5 Signs That Your Child Is Experiencing Reading Difficulties
Learning to read is an important life skill that children will use throughout their lives. Studies show that children who learn to read at a young age demonstrate advanced literacy skills. They have a more comprehensive vocabulary, better writing skills, and advanced...
Why Work With a Speech-Language Pathologist for Your Child
Some of the first skills your child will learn are in the area of communication. For humans, communication exists SOLELY for social reasons; and babies LOVE to be social! Aside from reflexes and survival behaviours like eating, may of the first things a baby will do...
Top 3 Symptoms of Reading Disorders and How To Address Them
Reading is an essential skill that plays a significant role in learning, communication, and comprehension. As a parent, you can support your child’s early literacy right from birth and ensure that they can read without any issues. If they are having trouble reading,...
Learning Conditions That Affect Your Child’s Reading Success
Reading is an essential skill vital for thinking, learning, and comprehension. If your child is having trouble reading, they may have a hard time catching up with other kids, socializing, communicating, and more. Learning and thinking differences in brain...
5 Sneaky Ways to Encourage Your Child to Read
Parents of young children are encouraged to read books and teach them how to read independently from an early age. Reading books sets the foundation for many literacy skills like comprehension, spelling, writing, and creative thinking. Teaching your child to read can...
5 Common Reading Problems Your Child May Be Experiencing
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...
Easy-Peasy Ways to Teach Young Kids to Spell
Let’s talk about spelling. “Why?” you may ask. I hear many people say that with technology, in this day and age, “spelling doesn’t matter anymore”. While the importance of spelling to our society may be diminishing, the importance of spelling in teaching the brain...
How to Encourage Early Reading Skills – Our Guide
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...
Read, Lead, Succeed: The Importance of Teaching Rhyming Words
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...
Everyday Tips to Improve Children’s Reading Skills – Our Guide
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...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Developing Your Child’s Communication Skills
Communication is interactive and must be a two-way process to be effective. It’s important to develop the necessary skills as early as possible. You may be excited for your child to begin reading extensively, writing legibly, and conversing eloquently on their own,...
4 Major Signs Your Child Might Have a Reading Difficulty
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...