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  • What all parents need to know about phonics

    What all parents need to know about phonics

    It is easy for parents to teach their children how to read. Understanding phonics is the first place to start. At a presentation at Bank Street Book Store, developmental psychologist tells parents why they should teach their children to read and why so many children are not learning to read in school -- because many schools don't teach phonics properly. Parents can solve that problem by teaching their kids themselves. Dr. Daria's Steps to Reading workbooks make teaching systematic phonics easy and fun for the parents and the children.

  • Systematic phonics - sample lesson plan

    Systematic phonics - sample lesson plan

    See how to systematically teach short a from beginning to end -- an end that has children reading short sentences and little books that contain short a words and the first three most frequently used sight words. Developmental psychologist Irene Daria walks you through the first set of lessons in her book, Steps to Reading: Book 1. Systematic phonics is the focus of all the Steps to Reading workbooks.

  • How to teach a child to read - best way!

    How to teach a child to read - best way!

    Step-by-step instructions on how teach phonics and sight words in the most effective, research-based, systematic way. Easy and fun, for both you and the child. You will get free downloads of phonics worksheets, phonics board games and short vowel Bingo. Discover fun online reading activities and little phonics books your child or student can read from the very beginning of his lessons. Developmental psychologist Irene Daria has taught hundreds of children how to read and has trained teachers in the science of reading. Now you can use the same research-based methods she follows with your child or students.

  • Differentiating b and d - easy tip!

    Differentiating b and d - easy tip!

    At a presentation at Bank Street Book Store, developmental psychologist and reading specialist Irene Daria, Ph.D. explains how to quickly and easily teach children to read. In this video, you will learn how to teach children to differentiate a lowercase b from a lowercase d.

  • Why learning short e takes longer

    Why learning short e takes longer

    At a presentation at Bank Street Book Store, developmental psychologist and reading specialist Irene Daria, Ph.D. explains how to quickly and easily teach children short vowel sounds. In this video, you will learn how to teach children short e words.

    Dr. Daria is the author of Steps to Reading, a reading curriculum that enables anyone to quickly and easily teach a child to read. The curriculum is packaged into a series of engaging, fun workbooks that can be used by parents at home, or by teachers in a classroom. The Steps to Reading workbooks teach phonics in an explicit, systematic way and present sight words in order of frequency of use. In addition to delightful worksheets, each workbook includes phonics Bingo games, board games, online activities, and recommendations of little books the child can read at each step of the way to becoming a proficient reader.

    You do not need to purchase Steps to Reading for these videos to help you. In these videos, Dr. Daria shares the step-by-step details about how she -- and her workbooks -- teach children to read. As you listen to her speak, and watch her interact with children, you’ll see why so many celebrities have asked Dr. Daria to teach their children how to read, and why actor Kate Winslet says, “Irene is remarkable at teaching children how to read. How wonderful that the skills Irene so clearly, and beautifully, taught my children are now available in these books for parents to use at home and for teachers to use at school.”

  • What is systematic phonics?

    What is systematic phonics?

    Research has definitively proven that teaching phonics explicitly and systematically is important for children to become good readers and spellers. Developmental psychologist Irene Daria, Ph.D. explains what systematic phonics is, and shows you how to use her Steps to Reading workbooks to easily teach systematic phonics in a way that is fun for you, and the child.

  • A funny story about short u

    A funny story about short u

    At a presentation at Bank Street Book Store, developmental psychologist and reading specialist Irene Daria, Ph.D. explains how to quickly and easily teach children short vowel sounds. In this video, you will learn how to teach children short u words.

  • How to teach a child to read - a presentation at Bank Street Book Store

    How to teach a child to read - a presentation at Bank Street Book Store

    At a presentation at Bank Street Book store, developmental psychologist Irene Daria, Ph.D. takes you step-by-step through how to teach a child to read. You start with letter sounds and end with kids reading short little books after just a few lessons.

  • What you need to know about sight words

    What you need to know about sight words

    At a presentation at Bank Street Book Store, developmental psychologist and reading specialist Irene Daria, Ph.D. shares tips on how to quickly and easily teach children sight words in order of frequency of use.

    Dr. Daria is the author of Steps to Reading, a reading curriculum that enables anyone to quickly and easily teach a child to read. The curriculum is packaged into a series of engaging, fun workbooks that can be used by parents at home, or by teachers in a classroom. The Steps to Reading workbooks teach phonics in an explicit, systematic way and present sight words in order of frequency of use. In addition to delightful worksheets, each workbook includes phonics Bingo games, board games, online activities, and recommendations of little books the child can read at each step of the way to becoming a proficient reader.

    You do not need to purchase Steps to Reading for these videos to help you. In these videos, Dr. Daria shares the step-by-step details about how she -- and her workbooks -- teach children to read. As you listen to her speak, and watch her interact with children, you’ll see why so many celebrities have asked Dr. Daria to teach their children how to read, and why actor Kate Winslet says, “Irene is remarkable at teaching children how to read. How wonderful that the skills Irene so clearly, and beautifully, taught my children are now available in these books for parents to use at home and for teachers to use at school.”

  • Teach letter sounds - tips and resources

    Teach letter sounds - tips and resources

    Developmental psychologist Irene Daria shares the quickest, most efficient ways to teach a child letter sounds. Discover the best videos and online activities to make the process fun for you and the child. When parents ask Dr. Daria to teach their children to read, and the children don't yet know their letter sounds, she tells the parents to follow these steps with their children because it will save parents the cost of months of tutoring!

  • How to use Starfall to teach short vowels

    How to use Starfall to teach short vowels

    At a presentation at Bank Street Book Store, developmental psychologist and reading specialist Irene Daria, Ph.D. explained how to quickly and easily teach children short vowel sounds. In this video, you will see how to use the free website starfall.com to teach children short vowels.