Archive for the 'Learning to Read' Category

Teaching All Children to Read

It might seem like an extravagant claim; that all children can learn to read and write to very high levels of competence. However, I believe that existing research shows how to do just that.
Phonological Awareness: The Essential Prerequisite in Learning to Read.
Over the years many myths have developed about how to teach reading. One [...]

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Reading – In the News

There was an interesting newspaper article in The Australian this week in which a mother successfully won a payout from a private school for failing to teach her son how to read properly.
The article can be read at www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20131494-601,00.html

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How My Children Learned to Read

by Pam Sorooshian
Do you remember how much fun it was when your child was learning to talk? How each word was just adorable? How you’d strain your imagination, at first, to figure out [...]

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I Can Breathe Again – My Children Finally Learned To Read

by Carol Rice
Waiting to Exhale was such an inspiring book. In fact, just its title inspires me the most. Have you ever caught yourself “waiting to exhale”? I have spent so much of [...]

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