Which Reading Method is Best for Helping My Child Learn to Read?
Some reading authorities suggest that there are four methods useful in teaching reading: phonics, look and say, the language experience approach, and the context support method. A newer method, syllabics, might be gaining ground as a viable alternative method for teaching children to learn to read. Each method has some strengths and weaknesses. Teaching Reading [...]
Continue Reading →Taking Advantage of Resources to Teach Your Child to Learn to Read
Teaching children to learn to read at home can be much like teaching them to learn to read in the classroom. The key to success is developing a reading program that takes advantage of all available resources and one that is geared toward the learning style of the child. The good news is that there [...]
Continue Reading →Using Computers to Teach Children to Learn to Read
In the last decade or so, computers became omnipresent within most traditional school classrooms. Yet, even as school districts dedicated an increasing amount of their technology capital to funding classroom computers, educators wondered how to use this new technology to teach. Teachers already had books, visual aids, and tactile materials specially designed to teach students [...]
Continue Reading →How to Choose Homeschool Software in a Recession
Computer software can be a significant expenditure for homeschool educators. The problem is often made worse when times are tough, such as in the current global recession. As a result, it can be important to identify the features, flexibility, ease-of-use, robustness, teaching effectiveness, as well as costs involved before an actual purchase is made so [...]
Continue Reading →How to Get Your Child to Love to Read
There is hardly anything better than reading to open the doors to the entire universe of experiences. There is hardly anything more valuable that a parent can give to a child for the long run than an appreciation of reading. It is even better for the parent to show a genuine love of reading and [...]
Continue Reading →Three Reasons to Use Computers to Teach Critical Reading Skills
One of the biggest concerns of secondary school teachers and college instructors is that students are failing to learn the critical reading skills that they need to progress satisfactorily through the upper levels of their education. The prevailing concern is that students who do not learn these skills sufficiently in the lower grades will be [...]
Continue Reading →The Changing Role of Teaching Reading to the Homeschooled Child and the Role of Standardized Testing in Reading Development
Reading opens the door to a host of tools and adventures for every child. However, the relative importance of reading is often judged differently for the homeschooled child than it is for the traditionally-schooled child. Traditionally-schooled children are regularly tested on their reading skills because traditional teaching methods rely heavily on a child’s reading ability [...]
Continue Reading →Home Schooling Tips for Teaching your Child to Read
While teaching your child to read is something that should not be taken lightly, adding a little bit of fun into the activity can really make things go a lot smoother. It is important that your child learns how to read efficiently. When Should We Start Teaching the Kids to Read? For most children, the [...]
Continue Reading →Reading Readiness: Building Blocks That Help Children Become Readers
According to the University of Florida News, children who have mastered certain reading readiness skills are better prepared for scholastic success than children who have not mastered the basics of reading. But what, exactly, is reading readiness? Several experts have defined reading readiness. Such definitions include: * “The teachable moment for reading: a point in [...]
Continue Reading →Learn to Read: At What Age do Children Learn to Read?
Many parents are confused as to when their homeschooled children should learn to read. There are many experts that insist that early reading is not advisable, and just as many experts that insist that children should learn to read as early as possible. The reality is that children learn to read when they are ready. [...]
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