Custom Teaching Y ears ago, I taught my own children to read as toddlers. I now tutor children with language disabilities and design materials for tutors and home schoolers. On these pages, I share some of what I've learned. Despite the public battles over reading methods and the proliferation of high-priced programs, there is no one best way to teach reading. Children are all different, and they learn differently at different ages.
People teach best when they remain sensitive to children's needs.
But there are things to know. For some children, making this connection is not easy. If they are dyslexic, they have difficulty perceiving and sorting out the phonemes of spoken language. These children must patiently learn the complexities of the English language as it sounds and as it is spelled. Other children learn to read at the same time they learn to speak, as if by magic.