A teacher’s secret to teaching your toddler to read (hint: it’s not phonics)

Manisha Snoyer is the CEO and founder of Modulo.app, a company that supports families with all aspects of supporting their child’s education and healthy social-emotional development, as a replacement or supplement to traditional school.

Note: for parents looking for a more conventional approach to reading, “Teach your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons” is the golden standard for parents teaching their child to read and will surely get the job done.

For those curious about a more alternative approach to teaching reading, “read on” :)…

At Modulo, one of the most common questions I get is “How can I teach my child if I’m not a teacher?” Having taught over 2000 children of all ages in 3 countries and worked closely with their parents, I have come to believe this exposes one of the most common misconceptions about the way learning works. A good teacher does not teach. A good teacher supports a child’s natural learning process. And having personally observed hundreds of parents build confidence and start taking a bigger role in their child’s education, this (supporting a child’s learning) is something I passionately believe that any motivated, caring parent can do.

Every parent’s dream is to have a kid who knows how to read before every one…