14 literacy leaders who changed my practice
I’ve spent thousands of hours consuming evidence-based content about learning to read over the last decade; and these are 14 of my favourite literacy leaders who have shaped my approach to…
Banter Quick Tips: Early reading and writing skills: mind the gap with magnetic letters and dictation practice!
Yes, beginners need to learn to read words properly. (Decoding = matching letters and letter combinations in words to speech sounds and blending them together.) But they also need to…
Motivation to read is not enough
When I was 4, I was hooked on Sesame Street. I was obsessed with Count von Count and his amazing musicianship! I decided to become a professional pipe organ player….
Banter Quick Tips: 7 inflectional morphemes to help beginners to read sentences!
So English is a morpho-phonemic language, which means we need to teach more than letter-sound links and high frequency irregular sight words. To read sentences, beginners need to read inflectional morphemes. …
No guessing! How to build early reading accuracy, then speed with a FREE resource
This may shock you, but I’m not a gym guy. It’s hard and boring and I’m not good at it! If I can talk my way out of going, I…