This simple technique employed by a former teacher to educate toddlers in reading is becoming a viral sensation.
@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 ...