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04/03/2024

A brief tour of our rented cottage for the weekend. 🏠🏡

02/14/2024

As more research brings to light the advantages phonics and phonemic awareness instructions have over whole language teaching methods, more parents are becoming aware of teaching using phonics and phonemic awareness skills. Many parents today are concerned about the method that is being used to teach their children how to read, and rightfully so. The whole language method is more of a method of "word memorization", where the child is taught to look at printed words as whole configurations, much like looking at Chinese characters.

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02/13/2024

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02/10/2024

In the intricate tapestry of health, few challenges are as intricate as diabetes, a condition that demands attention, understanding, and effective management. Join me as we navigate the labyrinth of causes, effects, and treatments surrounding diabetes, and discover a glimmer of hope in the form of the revolutionary "Sugar Defender Supplement."

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02/02/2024

Best Way to Teach Kids to Read...

What's the best way to teach children to read? According to the National Reading Panel, "teaching children to manipulate phonemes in words was highly effective under a variety of teaching conditions with a variety of learners across a range of grade and age levels and that teaching phonemic awareness to children significantly improves their reading more than instruction that lacks any attention to Phonemic Awareness." [1] This is a statement made by the National Reading Panel (NRP) in their report titled "TEACHING CHILDREN TO READ: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction."

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01/31/2024

3 Tips to Teach Your Child How to Read

By: ChildrenLearningReading.com
Learning to read at a young age is important for the development of the child. It helps them develop a better understanding of their surroundings, allows them to gather information from printed materials, and provides them with a wonderful source of entertainment when they read stories and rhymes. Children develop at different rates, and some children will develop reading skills quicker than other children; however, what's important is that as the parent, you are keenly aware of your child's maturity and reading level to provide them with appropriate books and activities to help them improve.
As parents, you are the most important teacher for your children. You will introduce your child to books and reading. Below we have some tips to help you teach your child to read.
Teach Your Child How to Read Tip #1
Teach your child alphabet letters and sounds at the same time. Studies have shown that children learn best when they are taught the letter names and letter sounds at the same time. In one study, 58 preschool children were randomly assigned to receive instructions in letter names and sounds, letter sounds only, or numbers (control group). The results of this study are consistent with past research results in that it found children receiving letter names and sound instruction were most likely to learn the sounds of letters whose names included cues to their sounds. [1]
When teaching your child the letter sounds, have them slowly trace the letter, while saying the sound of the letter at the same time. For example, if you were teaching your child the letter "A", you would say:
"The letter A makes the /A/ (ah) sound."
Then have your child say the /A/ sound while tracing the letter with his or her index finger.
Teaching a Child How to Read Tip #2
When teaching your child to read, always emphasize to them that the proper reading order should be from left to right, and top to bottom. To adults, this may seem so basic that anyone should know it. However, our children are not born with the knowledge that printed text should be read from left to right and top to bottom, and this is why you'll sometimes see children reading from right to left instead - because they were never explicitly taught to read from left to right. When teaching your child how to read, always emphasize this point with them.
Teach Your Child How to Read Tip #3
Teach final consonant blends first. Teaching words such as "at" and "and" can lead your child directly to learning words that rhyme with these. For example, for "at", you can have:
Lat Pat Mat Cat Sat Bat Spat Chat
For "and", you can have these rhyming words:
Sand Band Land Hand Stand Bland Brand Grand and so on...
You can start teaching blends once your child has learned the sounds of some consonants and short vowel sounds. You don't need to wait until your child has mastered the sounds of all the letters before teaching blends.
Learning to read is a long process, but it doesn't have to be a difficult process. Broken down into intuitive and logical steps, a child as young as two years old can learn to read, and older children can accomplish even more.
>> Click here for a simple, step-by-step program that can help your child learn to read, and watch a video of a 2-year-old child reading


Notes:
1. J Exp Child Psychol. 2010 Apr;105(4):324-44. Epub 2010 Jan 25. Learning letter names and sounds: effects of instruction, letter type, and phonological processing skill. Piasta SB, Wagner RK. Preschool Language and Literacy Lab, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.

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01/31/2024

3 Tips to Teach Your Child How to Read



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01/11/2024

🎅✨ Late Night Wishes: Caught up in the holiday rush, my twin boys, Kameron and Chael, belatedly penned their heartfelt letter to Santa. Little did they know that we, Santa (a.k.a, their parents), had already prepared something magical just for them! Check out the heartwarming response and the enchanting surprises that made their Christmas extra special. 🎁🎄