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Top 10 kid’s movies to watch on this Children’s Day
Children often look up to elders in their lives. While their identities are distinct, they develop their personalities when they interact with people like you and me. So, on this Children’s Day, let us cherish our children by spending some time with them. The second Sunday in June rewinds time for a moment for a celebration known as National Children’s Day in the United States. And there is no better way to celebrate Children’s Day with your kids than to watch movies that inspire them! After all, who doesn’t love to watch movies? We have curated twelve films ranging from…
Read MoreWhy Knowing The 44 Sounds Of English Is So Critical To English Literacy
Why Knowing The 44 Sounds Of English Is So Critical To English Literacy – World Literacy Summit FUNetix is a groundbreaking reading app created for children ages 5-9 and based on 17 years of research. Learn why knowing the 44 Sounds of English is so critical to English literacy and how the history of reading and the neuroscience of reading is embedded in this app in this article. Click to read article on World Literacy Summit site
Read MoreWe Are Thrilled to Introduce the Free, “Learn-To-Read” App, Called FUNetix®
Today, we are super excited to announce the universal availability of a new “Learn-to-Read” app that is the culmination of 17 years of working to battle the illiteracy crisis in America. At the American Youth Literacy Foundation (AYLF), hundreds of volunteers have worked tirelessly over the past year to bring this “onramp to literacy,” to your child, for FREE! Our app is based on a patented curriculum that reduces the time it takes to learn how to read, to just hours. Tested and proven for more than 17 years with thousands of children of diverse cultures, backgrounds, ethnicities and socioeconomic…
Read MoreLearning to Read is Not as Easy as Learning the ABC’s…
But it Doesn’t Have to Be So Hard! Written by Janell Randolph, Kindergarten Teacher English Is A Challenge Reading is one of the most valuable skills developed during childhood, but learning to read the English language can also be one of the most cognitively challenging skills for a child to master. Research has proven that learning to read is not a natural process. Children can’t learn to read simply by listening to someone else read or guessing words by looking at the illustrations in a book. Children do not learn to read the way they learn to speak. …
Read MoreIs Your Child Finding Learning to Read a Challenge?
FUNetix has the solution… Written by Janell Randolph, Kindergarten Teacher According to the U.S. Department of Education (2020), 54% of U.S. adults 16-74 years old lack proficiency in literacy, which means approximately 130 million people read below a sixth-grade level. From research, we know that children do not develop their reading ability naturally. How to teach children to read has been researched and examined over several decades, and though we know that every child learns through their own mode of learning, and in their own unique timeline of progressing through the skills of reading (phonics), not much has changed…
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