Parents who introduce reading to their children at an early age open the door for learning and growth. While you shouldn’t force reading on your three-year-old when they want to run around, showing your little one picture books and reading them bedtime stories are...

Many programs, books, initiatives, and indeed even this blog are geared toward EARLY reading skills.  Unfortunately, it holds true that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of intervention.   If you can build the needed oral language skills as children are...

Before learning to read, children are first exposed to sounds. One engaging way to support their journey to phonemic awareness is through learning rhymes. Children learning rhymes are exposed to sounds that make up words, which help them identify and understand word...

Reading is an essential skill that has endless benefits for young children. Kids who read regularly stimulate their brain and improve their concentration. They absorb boundless amounts of information, improving vocabulary and comprehension in the process.  They learn...

For a majority of children, reading is like magic: it opens up a world of possibilities and fun activities. For parents, it’s a sign that your child is headed down the right path—on towards a gateway to growing up and learning. As grand as it sounds, the road to...

Teaching your child how to spell words is essential.  Research shows us that poor spelling actually reflects an underlying language disorder.  If your child has difficulty spelling, and you complete a comprehensive language assessment, you will find below average...

Children grow and learn at their own pace, which means that they learn and develop skills at rates that may differ vastly from other children. It’s hard to tell when your child will learn a specific skill, but some skills can more or less develop at specific ages,...

Reading is a vital part of learning. It’s a skill that allows a child to absorb information both at home and in school. If your child is lagging behind their peers in this department, they are at increased risk of academic, social, and emotional challenges.  This is...

Reading plays a pivotal role in life.  Many don’t recognize it in our digital age, but reading skills are as important as ever as much of our information is now obtained from a screen – text, email, and webpage.  Much of inter-personal communication is now done...