When your child hates reading it can be discouraging and frustrating. But the good news is any child can be taught to love reading. When your child doesn’t want to read or says things like, “I hate reading” what are they really trying to tell you? Let’s look at some common mistakes and how you READ MORE
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10 Effective Things You Can Do to Help Your Child Develop Fluency
There are several things you can do to help your child develop fluency. They are all easy to implement and simple to do. Fluency is the key to comprehension. As your child’s fluency increases, so will their understanding of what they read. Help Your Child Develop Fluency so They Will Understand What They Read READ MORE
The Importance of Phonics: Can Too Much of a Good Thing Be Bad for Your Child?
Surely you have heard the importance of phonics for beginning readers. Most likely, you would think that a child who does not receive phonics instruction will not learn to read or not learn to read well. And you are right, phonics does have a place in reading instruction, but we think it’s important to have READ MORE
The Best Way to Improve Reading Fluency for Beginning Readers
The simplest way to improve reading fluency in young children is to allow them to reread books. Download the Lucky Listeners free fluency chart below to encourage re-reading and promote the love for reading in beginning readers. Re-reading As A Strategy to Improve Reading Fluency Do you wonder if your child should read the same READ MORE
How to Use Eric Carle Books to Teach Reading
Have you ever wondered what makes teaching with Eric Carle books so captivating for children and adults? Please note this post may contain affiliate links and ads, read our full disclosure here. There is no doubt that books like The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? are beloved by millions READ MORE