Posts tagged phonics on the PhonoLogic blog.
A decodable book is designed around using only words your child can sound out with the letter patterns they have already learned. For a struggling or dyslexic reader, that is one of the most useful tools you can offer them, because it lets them practice real reading instead of…
If your child has learned their letter sounds but still hits a wall while reading a passage, the challenge is rarely a reflection of their ability or their phonics instruction. Instead, it is likely what reading specialists call an ‘instructional mismatch’. A common situation…
When a child is struggling with reading, it can be hard to know what kind of support will actually help.
While human brains are evolutionarily wired for oral language, they are not wired for reading.
A child can get all the way through a page and still not really be reading. Children are smart. They can lean on a picture, memorize a pattern, and complete a sentence well enough to keep the story moving. To the adult beside them, it can…
Decodable readers give early readers a book they can actually read on their own. Here's why they work, what to look for in a good one, and when to stop using them.
