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As long as you avoid common letter sound teaching mistakes, many letter sound activities can be effective. Here are some fun letter sound activities: PLAYDOH IMPRINTS & LETTER SOUNDS Set …
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It's important to avoid common mistakes when teaching letter sounds. The most fundamental early literacy skill is letter sound knowledge. Letter sound knowledge is a requirement for reading and the …
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Diagnosing dyslexia is complicated, because there are other factors that can cause reading failure. Many children (up to 40%) show some signs of dyslexia, but not all are dyslexic. For example, there …
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The signs of dyslexia are oftentimes missed. Dyslexia can look a lot like a memory deficit, ADHD or auditory processing disorder. Oftentimes, these can co-occur with dyslexia. At its core …
When a K-2 child is having reading difficulties, the problem usually lies in inadequate reading instruction or dyslexia (or both). Elephant in the room: a major problem or controversial issue that …
I’m very excited to announce the release of my printable phonics books and my new site ReadingElephant.com Reading Elephant This is part one of a two-part post describing why I decided to name my …
Letter Reversals are common. Every child, at some point, reverses letters. Beginning readers reverse letters often in both reading and spelling, saying “d” for “b” or writing a backwards “p.” Letter …
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Many researchers have compared whole language and phonics. One of the most striking experiments was done by Bruce McCandliss, a professor of Education at Stanford University. McCandliss is part of an …
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What are the best practices in teaching reading? Now we can peer inside the reading brain and see that all of us mortals must process a word phonologically before accessing meaning. Furthermore, …
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Developing early literacy skills does not mean teaching an under five year old to read. Early literacy skills involve reading and talking to your child and (possibly) teaching letter sounds. SPEAKING …
