Banter’s Story-Writing Competition
We love stories at Banter Speech & Language, so send us yours! Write an original story for young children that is up to 500 words…
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…
To spot Kindy kids at risk of dyslexia, we should screen word reading and spelling
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…
Why and how we should teach students to write compound sentences with the ‘FANBOYS’ coordinating conjunctions
To write well, students need to use three types of sentences: simple, compound, and complex. A simple sentence is made up of one clause, also…
Why and how I teach Simple Sentence Writing to Older Students with Language & Learning Disorders and Reluctant Writers
A simple sentence is a sentence consisting of one main clause that contains a verb and (almost always) a subject, e.g.: Students are expected to…