Mastering early learning skills and concepts in reading and math are critical to your child’s success in school. The research is clear and consistent: “By third grade, students are expected to know the fundamentals of reading and be able to apply their reading skills across the curriculum. Students are not being taught how to read anymore in third grade. Instead, teachers use written text to teach other material, such as science, history, literature,etc. This shift from “learning to read” to “reading to learn” is extremely difficult for children who have not mastered basic reading skills. As they get older, struggling readers find themselves with less and less access to texts that are getting more and more complicated (Musen, 2010).