Month: October 2020

While there are a multitude of learning milestones throughout a kindergartener’s early development, there are none so crucial as learning to read. Getting this element of early learning right is vital to ensuring a child becomes well versed in this key skill from an early age. However, like with most learning-related tasks, this is often easier said than done. The critical question, therefore, remains: What strategies should be employed to facilitate the most effective and rewarding process for kindergarteners learning to read?  In today’s article, we will answer this question and examine a plethora of strategies, methods, and techniques that … Read more

In today’s piece, we’re going to delve deeply into the world of teaching toddlers to read. We’re going to answer by far and away the most commonly asked question in relation to teaching toddlers to read, examine at the complex processes involved in learning to read, discuss how toddlers develop (and how you can use this to your advantage when teaching them to read), and furnish you with our top tips and activities for facilitating early reading skills in pre-school children. So, if you’re a parent who’s keen to promote learning from a young age, this is just the article … Read more

When I was a kid, I loved to read. Books, comics, magazines, pamphlets, leaflets, restaurant menus, posters, telephone directories…you name it, I wanted to read it. Any spare moment I had was spent with my head in a book. I found reading, learning new words, and losing myself in stories by far and away the most enjoyable and exciting thing I could do! In short, reading was brilliant. However, the same couldn’t be said for my younger brother. We were like chalk and cheese where reading was concerned. He’d actively do anything to avoid reading at school or at home, … Read more

Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to teach your baby to ‘read’. The question is, how can you teach an infant who can’t speak and doesn’t know the alphabet to read? On the face of it, it may appear to be an impossible task; however, in reality, it isn’t. There are millions of parents the world over who have successfully taught their baby to read – but how did they do it? While there are a myriad of ways to teach a child (or adult) to read, teaching babies to read requires something a little different given that they … Read more

I’m sure, like me, when you first became aware of the notion that parents are teaching their babies to read, you raised an eyebrow and thought something along the lines of ‘Babies reading? Is that actually possible?!’. Like most people out there, your initial reaction to such a novel proposition was one of (completely understandable) scepticism; however, it’s not as outrageous as it appears.  Why? Because it is actually possible to teach your baby how to read; and not only that but it, believe it or not, is relatively simple and straightforward to do. Plus, your son or daughter will … Read more

If your child is struggling to read, it’s totally natural to worry about their learning progression – particularly if other children of the same age appear to have more advanced reading skills compared to your child.  As a parent, numerous thoughts will race through your mind: ‘Is my child not as clever as other children?’. ‘Will they catch up with their peers?’. ‘Will their teacher(s) do anything to help?’. ‘What can I do to help?’. ‘Should I be worried?’. …and so on, and so forth. Before we delve into – and answer – these questions, it is absolutely imperative to … Read more