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If your child is starting school for the first time in September, you’re probably feeling a little nervous and excited on their behalf. It can be hard for parents to know how is best to prepare them for Reception class – are you meant to teach them to read, write and count before they start lessons? Or are there other skills, which you haven’t even thought of, that are more important? “There are no official guidelines covering what children should be able to do before they enter Reception, but there are a few key skills that will help your children hit the ground running when they get there,” says early years expert Laura House , an education lead at childcare platform tiney . And before you get worried, that doesn’t mean you need to have launched into the curriculum with your child before their first day. Clinical psychologist Dr Martha Deiros Collado said in a recent Instagram post that she’s often asked by parents how to start teaching kids to read, write and do maths ahead of begin...

                                          @toddlerscanread/TikTok If you have a child starting kindergarten this coming fall, you'll soon become acquainted with the extensive lists of sight words they'll be bringing home. While memorizing sight words is just one method for young children to develop their reading skills, Spencer Russell, a former teacher and the founder of Toddlers CAN Read, is gaining widespread attention for his phonetic approach, which goes beyond mere memorization. "When we teach children to read, our aim is to equip them with skills that can be applied to new and unfamiliar words, not just those they've encountered before or can guess based on context," Russell explains. He further elaborates that young children who appear to be reading in kindergarten because they've memorized many words often miss out on learning the two most crucial skills ...