Don’t worry about catching your kid up on everything they missed with COVID school shutdowns, but there's one skill that's worth focussing on over the summer.
fared even worse—in January 2021 those grade 1 kids were 9 percentage points behind grade 1 kids in January 2020. With all of Ontario doing remote schooling from mid-April until the end of June, those gaps are likely wider now.
Meanwhile in Alberta, an analysis by University of Alberta faculty of education professor George Georgiou found kids in grades 1 to 3 in a sampling of school districts who were already showing reading difficulties were nowearly grades to solidify skills, so waiting for the teacher to catch them up might not be the best approach. You can make reading over the summer fun by keeping sessions short and sweet—just a few minutes a day will go a long way towards gaining these skills. And remember—all reading is reading, whether it’s aWe spoke to Liisa Freure, a former elementary teacher and reading expert who tutors kids struggling to learn to read for some practical tips to help your kid learn to read.
Decodable readers, like the well-known Bob books, are a great way for your kid to start to learn the patterns of language. Thea list of decodable readers. Once your kid has a good grasp of foundational decoding skills, they can use them to sound out harder words.—there are many rules and the rules often get broken. Instead of saying “Oh, English is so confusing,” get them curious about different spellings and letter sounds, suggests Freure.
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