October is parent-teacher conference time and after a long pandemic, students are finally settling back into their classrooms and teachers are excited to meet with parents. The idea of discussing your child’s educational journey after such a tumultuous time may be causing some anxiety for parents and teachers alike.

Reading is an essential skill that starts to develop as early as six months old. It starts when spoken words are broken down into sounds that soon have meaning.

It’s back to school season and many parents are sending their kids to the classroom with an unknown amount of “summer slide”. Although this doesn’t affect every student, it is something that many parents and teachers take into consideration as the new school year begins.

As adults, it can be easy for us to take our reading comprehension skills for granted. After all, understanding the words around us can almost feel like second nature. However, that means we often lose sight of how important it is to develop these abilities in our children.

As a parent, do you remember what learning as an elementary school student was like? Even if you’re struggling to dig back into your memory, much of the critical skills you gained- back then were instrumental in helping you communicate and reason as well as you do today.

It’s been nearly a year since schools have shut down in-person.

Since that fateful era began, your child might have very well forgotten what it’s like to sit within a classroom surrounded by their peers. Rather than paying attention to the teacher in real life, they had to focus on a computer screen with a plethora of turned-off cameras staring back at them. Instead of old-fashioned paper and pencil assignments, they had to avoid the distractions of online games while typing on their devices.