At-Home Strategies for Helping Kids Connect Letters to Sounds

The first step in learning how to read is developing the understanding that printed letters represent sounds in spoken language. This is aptly called The Alphabetic Principal. As students are developing this awareness, it’s important that they receive many opportunities to practice connecting letters with their sounds. There are so many fun and engaging ways […]
How Kids Learn How to Read

As children learn to read, the world around them takes on a whole new dimension; signs become meaningful, directions become clearer, and stories and books offer an entirely new world of fantasy, adventure, and discovery. While your child will receive great instruction in school, there are fun, simple ways to reinforce those lessons at home […]
What is the Alphabetic Principle?

Are you a passionate educator? Do you love helping kids understand the alphabetic principle? Join our team and become a Braintrust tutor today! There’s a reason one of the first things students learn in pre-school is the Alphabet song. They need to know letter names and their sounds before they can begin reading words. And […]