Posts tagged struggling readers on the PhonoLogic blog.
It usually starts with a suspicion: the realization that your child’s reading difficulties go beyond typical growing pains. If you are asking yourself, 'Could this be dyslexia?' you have already taken the most important step. Now, let’s talk about how to move from worry to a…
In most cases, yes. With explicit, systematic phonics and daily practice at the right level, the large majority of struggling readers make real gains, and many reach grade level. How long it takes depends not only on your child but on two things you can actually influence: how…
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…
