Reading Room Durbanville

16/10/2019

Such truth! Solid phonetic foundation is key.

28/10/2018

Beyond the 2nd grade, most classroom teachers do not have access to specific assessment information about reading that can inform instruction. This will solve the problem!

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19/07/2018

Welcome to Term 3! Let's start this term giving our children the most precious gift we can- the love of reading. Like all of us, children love doing what they find easy and what they are good at. So we need to help our children learn to read in such a way that it is not a daily struggle. At the Reading Room we make learning to read fun and engaging. But most importantly, we are giving our children the correct foundations on which to build their growing skills.

24/06/2018

Children need to be active in order to learn.

My son climbed to the top of the monkey bars and snaked across them from above. He's not strong enough to...

14/06/2018

13/06/2018

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift. —Kate DiCamillo

We all know that reading to our children is important. But did you know that toddlers and pre-schoolers who are read to every day have many advantages and be...

09/06/2018

At the Reading Room we love to have fun with phonics, creating confident and competent readers and writers.