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If your child is struggling with writing, don't leave it to chance. Writing is a skill they will need throughout school and beyond. They will need to explain their thinking, communicate their ideas, complete academic work, prepare for entrance exams and applications, and eventually communicate effectively in interviews and the workplace. The earlier children develop those skills, the more time they have to practise them and become confident using them. Writing becomes more

Does this sound like your child? They can read a word easily in a book, but can't spell it when writing. They spend hours practicing weekly spelling lists, score well on Friday, but forget the same words by Monday. They guess letters based on how a word sounds rather than following clear rules. They avoid writing longer stories because they are afraid of making spelling errors. Your child's weekly spelling test only measures short-term memory. It tells you how many words they

Many international school parents in Tokyo start to worry about their child’s reading and spelling when difficulties continue into the later elementary grades. If you notice that your child: still has to sound out many common words reads very slowly or avoids reading guesses at words instead of reading them has difficulty spelling words they have seen many times reads a word correctly on one page but cannot recognize it later struggles to remember spelling patterns or letter

Questions we get from parents whose children attend international schools in Tokyo: “My child speaks English fluently, but their reading isn't coming along as easily as I expected.” “I don't want to wait until they fall behind.” So Mr. Braithwaite, what do we do? Well, first, we don't panic or stress the child out. We have a look at their reading skills. This starts with a reading assessment, which I know can sound a little scary to most parents, but we can learn a lot about