Research has shown that children who are consistent in doing their homework are the most successful in reading. Your help and interest in your child’s learning is a very important part of the Primary Reading program.

When your child brings home a book to read, you can help them by using some of the strategies and prompts that we use in class each day.

How can I help my child at home with their spelling?

For many children, spelling is one of the hardest areas to do well in. They practice writing their words five times each for homework, they study them, they seem to know the words for their Friday Spelling Test, but then by Monday the words are forgotten. They are practicing another set of words for the next Friday test. Words that they practiced and knew are now spelled wrong in the stories that they write.

How can I help my child at home with their reading?

Learning to read is one of the most challenging accomplishments for most children and the parents that help them. So many skills go together to make reading seem easy. Your child must know all their letter sounds and how those sounds change depending on the letter order or letter combinations. We teach them that when two vowels are touching, the first one says its name and the second one helps. Then they learn the word house or head or could. So, how do you help your child at home practice their reading when they don’t know all those “tricky” sounds? Below you will find some strategies and things to say that will help you help your child become a more successful reader.