My good reader is having trouble; what can I do?

Research from England published December 2011, states the alarming discovery that 39% of children who enter primary school with a "bright start" are "no longer reaching advanced levels when they leave."

Three problems can happen at school:
1) Teachers believe phonics (letter / sound connections) are boring and good readers do not need to learn them.

2) Teachers are unaware of exactly how to teach the skills tools required.

3) Teachers do not have enough time for the practice required for children to gain mastery.

As words and the ideas within the text start to become more complex, being instant with the tricky phonics components becomes required. Aim to have your child ready by mid-3rd Grade. One-on-one with a parent is huge help; see what to do:

Use my search box - top left corner - to get quick help at home. Put into my search box: backward b and fix reading trouble; later comprehension and short vowel long vowel and compound words and ce, ci, cy and ge, gi, gy. This blog has 160 lessons.

I now use eBay as my website. Search Instant Reading Help, all my books will pop up for you. All books are brand new and teach a special comprehension method plus the tricky phonics in stories and skills pages, with lots of color picture. 

The wonderful Little Owl watercolor above was drawn by Albrecht Durer in the year 1508.
You can read the BBC article quoted above by putting in your search line BBC News: Slow starting students don't catch up.

Please feel welcome to leave a question or comment. Thank you, Mary Maisner