Reading Tips for Parents
The Rising Reader Blog
Practical tips, expert advice, and the latest in early literacy — helping you support your child's reading journey at home.
Reading Tips for Parents
Practical tips, expert advice, and the latest in early literacy — helping you support your child's reading journey at home.
Reading Strategies
Learning to read begins long before children become fluent readers. One important foundation is phonemic awareness—the ability to hear, identify, and work with individual sounds...
Read MoreReading Strategies
Helping a child become a stronger reader is not just about getting them to read more books. Children develop reading skills through a combination of phonemic awareness, phonics...
Read MoreReading Strategies
Phonemic awareness is one of the foundational skills children develop as they learn to read. It helps children recognize and work with the individual sounds in spoken words...
Read MoreTutoring Benefits
Learning to read requires children to develop several connected skills. One of the most important is phonics—the relationship between written letters and spoken sounds...
Read MoreEarly Intervention
Learning to read is a gradual process, and children develop literacy skills at different rates. Some children, however, continue to struggle with foundational reading skills...
Read MoreReading Comprehension
Being able to read the words on a page is only one part of becoming a strong reader. Children also need to understand what they read, connect ideas, and recognize important information...
Read More1:1 Reading Tutoring
Find the best tutor for your child with this parent's guide. Learn what to look for, questions to ask, and how 1:1 tutoring compares to group tutoring...
Read More1:1 Reading Tutoring
Learn how to prevent summer learning loss with enjoyable reading routines. Discover tips for summer reading practice and the benefits of 1:1 summer tutoring...
Read More1:1 Reading Tutoring
Discover effective strategies to help your child overcome reading difficulties. Learn how to strengthen phonics, decoding, and fluency, and when to seek 1:1 tutoring...
Read More1:1 Reading Tutoring
Discover how personalized 1:1 reading tutoring provides targeted instruction, immediate feedback, and a supportive environment to improve your child's literacy skills...
Read More1:1 Reading Tutoring
A 1:1 reading tutoring session is personalized to meet your child's unique learning needs. Instead of following a classroom pace, a reading tutor focuses on your child's strengths and...
Read MorePhonics VS Sight Words
When comparing phonics vs sight words, the answer isn't choosing one over the other. Research shows that children become successful readers when they learn phonics first while also...
Read MoreScience Of Reading
The Science of Reading is a collection of decades of research that explains how children learn to read and which teaching methods are most effective. It combines findings from education...
Read MoreChild Behind In Reading
If your child is behind in reading, you may notice they avoid books, struggle to recognize common words, read very slowly, or have difficulty understanding what they read. Identifying these...
Read MoreReading Methods Explained
Phonics or whole language — which approach actually works? Learn the difference between these two reading methods and why the science of reading favors systematic phonics instruction.
Read MoreReading Milestones
Every child learns at their own pace, but there are key reading milestones from ages 3–7 that help you know if your child is on track — and when to seek extra support.
Read MoreSigns & Solutions
Wondering if your 4, 5, or 6-year-old needs extra reading help? Learn the key signs that your child could benefit from 1:1 reading tutoring — and what to do about it.
Read MoreUnderstanding Phonics
You've heard the term everywhere — but what does "the science of reading" actually mean, and why does it matter for your child's phonics instruction and early literacy?
Read MoreSummer Learning
Research shows kids can lose up to two months of reading progress over summer. Here's how to prevent the summer slide with fun, low-pressure reading activities.
Read MoreKindergarten Prep
A practical checklist of the literacy skills your child should have before starting kindergarten — and how to build the ones they're missing.
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