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Multi-Sensory Teaching: Syllables & Sight Words

By Kris Grace | PHONICS, READING & SPELLING

Syllables, Sight Words and Multi-Sensory TeachingNow I Know!Kris Grace, Elementary Teacher When I first became familiar with the Raising Robust Readers Program, I was drawn to the multi-sensory approach of teaching phonograms. Children learn songs and gestures providing the auditory and kinesthetic modalities. The brightly colored illustrations featuring Wordy Worm® himself provide attractive visuals as […]

Multi-Sensory Learning (+ Free Download)

By admin | PHONICS, READING & SPELLING

High Five to Multi-Sensory Learning. Wordy’s Phonogram High Five is a great reminder to use multi-sensory learning tools when teaching children. Instruction is far more effective when all modalities of learning are used:auditory (hearing)visual (seeing)tactile (touching)kinesthetic (body movement)Multi-Sensory Learning ModalitiesUse these 5 points throughout the day to bring awareness to phonograms and how to incorporate multi-sensory learning while teaching them. […]

The Legend of Independent Man

By admin | DOWN SYNDROME & SPECIAL NEEDS

The Legend of Independent Man Meet Judy and Casey. Judy is my best friend. She is a published writer, co-developer of Wordy Worm® Reading and national speaker on Down syndrome, advocacy, parenting and education. She is hysterically funny and Casey’s mom. Casey is a clerical assistant at our local justice center. He takes […]

Sign Language and Wordy Gestures

By admin | DOWN SYNDROME & SPECIAL NEEDS

Question:
We are teaching Julie, 3 (and her sister, Jamie, 4) sign language. Julie, who has Down syndrome, is not really speaking yet. Would the gestures that go with the Wordy jingles be too confusing for them, especially Julie?
Answer: click on title above

Celebrate!

By admin | DOWN SYNDROME & SPECIAL NEEDS

On Tuesday, we gathered to celebrate “Nana’s” 98th birthday. She fell a week and a half ago and is currently in rehab. But that doesn’t stop her partying! In addition to celebrating this remarkable woman and being grateful for the years I have been her daughter-in-law, it also reminded me to celebrate Casey’s participation. (click title to read more)

Struggling Readers

By admin | DYSLEXIA & STRUGGLING READERS

Whether in school or at home, learning to read can be stressful for both parent and child. More often than not, the problem lies in the teaching methodology rather than with the child who is learning to read. Finding the best method and teaching to your child’s strengths will yield results. (click title to read more)

Could Conventional Reading Methods Cause Children to Struggle?

By admin | DYSLEXIA & STRUGGLING READERS

Could Conventional Reading Methods Cause Children to Struggle Teaching Sight Words Conventional methods have children memorize sight words. That’s because conventional thinking believes, like Dolchsightwords.org, “Many of the 220 words in the Dolch list, can not be “sounded out”, and hence must be learned by sight”.The Dolch Sight Words, commonly used by parents and teachers, […]

Is Phonics Instruction Inadequate in Our Schools?

By admin | PHONICS, READING & SPELLING

Could this be one of the reason our children struggle to read? I certainly think so. Below is an abstract from the “Journal of Learning Disabilities” that addresses teacher preparation and textbook content with regard to linguistic knowledge. There is also a link to the full article. While there are many excellent early elementary teachers doing […]

The Magic of Reading

By admin | Uncategorized

This 4 minute video from The Children of the Code Project contains a couple of movie clips with American Indians. It really demonstrates the magic of reading. Children of the Code has over 70 videos and interviews from leaders in the fields of neuroscience, cognitive psychology, linguistics, orthography and many other fields related to understanding the code. Visit […]

Enhancing Relationships through Reading

By admin | BUILDING PRE-READING SKILLS

Enhancing Relationships through Reading Goo and coo. Read a Rhyme.Make the most of babies time.Wiggle toes; float boats in baths.Learning in between the laughs. March to music. Hear a sound.Sing it. Rhyme it. Dance around.Go beyond the alphabet. Teaching sounds they wont forget. We’ll show you what YOU do todaywill have an impact down the way.We make […]

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