This is the question we most commonly hear so let”s take a moment to a moment to delve into it. Most commonly, this question starts to pop up when a child is 3 or 4 years old. The first and
TIPS TO KEEP YOUR KIDS READING THIS SUMMER
Reading like any new learned skill can get quite rusty after a summer off. Here are some tips to keep your kids in practice over the long hot summer months. Take a digital camera with you on a day out
POVERTY AND ILLITERACY
Here is an interesting study completed in Buffalo linking the effects of Poverty on illiteracy. http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/272726.html
INSPIRING KIDS TO ENJOY READING
Here’s a in interesting article with lots of ideas on getting an unsure reader to love reading. http://www.newsday.com/features/booksmags/ny-lfkidsmain5533038jan13,0,772786.story?page=1
PLAY TIME HELPS BOOST CHILD LITERACY
Before we can learn to read there are many skills that a child needs to learn in order to make sense of the written word. As we’ve mentioned before children learn entirely through play. Here is an interesting article linking
EARLY LITERACY GAMES
Concerned that your baby or toddler may not be developing necessary literacy skills? Here is a great article with some simple free games you can play at home to help your child learn pre reading skills. http://www.lfpress.com/perl-bin/publish.cgi?x=articles&p=254073&s=fightingwords
GO FORTH AND READ
Here are two interesting articles courtesy of Jen Robinson http://jkrbooks.typepad.com/blog/ Read and be read too: Talks about the importance of reading to your child. Kids get so much of their new vocabulary though books. It is a wonderful way to
15 MINUTES A DAY TURNS BRATS INTO BRAINS
Here is an interesting article from the Melbourne Herald Sun about the benefits of 15 minutes of reading with your child a day. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0%2C21985%2C23331921-2862%2C00.html
SEQUENCING
I believe that kids need to learn to sequence before they learn to read. Here is an interesting article from Didax on exactly this topic. http://www.didax.com/newsletter/archive.cfm/NewsletterID/53.cfm#247
INCENTIVE BASED READING PROGRAMS
Here’s a really interesting article about a really low key incentive based reading program. http://www.watat.com/archives/2007/11/ato_the_lefta_o.html Good for Adrienne – make the book the prize not the concept of finishing the book.