Why do some language and reading tests ask about your child’s right- or left-handedness?
Most people prefer using their right hand for most motor tasks. About 10% of people are left-handed; and boys are about 23% more likely than…
FREE tips and resources to help your preschooler or school-aged child learn “book language” for later school and life success
I’m confronted with tens of thousands of words a day. Most of them are written words – something I didn’t really think about until I…
Are reading skills important for mathematics development in primary school?
During primary school, students develop abilities and skills that lay the foundation for later academic and work achievements, and health outcomes. Young students develop and…
Priorities for early reading instruction: revisiting the Narrow View of Reading
The Simple View of Reading says that reading comprehension = word recognition x language comprehension (e.g. Hoover & Gough, 1990). Together, fluent decoding and language…
Reading fluency interventions can help primary school students with reading difficulties
To transition from learning to read to reading to learn, students must learn to read fluently. Reading fluency is the ability to read accurately, at…