How to Prevent Your Child's Summer Slide
Rachael Hoefar Rachael Hoefar

How to Prevent Your Child's Summer Slide

As we approach this year's summer break, here are some practical ideas to support your child's learning and significantly reducing the effects of the dreaded summer slide.

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What Is Phonemic Awareness? And How Can It Help Your Child Read?
Rachael Hoefar Rachael Hoefar

What Is Phonemic Awareness? And How Can It Help Your Child Read?

Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear and manipulate sounds. It encompasses isolating, blending, segmenting, deleting, adding, and substituting sounds, all of which are necessary skills in addition to phonics instruction. However, it can be easy to overlook its importance in favor of phonics instruction, which is the recognition of letters. 

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