Is your child struggling with reading? Wondering how to help your child learn to read? Read this top advice from a primary teacher.
Helping your child become a fluent reader
To not only master reading but also master the curriculum, children need to become fluent readers. With fluent reading comes clearer understanding because mental faculties are spent trying to comprehend the meaning behind the text rather than what the words say. In their reading toolkit, children need two essential tools: The ability to recognise sight [...]
15 Phonics Resources to Help Your Child Learn to Read
When learning to read, children develop two skills simultaneously: Mastery of phonics Recognition of an increasingly large pool of sight words (also known as “high-frequency words”) To help your child read at home, you also need to master phonics and know the high-frequency words they're learning at school. Often, sight words are words that cannot [...]
A parent’s guide to phonics – top tips from HOMER Learning
As parents, we don’t just want our children to learn how to read, but learn to love reading. Recognizing words easily is one of the first steps on the path to a love of reading and learning, and using phonics can help you get the ball rolling for your child. Reading is not a task [...]
A teacher’s top tips for reading with kids
Many parents know the battles of reading time. Not bedtime reading - this can be a joy (until the story ends and the lights go out) - but when your child reads their guided-reading book to you. Cue: reluctance, stubbornness, phonics knowledge flying out the window and your child pleading for you to take over. [...]
