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Dec 18, 2012
3 Ways to Make Spelling Fun for Kids
Spelling for kids can often be far trickier than learning to read. Try these 3 ways to help improve your child’s spelling: ### 1. Create a word wall Designate a space easily accessible to your child – whether on a fridge, a whiteboard or a piece of paper hung on the wall – where you can add words they encounter in their reading. With every glance at the word wall your child can reinforce their memory of word spellings, as well as have a handy reference point to check their spelling. ### 2. Keep a Spelling Journal Your child might...
Dec 14, 2012
5 Ways to Help Reading Comprehension
### 1. Use Graphic Organisers Graphic organisers are a way of organising information visually to help your child's reading comprehension by illustrating the interrelationships between particular aspects of a story. Many graphic organisers resemble flow charts, with boxes of text and arrows relating each box to the other. There is no single definitive template of a graphic organiser, but there are many different templates available online for free. ### 2. Answer Questions Once your child has finished a chapter or an entire story, asking them to answer questions, either verbally or in writing, relating to the “Who”, “What”, “Where”, “Why”...
Dec 13, 2012
How to Teach Reading - Top 5 Tips
### 1. Read aloud with your child Knowing what a fluent reader sounds like is critical for a child to advance their reading towards fluency. By reading aloud to your child you can give them a vocal model of fluent reading of which they can try and emulate. Making sure to keep rhythm with what’s written on the page, pause for full stops and commas, emphasise exclamation points, modulate your tone and inflection to reflect a characters voice or the general mood of a story are all things you need to keep in mind when reading to your child. ###...
Dec 13, 2012
Benefits of Reading Online for Kids
There are many benefits of reading online for kids, including: ### One-on-one Learning Online reading programs like [ABC Reading Eggs](http://readingeggs.com/info/subscriptions) instruct children in key literacy areas within a one-on-one learning environment. Unlike learning in a classroom setting, lessons and activities are focused on instructing the child alone, therefore they are free to learn and progress at their own pace. ### Repeating Lessons Extending from the above point, since online reading programs provide one-on-one instruction, children are able to repeat lessons when they encounter difficulties, without having to worry about holding up other students, as is typically the case in a...