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Letters and Sounds: Beginning to Read

How do we learn to read? Do children read by recognizing whole words or do they use phonics while reading?

For several years, teaching specialists debated the importance of teaching phonics to children learning to read. Some suggested that teaching whole words and whole language should be emphasized over phonics. However, now [...]

How Intelligent is Your Child?

Most people will inform you that your child’s intelligence is IQ and it can be measured by using IQ tests. But, what do most of the IQ tests measure? Also, should we measure a child’s intelligence? Several researchers believe that the traditional IQ tests measure a very narrow range of human abilities, i.e. [...]

Storybooks for Sharing

 ”Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read.” -  Marilyn Jager Adams 

Storybooks open up the whole world of reading to a child. Researchers have shown that reading stories with your children helps them at many [...]