Reading readiness skills develop very early in life. By working with your child and helping your child learn to read you will be setting up your...
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How Increasing Your Child’s Vocabulary Will Make Her a Better Reader
Did you know that by age one, children recognize about 50 words? By age three, children recognize about 1,000 words and by age five, children are...
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A subgroup of the National Reading Panel review research concerning using phonemic awareness instruction for teaching children to read. The panel...
MoreEducational Games to Promote Phonics Learning
In an interesting study, titled “Educational Games for Brain Health: Revealing Their Unexplored Potential Through a Neurocognitive Approach,”...
MoreUsing Phonics to Help Struggling Readers
Phonics instruction is helpful to any age child including older elementary school children (5th and 6th grade) who are still struggling to...
MoreUsing Flashcards to Help Develop Reading Skills
Flashcards have been around since at least the 19th century. Did you know that Reading Disentangled (1834), a set of phonics flashcards by Ms...
MoreParents Make the Difference in Early Literacy Skills
Do parents really make a difference in the academic success of their children? Does the introduction of literary skills early in a child’s...
MoreHelping your Child Become a Reader (Step-By-Step)
The United States Department of Education puts out extensive materials on various milestones to helping your child become a reader. Every step...
MoreEleven Building Blocks of Reading and Writing
We here at the 1000 Books Foundation are constantly asked by parents how to increase their children’s reading and writing skills. In a widely...
MoreBuild Your Child’s Language Skills Throughout the Day
The old adage that children should be seen and not heard has no place in an environment where you want to build language skills. To help a child...
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A Rutgers-led study, recently found that parents who regularly read with their toddlers are less likely to engage in harsh parenting and the...
MoreLearn to Read with Phonics
Research continues to show that the best phonics programs, such as the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Phonics program use an integrated approach...
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