Learning to Read

How can parents help their children with learning to read?

If you were to ask 100 different people how children learn to read, you will probably get 100 different answers.  However, there are some basic ideas behind learning to read which every parent should know about.  The main skills which children need to develop are:

Check out the links on the left to find out more about how you can help your child learn to read.  We have put together pages on pre-reading skills, games to help develop pre-reading skills, games to develop phonic skills (breaking down words into sounds), games to help children with whole word recognition (important for high frequency words or sight words) and also some useful printable worksheets to help children with learning to read.