Caribbean Academy for Reading Intervention and Development

  Benefits of Our Programme: Letter-Sound Recognition  At The Caribbean Academy for Reading Intervention and Development, we offer an Individual Reading Assistance Program that assists struggling readers to build skills in:  Sight words and high-frequency words  Sounds recognition  Reading comprehension  Letter and word recognition  Phonics and phonemic awareness  In our last blog post we reviewed the importance of sight words and high-frequency words in reading. This important component of reading is a major part of our Individual Reading Assistance Programme. However, our programme also includes letter-sound recognition. So, what is letter-sound recognition and why is it important?  Importance of Letter-Sound Recognition  Simply, letter recognition refers to the ability to identify individual letters. Because it serves as the foundation for learning to read and write, the ability to recognize letters is one that kids should work on developing. Children who can recognize letters can b

  Benefits of Our Programme : Sight Words and High Frequency Words  At The Caribbean Academy for Reading Intervention and Development, we offer an Individual Reading Assistance Program that assists struggling readers to build skills in:  Sight words and high-frequency words  Sounds recognition  Reading comprehension  Letter and word recognition  Phonics and phonemic awareness  Importance of Sight Words and High-Frequency Words  High-frequency words are those that appear frequently in the reading material you give your kids. For better reading comprehension and speed, you must be able to recognize these words "by sight". High-frequency words serve as the foundation for children's reading success because they are so prevalent. Being able to quickly and automatically recognize these words is a crucial step in developing fluent reading skills. Common words that children instantly recognize without having to sound them out are known as sight words. Children who can recognize w