Encourage children to speak and to listen – As children grow, they use language to make up stories, to talk about their days, to ask questions and to give information. They listen to others in order to gather information, to get directio...
It's not enough to read word after word, sentence after sentence all the way through a book. Sure, decoding is something, but understanding is everything. If we want to raise thoughtful readers, our kids need to understand what they are reading in ...