Is Your Child Really Behind in Reading? The Truth About Brain Development & Literacy

Foundations of Learning · Jun 16, 2025 · 34m

Is your child “behind” in reading—or are they just developing at their own pace?

Mentioned Research Studies:

The Brain Basis of Fluency Development (2020)

Reading Skill and Structural Brain Development (2014)

Brain Dynamics of (A)typical Reading Development (2020)

Contrasting views:

The Benefits of Early Reading Mastery (2024)

What Age Should a Child Read Fluently? (2024)

Reading and the Brain (Harvard)

K3 Homeschool Foundations Resources:

Science of Reading Simplified Ecourse

5 Foundations of Reading Ecourse

Skill-Based Literacy Curriculum (start here if you're not sure which level to…