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12 Reading Fluency Activities to Fix Choppy Reading

January 12, 2021 by Lisa

It’s frustrating when our kids’ reading sounds choppy. By using these reading fluency activities at home, you will help your readers grow. They’ll feel confident in reading aloud, improve their comprehension, and make reading more enjoyable overall.

Filed Under: Early Literacy, Teaching Reading Tagged With: learn to read, Read Aloud, Readers' Theater, reading fluency, repeated readings, sight words

Online Homeschool Reading Programs at a Glance

October 29, 2020 by Lisa

Teaching your child to read has never been easier with all of the online homeschool reading programs readily available. This post describes the options based on age or grade level, skills covered, awards given, parent involvement needed, and price.

Filed Under: Early Literacy, Teaching Reading Tagged With: learn to read, online reading programs, Orton-Gillingham, reading curriculum

Beginner Readers Need More Than “Sound it Out”

April 17, 2020 by Lisa

beginner reading prompts

Watching our children develop as readers is an amazing process to witness. But as they learn to read there are many instances when they sort of freeze, not sure what to do next. They get stuck. This is the perfect opportunity for us parents to use reading prompts to guide our beginner readers in developing decoding strategies. We […]

Filed Under: Early Literacy, Teaching Reading Tagged With: Beginning readers, Early Literacy, learn to read, Reading Prompts

The Boxcar Children Early Reader Set: Adapted Stories for Beginning Readers

March 10, 2020 by Lisa

Boxcar Children early reader set

Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. When my daughter was younger, I read her several of Gertrude Chandler Warner’s books from The Boxcar Children […]

Filed Under: Early Literacy, Language Arts, Reviews, Teaching Reading Tagged With: Adventure stories, Beginning readers, Book series, Boxcar classics, Early Literacy, Early readers, Leveled books, Mysteries for kids

Teach Your Child to Read With Methods That Work: PRIDE Reading Program

March 5, 2020 by Lisa

PRIDE Reading Program

Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. This post contains affiliate links. With so many reading programs on the market it’s hard to know what […]

Filed Under: Early Literacy, Language Arts, Reviews, Teaching Reading Tagged With: Homeschool Reading Curriculum, Homeschool Reading Program, Orton Gillingham, phonological awareness, Reading Program, Structured Literacy, teaching reading

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