Evolving fluent readers: how to grow fluency after the first books
· reading · parenting
Once a child starts reading, fluency is the next hill: automatic words, meaning intact. Five ways to nurture it, plus the books that pull children along.
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Practical, evidence-based guidance for parents on dyslexia, reading science, and supporting children with learning difficulties.
Exploring reading with beginning readers
· reading · activities
How to support a beginning reader: the five-finger book check, word games that teach without any drilling, and book series matched to their first steps.
Reading to preschoolers: letters, rhymes and stories that stick
· reading · activities
How to read to a 3-to-5-year-old: playful letter learning, rhyme games, the right storybooks and the PEER routine, plus what to do when they will not sit.
The importance of reading to infants and toddlers
· reading · parenting
Babies read to from 8 months grew their vocabularies 40 percent versus 16 without. Why to start by 3 months, which books to pick, and how to read to a baby.