Parents
Ready to support your child at home? We can help!
If you’re wondering how to help your child read with confidence, you’re not alone.
- Tutors and homeschoolers: purchase our programs to teach your child to read
- Read our tips for supporting reading at home—even if you don’t speak French
- Download our printout activities to practice at home
- Understand how kids learn to read through the Science of Reading
Purchase our program to teach your child at home
If you’re a homeschooler, tutor, or parent that wants to teach reading in French at home, you’ve come to the right place.
Here’s how to get started:
- Start with our Phonics Program for explicit instruction in reading and spelling. Included are slides, lesson plans, and student reading booklets, suitable for K-3/remedial support
- Pratique phonémique serves as a companion piece to the Phonics Program. Being able to identify the sounds in words is an essential building block for reading and writing. You’ll find easy to use, ready-made activities to help your child learn this necessary skill. This document is designed to go hand in hand with our phonics program.
The Science of Reading
The Science of Reading refers to decades of established research across academic fields such as neuroscience and cognitive psychology.
This research dispels many myths and tells us how to teach reading and writing most effectively.
Tips for supporting reading at home
Help your child understand the basics, step by step, so they stay motivated and don’t get overwhelmed. Here’s what you can work on at home:
- Pencil grip. Having the muscle memory to correctly hold a pencil allows kids to make the most of their time at school. Watch this video to see what a proper pencil grip looks like. Young children can practice drawing various shapes, with straight and curvy lines, to prepare themselves for forming letters.
- Printing. Students who form letters quickly and efficiently free up cognitive energy to focus on the production of words and sentences. Not all ways of forming letters are created equal! Take a look at our printing worksheets to provide you with the professional knowledge and structure to effectively work on printing at home.
- Apps and games. There are a lot of apps out there claiming to make your child a fluent reader, writer, and speaker. Not sure where to start? We recommend Graphogame and Kalulu for reading, and Writing Wizard for letter formation.
- Pronouncing Sounds. Reviewing letters and their corresponding sounds with your child—in French, English, or any alphabetic language—can be very helpful. That being said, there are ways of refining this practice so it is even more beneficial. One helpful tip is to refrain from adding the “uh” sound at the end of consonants. Rather than saying that the letter m makes the sound “muh,” try stretching the sound out when possible: m says “mmm,” l says “llll,” or s says “sss.” This can become tricky for sounds which we cannot stretch out, so try as much as possible to ‘clip’ these stop sounds: ‘b’ not ‘buh,’ ‘k’ not ‘kuh.’
- Converse with your child in your home language. The level of vocabulary a child develops outside of school has a huge impact on their success. There are plenty of opportunities to extend your child’s word knowledge. When you’re cooking or getting ready in the morning, describe what you are doing. Ask children questions, review new words, and have them respond in a complete sentence when possible. A hefty vocabulary in the language spoken in the home will allow your child to pick up a new language more easily.
Printout Activities
These printing activities for students to complete at home, along with ready-made tracking and rewards sheets, will help you support your child at home and foster a positive learning experience for everyone.