Is Your Child on Track in Reading?

10 Signs Every Parent Should Know

Reading struggles do not always look like a child who cannot read at all.

A child may memorize familiar words, guess from pictures, read slowly, avoid harder books, understand much more when someone else reads aloud, or become frustrated as the work grows more difficult.

This free guide will help you recognize ten signs that may reveal where your child’s reading skills are becoming less dependable—and when it may be time to look more closely.

Inside this free guide, you’ll learn to notice whether your child:

  • guesses at words instead of reading through them

  • memorizes familiar words but struggles with new ones

  • reads accurately but very slowly

  • skips, adds, or changes words while reading

  • understands much more when someone else reads aloud

  • avoids reading or becomes frustrated when it gets harder

  • struggles more as words, sentences, or passages become longer

  • has difficulty remembering or explaining what was read

  • knows letter sounds but cannot blend them into words

  • may need a closer look at the exact skill where reading became difficult

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You’ll also receive information about the Caterpillar Reading Diagnostic Assessment for Grades 1–3, which is designed to help identify where your child’s reading skills first became less dependable and what may need to be taught next.