Teach Your Child To Read Early, Step by Step - Teach Your Child To Read Early, Step by Step

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Learn how Specific Language Impairment affects 5-10% of children and increases reading difficulty risk by 40-75%. Get expert tips for early support.

Child Development Foundational Skills

Understanding Specific Language Impairment

Teaching text structure helps students boost comprehension—learn 5 key types with strategies for every grade.

Foundational Skills

Teaching Text Structure

Discover essential 2nd grade reading comprehension skills and research-backed strategies to help your child transition from learning to read to reading to learn.

Child Development Foundational Skills

2nd Grade Reading Comprehension

Help your child understand story elements like character, plot, and setting using familiar books from board books to PreK favorites.

Foundational Skills Reading Tips

Story Elements Made Simple

Discover what 1st grade reading comprehension looks like, realistic expectations for 6-7 year olds, and practical strategies to help your child.

Foundational Skills

First Grade Reading Comprehension

Learn how simple stories teach sequence, cause and effect, and problem-solution patterns to boost early comprehension skills.

Foundational Skills

Text Structure: Build Reading Comprehension

Discover Dav Pilkey's genius blend of humor and classical literature in Captain Underpants and Dog Man.

Book Recommendations

Dav Pilkey: Where Potty Humor Meets Dickens

Discover how picture rocks help children develop sequencing, story structure, and comprehension skills.

Reading Activities

Picture Rocks: Building Story Skills One Stone at a Time

Learn practical ways Scarborough's reading rope guides effective reading teaching strategies.

Foundational Skills

Scarborough’s Reading Rope and the Science of Reading

Get practical tips for using R.L. Stine books as read-alouds to build vocabulary, comprehension, and reading excitement.

Book Recommendations

R.L. Stine Books: Reading Goals for Growing Readers