Help preschoolers with unclear speech get ready to learn to read
For preschoolers with speech sound disorders, we should do both speech sound therapy and phonological awareness training before school starts. Why it matters: Kids with…
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To spot Kindy kids at risk of dyslexia, we should screen word reading and spellingÂ
We can better identify students at risk for reading difficulties as early as Kindergarten by screening both word reading and spelling skills. Why it matters…
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Language | Rally Writers | Reading | Writing
Don’t skimp on complex sentence work when teaching students to listen, speak, read, and write
Balthazar & Scott (2018) radically transformed my approach to oral language therapy. Balthazar & Scott (2024) have done it again – this time with my…
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How I teach the extended code
Once beginners have learned the basics of word reading (basic code, blending and segmenting, short vowel spotting, inflectional morphemes, split vowel digraphs, vowel-and affix-based strategies…
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Banter Booster: DSF Conference Free Resource Edition
I’ve just arrived home from the Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation (DSF) Literacy, Language and Learning Conference in Perth. It was amazing. So many generous speakers sharing so…
