by Heather Ross | Apr 7, 2016 | Reading Fundamentals, Teaching Tips
I found that it is best to do reading one on one. The Video Lessons can be done as a group but the reading/flashcards are best if you work with each of your children separately so that you can help each child at that child’s level of understanding. Each child learns...
by Heather Ross | Apr 7, 2016 | Child Motivation & Development, Reading Fundamentals
Teaching your child to read at a young age gives your child a head start. Also, teaching your child to read using the correct methods of learning to read is important. As a parent, I want my children to be the leaders of their class. I want to ensure my children not...
by Heather Ross | Apr 7, 2016 | Child Motivation & Development, Reading Fundamentals, Teaching Tips
Not all days are good days for your child to Read. Some days I notice that my sons are over-tired or over-active and I know that they will not concentrate well enough to Read. So on those days they Learn. I either show them an Instructional Reading Video, we work on...
by Heather Ross | Apr 7, 2016 | Reading Fundamentals, Teaching Tips
I believe that Uppercase Letters and Lowercase Letters should not be referred to as big and small letters. I feel that big and small refers to the size the letter is written which is confusing to any child when they see a Lowercase Letter written larger than an...
by Heather Ross | Apr 7, 2016 | Reading Fundamentals
hat is a great idea to make a video to explain the Vowels + W sounds. In the meantime, here is an explanation that I hope will help you with the most common pronunciations for words with vowels plus w. Aw: Think of the sound people make when they see a cute baby...
by Heather Ross | Apr 7, 2016 | Child Motivation & Development, Reading Fundamentals, Teaching Tips
Hi, Right now I recommned that you begin by watching the videos on our website with your daughter. https://www.firststepreading.com Unfortunately, we are currently out of stock of our products but you can watch all of the videos on our website. Your first step to...
by Heather Ross | Apr 7, 2016 | Child Motivation & Development, Reading Fundamentals
Your child is a pre-reader. So, you should not expect him/her to be reading at a fast rate. As long as your child is able to sound out almost all the words in the story himself/herself with little or no help he/she can move to the next story.
by Heather Ross | Apr 7, 2016 | Program Questions, Reading Fundamentals
This curriculum is great for various types of Special Needs children. The curriculum offers, 3 types of learning. It is composed of videos that the children can watch and practice along with, it has short stories for the children to practice reading until they can...
by Heather Ross | Apr 6, 2016 | Reading Fundamentals, Teaching Tips
The Basic Steps to teaching your child to read are: 1. Alphabet and Letter Identification 2. Letter Sounds 3. Blending with Phonics 4. Sight Words (taught throughout the lessons) 5. Vowels and Long Vowels 6. Blends 7. Common Grammatical Exceptions and Controlled R...
by Heather Ross | Apr 6, 2016 | Reading Fundamentals, Teaching Tips
I believe that Uppercase Letters and Lowercase Letters should not be referred to as big and small letters. I feel that big and small refers to the size the letter is written which is confusing to any child when they see a Lowercase Letter written larger than an...
by Heather Ross | Apr 6, 2016 | Reading Fundamentals
Phonics based reading is teaching children to read using Letter Sounds and Letter Symbols. Letter Sounds are the sounds that Letters make. Letter Symbols are the Letter of the Alphabet. Phonics lessons teach children to break apart words into their sounds in order to...
