by Stephen | Sep 15, 2020 | dyslexia, learning to read, phonics games
The Definition Of Dyslexia The definition of dyslexia is low phonemic awareness which means dyslexics don’t hear the sounds within the word. On the other hand, phonics is linking sounds to the letters in the word. Consequently, phonics won’t work if...
by Stephen | Sep 14, 2020 | learning to read, phonics games, Reading Problems
Phonics Teaching Strategies Phonics often mistyped phoic, is a system of letter-sound links that help you sound out words. Therefore, it needs the child to hear the sounds within the words (phonemic awareness) to work. Consequently, the weaker the phonics...
by Stephen | Sep 12, 2020 | learning to read, phonics games
Reading to Her Fueled Her Success Ziya came to me reading two years below grade level. Her mom used to read “Junie B. Jones” to her and she loved it. But she couldn’t read them herself. She became extremely gifted at manipulating other people to read...
by Stephen | Sep 11, 2020 | learning to read, phonics games
Step 7 Questions on Comprehension Questions on comprehension usually come down to vocabulary or visualization. Vocabulary was covered. Let’s discuss visualization.The whole purpose of reading is comprehension. Comprehension opens your world to people who lived...
by Stephen | Sep 8, 2020 | learning to read, phonics games, Reading Problems
Step 6 Vocab Building Vocabulary is the foundation of comprehension. Yet, vocab building is not that straightforward. For example, I can read Spanish because the language is highly phonetic. But I don’t understand what I’m reading because I don’t...