Is Your Child Ready for Kindergarten?

By Marilee Senior | PHONICS, READING & SPELLING

It IS the responsibility of teachers to teach reading and writing. But what a privilege for parents to be the first, foremost, and most influential teacher of these skills. We can go beyond our culture’s message of simply reading TO our children in preparation for these ‘professionals,’ and take our children on a fun-filled journey of learning early reading skills. (click title to read more)

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National Down Syndrome Month

By Marilee Senior | DOWN SYNDROME & SPECIAL NEEDS

If you have read “about us” you know that the genesis for Wordy Worm® Reading is Casey O’Halloran, a young man with Down syndrome, who struggled to learn how to read and finally was successful. Wordy Worm® is our mission to help other families avoid the years of struggle, frustration, and failure Casey faced. October is National Down Syndrome Month, so I digress from our usual reading-specific topics to share a personal reflection with you…(click on title)

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Commas Can Save Lives

By Marilee Senior | PHONICS, READING & SPELLING

​ Lets eat grandma. Oh, dear, where is the comma headed?A recent U.K Daily Mail headline read, “The death of the comma? U.S. academic claims punctuation mark could be abolished from English language with ‘little loss of clarity’ (my emphasis).”Little loss of clarity???? OK, Professor McWhorter,ditch the commas. Are you perfectly clear on this writer’s […]

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