🛑Stop right here. If your child can read words like run, big, and zip but gets stuck on rop, fug, or bez, that is a red flag. It likely means they are recognizing familiar words by sight rather than actually reading by decoding. And if that is happening now, it will only get harder as the words become longer and more complex. ✨Try this simple test today. Write down a few nonsense words such as rop, teb, or mig. Ask your child to read them out loud. They should say a sound for each letter and bl