Most parents don’t know how to teach reading but believe that children being great readers helps them do their best in school. At Phonogram University, concerned parents are provided explicit tools to help them help their children become great readers and do their very best in school. Here are ten research-based reasons to teach reading […]
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As has become apparent to any blog reader, I am very passionate in my belief that parents can teach their children to read very effectively when they have the appropriate tools. It is also apparent from my web site and blog that I believe I have amazing tools to share with parents. But I may
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I’m still learning from the podcast Sold a Story! You can too. Just click on the link and listen! About a year and a half ago I learned the term “orthographic mapping.” I was very familiar with orthographic mapping from my experience teaching children to read, but I didn’t know what it was called, just
As a reading evangelist, I’m always thrilled to hear about the positive impact of effective reading instruction. Recently, a mother shared her experience with my tutoring program, and her story is both inspiring and enlightening. The journey began when her son finished third grade reading below grade level. Despite their efforts at home, progress was
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I’ve always suggested to parents that are teaching their children to read or when I’m tutoring their children that they should use Bob Books for beginning reading. They are great stories for children who are just beginning to sound out words using the phonograms they just learned. I recently found that many of them are
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I’ve told the story many times about how I discovered the world of the phonograms. In this blog post I’ve gone back to 1996 and pulled out some evidence of what drove me to start using the phonograms. This is a long post because I am sharing a long post from the misc.education newsgroup. I’m
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I’ve written a lot of stuff over the years related to teaching reading. I’ve noticed a push lately to discuss how teachers aren’t really taught in teacher school how to actually teach reading based on research. I think I’ll start sharing some of my writing and some links. To start it off, here is a
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Below is T.R. Sebastien’s response to a question at Quora about teaching your child to read. I have very strong beliefs on why parents should teach their children to read, but loved Tee’s answer and wanted to share it on my blog. ————————————————————– Reading is so important. Reading helps you become a better writer. It
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