by Stephen | Sep 3, 2020 | learning to read, phonics games
Step 3 Sounding Out Words Your phonics system gives you the key to sound out words, but you need to get the child to mash the sounds together. For example, hold the Apple Card and ask for the sound. The child will say “ah.” Now make the ah absurdly long...
by Stephen | Aug 29, 2020 | learning to read
Step 1 Phonemic Awareness “According to the National Reading Panel Report (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2000), the level of phonemic awareness that children possess when first beginning reading instruction and their knowledge...
by Success Engine | Apr 3, 2020 | learning to read
Reading For Comprehension There are two methods to learn to read for comprehension: whole language where you memorize every word and phonics where you sound out words. The limitation of whole language is that only about one in three people can memorize fast enough to...
by Success Engine | Sep 10, 2018 | learning to read, phonics games
Games For Reading or No Reading At All In third grade our daughter’s teacher who had been with her for 3 years called us into the school to go over Stephanie’s test results. Stef was reading at 12th grade level! Nine years above where her teacher expected....
by Success Engine | Sep 10, 2018 | learning to read
What Are Sight Words? Sight words are non-phonetic words that are memorized. Usually they are Dolche sight words which were selected because they frequently appear in print. Memorizing them from a list often leaves the child confused. They will see “the”...
