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4 Reasons To Teach Your Toddler to Read

Many parents feel a lot of pressure when it comes to developmental milestones. So when you see "toddler" and "read" in the same sentence, you might think it's just one more thing you have to worry about.

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Taking Early Childhood Research Out of Context

These days, it seems like you can find research to support just about any opinion you might have. This is especially true when it comes to parentin...

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Will My Child Be Bored In Kindergarten?

Many parents worry their kid will be bored if they start kindergarten knowing skills typically taught in that first year of formal schooling—like r...

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What Does Research Really Say About Early Reading?

As a parent, you deserve to know what research does and doesn't say about how we teach our children. Part of understanding what the research says ...

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What to Do for Teacher Appreciation Week

If you have a little one in school, you know what a big difference a good teacher can make. So what's the best way to acknowledge all that good wor...

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3 Reasons Your Kid Can't Read (That Have Nothing to Do With Reading)

There are a lot of reasons your little one might be struggling to go from mastering all the sounds to blending words, and not all of them have to d...

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4 Reasons You Should NOT Teach Your Little One How To Read

Just because you CAN teach your little one how to read doesn't mean you SHOULD. In this blog post, you'll discover why you might not want to take t...

early reading

Practice This Many Minutes a Day to Get Your Child Reading

When you are just getting started teaching your child to read, it can be tricky to know how many minutes a day you should be working with them. In ...

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Reading to Your Child Will NOT Teach Them How To Read!

Reading to your child has SO many benefits, including supporting oral language development. One thing reading to your child will NOT do, however, i...

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How To Improve Reading Comprehension

If you want to help your little one improve their reading comprehension, you need to know how reading comprehension works. In this blog post, I bre...