by Stephen | Mar 26, 2021 | phonemic awareness, phonics games, VPK - school readiness
Preschool Literacy Activities “Schools teach curriculum; preschools teach children.” Teaching 4-year-olds and 5-year-olds is like teaching college freshmen with college graduate students. So you need a “curriculum” that is more like a medical bag. Tools...
by Stephen | Feb 19, 2021 | dyslexia, dyslexics, phonemic awareness
Dyslexia Dyslexia is caused by visually flipping letters within a word. But the truth is it’s the inability to hear the sounds within the words. I know this is news. For centuries it was thought to be a visual problem. In fact, a century ago Dr Orton, a...
by Stephen | Oct 17, 2020 | dyslexia, dyslexics, learning to read, phonemic awareness, phonics games
The Dyslexia Controversy What happens when you are dyslexic? The common myth is that it is a visual problem, but Dr. Sally Shaywitz from Yale proved it was an auditory problem. (Yes, you can find it on the Internet today 20 years after her groundbreaking research.)...
by Stephen | Oct 5, 2020 | learning to read, phonemic awareness, phonics games
The Sounds Of The Letters Can Be Confusing The sounds of the letters can be confusing English has 36 sounds, but only 26 letters. For millennia people have used letter combinations to make up the difference except for vowels. But vowels are in every...
by Stephen | Sep 26, 2020 | dyslexia, learning to read, phonemic awareness, phonics games
Dyslexia is Curable, But The War Is For The Heart Of The Child My brother and I are dyslexic. (It is a genetic problem usually and runs in the family. Although you can teach someone to be dyslexic.) Dyslexia is curable if treated in elementary school. Our...
