Month: August 2009

  • Skills Your Child Needs Before They Learn to Read

    Skills Your Child Needs Before They Learn to Read Prior to learning to read, research has proven that a child must possess six skills. Parents can assist in a child’s reading readiness by focusing on these skills early. Begin working with your child when they are very young (birth to two-years-old), and focus on the…

  • Does Your Home Encourage Learning?

    The other day I was looking through my son’s school folder and came upon a great test to determine if your home gives your child both support and encouragement for school learning. Benjamin S. Bloom created a test to determine if your home encourages learning. Read the following statements and for each statement answer using…

  • Irregular Words

    Decoding words using phonics enables children to read words fluently and correctly spell words. However, not all words can be decoded; irregular words need to be automatically identified. These words are phonetically irregular as they do not follow the phonic or spelling “rules”. Interestingly approximately 25% of the most frequently used words in children’s books…

  • Summer Learning at the Beach

    Summer Learning Can Occur at the Beach While at the beach this past weekend, my daughter said, Mom come look and to my astonishment she wrote in the sand with a sea shell, “I LOVE MOM.” Of course I kissed her gently and hugged her tightly. After cherishing the moment, I proceeded to have her…