At a minimum learning either slides backwards or slows. Meta analyses on reading show student losses vary from 17% to 28%, 2 weeks to 2...

Multiple studies show the connection between time and frequency of daily reading practice and reading growth. Events that worked: book...

Be Consistent. Find the same time to read so that it becomes part of your routine. Make it work for your family. First thing before...

Sit next to your child. This is the time to be reading with your child. Students need to read aloud with feedback. Give your undivided...

For beginning readers or those struggling, use a pencil to point to the words from the top. Watch this video by teach Lindsay Kemeny to...

Point to the part of the word they missed and say the sound. Tell them the sound, and have them re-blend the word. For example, house. ...

Read, model, read again! Have the child read an grade-appropriate excerpt, like a sentence or a paragraph. The parent then reads the same...

Read authentic texts, not just decodables which are like training wheels. Go to the library every week and let them choose what interests...

For beginners, decodable texts give them practice in what they’ve been learning in school. Buy them here: Half-Pint Kids K-1; Scholastic...

Handwriting has a highly reciprocal effect on reading. Encourage your child to hold her pencil in a way that allows her hand and fingers...

Don’t just give the child the word. Allow the struggle. That’s the journey to reading. Encourage the child to sound out letter by letter....