Book reading is an effective and proven way to develop language, vocabulary, grammar, and narrative language skills. Reading together with your child is a great…
Reading and Spelling: It’s Not Just About Letters and Words
When we think about children learning to read and spell, we usually talk about learning letter/sound correspondence (knowing what sound each letter makes) and learning sight words. However, there is much more to being able to read and spell than being able to make sense of the letters on the…
The Power of Reading
It has been said that in the early elementary years (K-3), children are “learning to read”. However, by 4th grade, children begin “reading to learn”. With the Common Core becoming the standard for education, this has changed somewhat. So, reading to learn is being incorporated into the early elementary curriculum.…
Learning to Read and Spell: Is it More Difficult for the Child with Hearing Loss?
Over the years, strategies for teaching reading to children have varied from phonics to whole language, and back again. Before learning to read and spell, children must firmly grasp that sounds are like building blocks. They must be able to break apart (segment) and put together (blend) sounds in order…