Your child's brain is wired to develop strong literacy skills through explicit, systematic instruction.
Most schools still use methods that ask kids to "guess" at words using pictures and context. For about 40% of students (and nearly all students with dyslexia), these methods don't just fail to work. They create confusion and gaps that compound over time.
Most "science of reading" programs, even the popular ones schools are adopting, often focus almost exclusively on phonological awareness and phonics.
But here's what they often skip entirely:
Morphology
Syntax
Semantics
Writing
The programs aren't wrong to teach phonics. Phonics is essential. But phonics alone is not enough, and it's leaving four crucial components completely untaught. We cannot expect skill mastery without a solid literacy foundation base.
"This is why your child can decode words but can't spell them."
"This is why they can 'read' aloud but don't understand what they read."
"This is why progress is so frustratingly slow."
There's a Better Way. It's Backed by 40+ Years of Literacy Science.
Structured Literacy follows the hierarchical developmental sequence of language: starting with sounds, building to letters, then words, then meaning. This ensures your child isn't trying to build advanced skills on a shaky foundation.
Writing isn't just about pretty letters—it's a neurological tool.
Research has shown this for decades. Handwriting isn't just about forming pretty letters. It's about building the neurological connections that make reading stick.
When students write while they learn to read:
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They activate sequential motor movements that strengthen memory
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They establish proper letter formation (preventing reversals like b/d)
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They internalize spelling patterns through the hand-brain connection
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They build phonics knowledge faster because writing by hand reinforces the code
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They develop comprehension by constructing sentences, not just reading them
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