When assessing Kindergarten and Year 1 students for reading difficulties, we should always test spelling. Here’s why.
A while back, a worried parent asked me why I was planning to test her early Year 1 child’s spelling skills when the child’s main…
Too many children can’t read. We know what to do. But how should we do it?
The goal is clear. You wouldn’t know it from Twitter, but literacy researchers, teachers, speech-language pathologists, education psychologists, and reading tutors all want the same…
Should we spend time teaching our kids to spell? If so, how, and what should we teach them?
Learning to spell is hard and time-consuming. Should we invest precious school time teaching kids how to spell? I think so. Here’s why: 1. Teachers, bosses…
Free resources to help our preschoolers and primary school-age kids to read
To help our kids to read, we need good tools to put independent, peer-reviewed research into practice. Decades of evidence-building tells us that kids need phonological awareness, vocabulary, synthetic phonics, comprehension and fluency skills…
My loved one has reading problems. Where can I find evidence-based answers to get help? New free eBook
Instantly download our free eBook here: What is it? There’s so much information out there about reading difficulties, including dyslexia. It’s hard to sort: We…