Skills Needed for Reading

The four essential skills needed for reading are:

  1. Eye Control
  2. Phonological Awareness
  3. Phonics
  4. Vocabulary

Related Conditions

Dyslexia does not normally exist by itself. Most children with dyslexia also have other related difficulties....

Eye Movements and Reading

Fluent readers and struggling readers make very different eye movements when they read.

Dyslexia and Self Esteem

Children with dyslexia may have low self-esteem, due to finding everything so hard. Not only do they have trouble reading and spelling and writing, but they probably also have poor organisational skills, poor working memory and slow processing. These can all make life very difficult...