by Dr. Jody Sherman LeVos | Aug 15, 2025 | Content, Core Skills
Helping your child develop kindergarten reading comprehension is one of the best things you can do to support their learning adventure. Improving vocabulary and comprehension skills lays the foundation for all the reading to come, while also helping your child learn...
by Dr. Jody Sherman LeVos | Aug 10, 2025 | Content, Core Skills
You want your child to become a confident reader. One of the best ways to do that is to help them learn high-frequency words. These words are the ones your child will see in nearly every book they open. Because they’re so common, high-frequency words provide the...
by Dr. Jody Sherman LeVos | Jul 30, 2025 | Communication, Content
Writing is a multilayered endeavor. Kids need fine motor skills, finger and hand strength, and organizational skills. And those are all before they learn how to actually form letters or spell words. So, when exactly do kids learn to write? They learn in stages. Each...
by Dr. Jody Sherman LeVos | Jul 26, 2025 | Content, Core Skills
With the right encouragement and practice, your child can develop strong 2nd grade reading comprehension skills. In the process, they’ll learn a wide variety of important skills, including recalling facts and details about what they’ve read, recognizing similarities...
by Dr. Jody Sherman LeVos | Jul 23, 2025 | Content, Core Skills
Learning vocabulary is one of the most essential steps in your child’s journey toward becoming a strong, consistent reader. But we know teaching vocabulary can sometimes be a challenge for parents. With almost 200,000 words in the English language, where do you even...