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The sooner your child starts intervention, the shorter the duration will need to be. Address the issue before it becomes more pronounced. Please don’t wait to seek help when you see your child struggling.

Decodable books are specially created to support children's reading development in the early stages by gradually building their skills.

This video below shows a child learning with a levelled reader instead of a decodable book.

Sold a Story - "Scientists have known for decades how children learn to read but many schools are ignoring the research...Emily Hanford investigates..."

Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So WrongThere's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to learn how to read. In this new podcast, host Emily Hanford investigates the influential authors who promote this idea and the company that sells their work. It's an expose of how educators came to believe in something that isn't true and are now reckoning with the consequences — children harmed, money wasted, an education system upended.

Dyslexia Awareness Month: 31 Days and 31 Facts - Celebrating NeurodiversityIn honor of dyslexia awareness month, I am sharing 31 facts about dyslexia in my quest to educate and support awareness of dyslexia. Fact 1 It is estimated that up to 20 percent of the population has some degree of dyslexia. This means in a classroom of 25 students, about 5 will have dyslexia. Of the

Is your child being taught with the Balanced Literacy or Structured Literacy method? What is the difference between predictable and decodable texts?

Let's teach children to read in the most effective and timely way possible. See the article below...

Stanford brain wave study shows how different teaching methods affect reading developmentStanford Professor Bruce McCandliss found that beginning readers who focus on letter-sound relationships, or phonics, increase activity in the area of their brains best wired for reading.

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