In order to teach kids how to read and make it a positive and rewarding experience, try these simple and time‑tested strategies below. Here are 10 simple steps to teach your child to read at home: 1. Use songs and nursery rhymes to build phonemic awareness ...
Have playtime outdoors. Kids need Vitamin D from sunlight to absorb calcium. And being outdoors will help them to develop good vision and eyesight. (This is scientific! Our eye-doctor said so.) If they are constantly at a screen, watching TV, or on the computer, or often doing near-sig...
After a unit on farm animals, for example, have students draw pictures of cows, horses and pigs. Use nursery rhymes and songs. To reinforce the farm-theme vocabulary words, for instance, teach the songs "Old McDonald Had a Farm" and "The Farmer in the Dell."...