Annual Conference, Dyslexia, Reading Workshops

Feeling Blue?

I would, too, if I were a child today. Standards are higher; school days are longer; homework is endless; free play is suspect; kiddie...

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Annual Conference, Dyslexia, News, Reading Workshops

How the Grinch Stole Christmas Vacation

At this very moment, the Grinch is creating those joy-killing Vacation Homework Packets. Don’t let him get the best of you. As your...

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Dyslexia, Reading Workshops

Listen Up!

A speech pathologist recently reminded me that, on any given day, about one third of the students in Grades K-2, can’t hear the teacher....

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Dyslexia, Reading Workshops

Accents

On Saturday Night Live recently, Awkwafina (née Nora Lum) said that she was often asked if her father had an accent. Indeed he does. He...

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Dyslexia, Reading Workshops

Topsy Turvy

Why are we teaching phonics in fourth grade and asking first graders to do “deep reading” of words they haven’t been taught to read?...

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