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How children learn to read

Professor Kevin Wheldall explains How Children Learn to Read

"Why Can't My Child Read?" from the Melbourne Sun Herald, April 2008

Parents
MULTILIT - Helping your child to learn key reading and related skills


Some kids, the lucky ones, do not really need to try very hard at all when it comes to reading. They were lucky enough to have been born with the ability to learn to read very quickly and without a lot of help from teachers.

Then there are lots of regular kids who will learn to read without finding it too hard so long as they get a fair amount of help from their teachers.

And then there are the kids who will always find it very difficult to learn to read. If you are a parent, it is highly likely that you have found the MULTILIT website because you are concerned that your child may be one of this significant minority, possibly 25% of children, who struggle with learning to read.

Firstly, it is not the child’s fault. It is possible that your child may have a reading disability, what some people call dyslexia, or some form of a learning disability. Possibly, she may have missed a considerable amount of school, perhaps because she was sick or moved school many times, or the way she was taught to read was not effective.

Children who have failed to learn to read by the usual methods in the first few years of school need intensive, systematic reading instruction.

At our NSW Reading Clinic (North Ryde) and through long-distance options, MUTLILIT offers proven programs to improve reading accuracy, fluency, comprehension and spelling. Our reading programs have been specifically researched and designed for students in Year 2 and above who are reading at a level considerably lower than their peers.

Highly trained and experienced clinicians with backgrounds in education and child psychology deliver our programs. The methods advocated by MULTILIT help your child to learn (rapidly) the key reading and related skills of literacy.

Our reading clinic results clearly show that children who have reading problems taught using MULTILIT methods make extraordinary gains in literacy skills over short periods of time.

How you can improve your child's reading
  • Listen to your child read aloud daily.
  • Have your child take our Free Reading Test
  • Purchase MULTILIT Reinforced Reading DVD