How do reading skills develop?
Reading to your child is one of the most important things you can do to help foster a life-long love of reading. Studies show that…
By the time second grade starts, most kids are able to read on their own. Often, kids and parents stop reading together often by this point—but reading out loud…
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First grade is usually a time when kids grow by leaps and bounds in their reading skills. It’s exciting—but it can be a little nerve-wracking when they haven’t yet…
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Sending your little one into that kindergarten classroom is a huge step—for both of you! Much of this year will be about learning how to be a student. That…
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Preschoolers are busy learning and growing at an incredible pace every day. You’re probably noticing big changes in your little one’s speech—kids this age often have a deeper understanding…
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I was sitting at my dining room table, writing songs about letters and sounds.
I had fourteen to go.
My girls came to me and said, “Daddy, we have a song…
“What does a good early literacy program look like?”
That’s the question we asked ourselves over and over while designing the Hooked on Phonics Learn to Read Program. Well, we knew…
As you find yourself here on the Hooked on Phonics blog, you might be asking yourself, what is phonics?
Phonics is the association between the letters in our alphabet and…
