3 Tips For Building Reading Endurance In Young Kids

My kids are five and seven years old, and both enrolled in French Immersion elementary. The curriculum does not introduce any English at all until grade three, which means that as a parent I have to be proactive about teaching them English reading to ensure that they don’t fall behind.
My daughter (seven, in grade two), [...]

Using the Internet to Help With Language Immersion

Both my kids are in French Immersion. My daughter, who is in Grade 2, brings home French books to read as homework.
I have some high school French under my belt, but that’s about it (so at this point her French is about as good as mine ;)  I’m determined to keep up!  I’ve been using [...]

Entry Level Phonics

I’m continuously frustrated with my search for entry level children’s reading material - even though I make my own, I’m still always looking on the store shelves. It seems that many publisher’s version of “level 1″ simply involves using fewer words with a larger font, with no regard to the type of words used (are [...]