Use these 5 tips to help your child become a better reader of fiction and learn to love reading Have you ever asked your child if they liked the book they just read and they say they it was ok? Or maybe they said yes, but when you ask them what it was about they…
Find out how summer tutoring can help your child avoid summer slide in reading from Orinda to Walnut Creek What is summer slide? And how does summer tutoring help? “’Summer slide’ refers to the loss in reading skills that can occur when students are not exposed to quality reading materials during the summer.” Raz-Kids and…
To discover if summer tutoring is a good idea, we identified 5 benefits of summer tutoring in Lamorinda Many parents might wonder if summer tutoring for their children is a good idea. You might remember your own summers as a time of freedom with hours of unstructured time to enjoy. You might want your child…
Phonological awareness activities at home are fun and will help your child develop reading skills. By playing with rhyming and saying silly sentences, your child will become aware of words and sounds and will develop the skills they need to learn to read and spell. IF YOUR CHILD IS Struggling with Reading We can help…
Reading readiness is oral language comprehension Reading readiness is the first stage of reading. It starts before birth and goes until age 6 or 7. Reading readiness is simply developing strong oral language abilities. Your baby and child will develop their oral language skills naturally, but you can influence the quality of their learning by…
A question I sometimes get when I am first contacted by parents of struggling readers is “do you offer in-person tutoring?” I say, “Yes I do”, but let’s first do the FREE assessment online and go from there. IF YOUR CHILD IS Struggling with Reading We can help Why do the assessment online? There are…
Whole language and phonics: which is better? The different paths that my two daughters took, through their different schooling experiences (because of where I worked as a teacher) to learn to read, taught me that: 40% of children will learn to read after a year of instruction in first grade no matter the method and…
No and why you should not worry It’s normal to worry when your six-year-old child can’t read going into first grade. Especially if you are comparing him or her to the children of people you know. There is a lot of pressure from society, friends, parents, your environment, to make you think that your child…
Dyslexia is a loaded word Only psychologists are allowed to say that someone has dyslexia. And, according to Sally Shaywitz M.D., because of limited resources and other issues, they only diagnose 4% of the student population with dyslexia even though 1 in 5 children show signs of dyslexia.1 That means 16% of struggling readers are…