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If your child has a comprehension problem, your first step should be to check your child’s reading fluency.

Reading fluency is the ability to read a text quickly, accurately and with appropriate expression.

Fluent readers do not have to stop and decode each word. They recognize words automatically. This means they can focus on what the words mean.

Readers who are not fluent read slowly, taking time to decode words or to move on to the next word. All their attention is spent on saying the words. Little attention is left for comprehension.

For this reason, fluency is absolutely key.  Good comprehension can’t occur without good fluency.

So, your first step in dealing with a comprehension problem is getting your child’s fluency up to grade level.

Repeated Readings

An excellent strategy to promote fluency is repeated readings. Your learner rereads the same text until grade level speed or some other target speed is reached.

Once the goal is reached with one text, you do the same with another text. This practice helps your child’s brain get used to reading faster.

When your learner is reading grade-level texts at grade-level speed, you are done!

Need help getting started? Just grab our reading fluency app.

Our Reading Fluency Builder app quickly develops your child’s reading speed to meet grade level expectations. The app provides a fun game-like environment that motivates even hesitant learners.

Reading Fluency Builder provides:

– Graduated practice starting with simple texts and slower speeds.

– Students progress only when they demonstrate mastery.

– Students can practice with multiple texts per level.

– ‘At a glance’ reporting shows you instantly how your learner is progressing.

– Audio support is provided so learners can hear a fluent model.

– Fun Reward Center increases student motivation.

– Incremental levels take a student from mid-Grade 1 reading speed up to mid-Grade 5 reading speed.

Our app is based on proven research on the effectiveness of modeled and repeated reading to increase fluency — but we make it fun!

We have a workbook available as well for those who need a break from the screen.  It contains graduated texts and instructions for improving your child’s fluency.

All the educational benefit of the app –  just in a different format!

If you are concerned about your learner’s reading, fluency is your first goal.

Get started today!

If so, that’s okay.

There are two concrete things you can do today to start your child on the road to success.

Step 1:  Ensure Math Facts Are Fluent

Getting your child fluent in math facts is the single best thing you can do to help your child with math.

Strong math fact fluency is correlated with success at math in later elementary and high school.

Knowing your math facts frees up precious working memory to deal with new or challenging information. Your child needs that if they struggle with math.

So if your child can’t answer their math facts within 1-2 seconds, you need to make that your first goal.

We have apps that can help.

Our Math Facts Fluency Builders provide:

— Math facts introduced in learnable groups.

— Built-in timers to ensure fluency at all levels. Earlier levels allow more time. Final levels require FAST answering!

— Students progress only when mastery of the current skill is demonstrated.

— ‘At a glance’ reporting shows you instantly how your learner is progressing.

— The fun Reward Center motivates even hesitant learners.

Click here to get both apps in a discounted bundle.

Step 2: Teach How To Do Math Word Problems

Math word problems are the bane of children everywhere. But they don’t need to be.

Teach your child a simple strategy for dealing with math word problems. Help them figure out what they know, what they need to find out, and how to figure that out.

If your child is confident with math word problems, they’ll be way ahead of most kids in the class.​

We have an app that can help here, too.

Unique on the app store, this app helps kids understand HOW to do math word problems step-by-step.

We start with the absolute basics, and by the end your child will know how to interpret and complete one-step math word problems using addition and subtraction.

Each level in Math Word Problems targets a specific step in working through a math word problem. Once proficient, these skills are combined as your child works through complete problems.

Take these two steps today and with only 10 minutes per day, you’ll see a difference in your child.

It’s that easy 🙂 So get started!​

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Does your ASD learner need help with social skills?

Well, I already know the answer to that. They DO need help. It’s one of the big challenges that ASD kids face.

Here’s a better question: Are YOU ready to do something to help your ASD learner improve their social skills?

If so, read on…

What Should I Do…?

Most of us aren’t trained in helping ASD kids with social skills. Even if you are a busy speech pathologist, you may feel that you don’t have the right resources to really make a difference for your learners.

Here at Happy Frog, we know that having the right resources makes ALL the difference.

We make your life easier by giving you the resources that let you get started today.

A Resource That Works

To make a BIG difference with Social Skills, grab our “How To Talk With Friends” Social Skills guide.

Making friends and maintaining friendships is a struggle for elementary-aged ASD learners.

The How to Talk with Friends curriculum teaches ASD kids the skills they need to talk and engage with their peers.

The guide is completely ‘hands-on.’ Every single resource you need to implement the course is contained in the manual. The lessons are scripted so you know exactly what to say to clearly communicate each lesson.

You can pick it up and start straight away. It’s that organized.

The course is designed as a once-per-week social group, but don’t let that stop you. Get started now for 20 minutes with your ASD learner. It works.

Don’t let the barrier to improving your child’s social skills be YOU. Grab this resource today and just get started.