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My 7-Year-Old Can't Read: What Is Normal and How to Help
Worried your 7-year-old can't read yet? Learn what is normal at this age, the warning signs to watch for, simple things to try at home tonight and when to get extra help.
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How to Help a Child With Dyslexia Learn to Read
A parent guide to helping a child with dyslexia learn to read: what structured literacy is, how to practice phonics at home, how to protect confidence and when to seek an assessment.
Reading
10 Signs Your Child Needs a Reading Tutor
Not sure if your child needs a reading tutor? Here are 10 clear signs to watch for, what to try at home first, and what to look for in a good reading tutor.
Reading
How to Teach Phonics at Home: A Simple Step-by-Step Guide
Learn how to teach phonics at home in simple steps: letter sounds, blending, short vowel words, digraphs and decodable books, with 10-minute activities you can start tonight.
Reading
My Child Is Behind in Reading: How to Help Them Catch Up
Child behind in reading? Find out where the gap really is, build a simple daily catch-up routine at home, work with the school and know when a tutor can speed things up.
Reading
Reading Comprehension Strategies for Kids Who Read the Words but Miss the Meaning
Your child reads the words but does not understand them? Learn why it happens and 8 reading comprehension strategies for kids that parents can use at home tonight.
Math
9 Signs Your Child Needs a Math Tutor
Wondering if your child needs a math tutor? Here are 9 signs to watch for, simple ways to help with math at home and what a good math tutor should do.
Spelling & Writing
How to Help a Child Who Hates Writing
Does your child hate writing? Find out what is really making it hard (handwriting, spelling or ideas) and try these practical tips to make writing feel easier at home.
Parenting Tips
Benefits of Coloring Pages for Kids
Coloring is more than just fun for children. Coloring stimulates creativity, improves focus, and more! Find out more of the benefits with No Fuss Tutors!
Reading
What is Text Structure?
Text structure explained: the seven common types (cause and effect, chronological, compare and contrast, problem and solution and more) and how to teach them.
Reading
When Does A Child Learn To Read?
How and when children learn to read, fun and effective ways parents can help at home, and how to develop reading fluency as your child grows.
Spelling & Writing
Why Are Spelling Activities Important?
Why spelling activities matter, the right time to start spelling education, and five fun activities to try at home, like a spelling wall, crosswords and rhymes.
Reading
Sight Words Done Right
Why sight words matter for early readers, their characteristics and types, when a child should start learning them and how to teach sight words at home.
Reading
What Are Blends
What phonics blends are, the types of blends (consonant, silent and word blends) with examples, why children find them hard and how to teach blends at home.
Math
Multiplication Chart
Download a printable multiplication chart and learn the times tables step by step with skip counting, repeated addition, the commutative property and visuals.
Math
Distributive Property Of Multiplication
Learn the distributive property of multiplication with worked examples, why it makes mental math easier, how it works with division and how kids can practice.
Reading
My Kid is Afraid to Read in Class
Afraid to read aloud in class? Learn the signs, effects and causes of reading anxiety in kids, and what parents can do to build their child's confidence.
Spelling & Writing
How To Help My Child With Spelling?
Nine ways to help your child spell better, from word mazes and word webs to sight words, letter sounds, spelling rules, rhyming words and regular practice.
Homework & Focus
My Child Can't Focus on School Work
Signs your child is struggling to focus on schoolwork, common causes that have nothing to do with ADHD, and six practical ways to help them concentrate.
Parenting Tips
What Should I Ask in a Parent-Teacher Conference?
Get ready for your parent-teacher conference: what to do before the meeting, the questions to ask your child's teacher, and how to make an action plan after.
Homework & Focus
Playing Video Games Instead of Doing Homework
Why kids get hooked on video games, when gaming becomes a problem, and calm ways to handle a video game obsession without threats or nagging.
Parenting Tips
Why Does My Child Ask So Many Questions?
Constant questions are a good sign. Six ways to handle them: answer plain and simple, become the asker, find the answers together and keep your promises.
Math
My Kid is Falling Behind in Math. What Can I do?
Four ways to help a child who is falling behind in math: find out why, keep them engaged, play math games on the computer and work with a math tutor.
Homework & Focus
What to Do When Your Child Won't Do Homework
Child refusing to do homework? Find out why first, then try these tips: turn homework into a game, build a nightly routine and post a to-do list.
Reading
My 9-Year-Old Can't Read. What should I do?
If your 9-year-old can't read yet, start with letters and sounds, find the missing links, consider a learning disability like dyslexia and get 1-on-1 help.
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