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…
Banter Quick Tips: The stretchy-sound trick: How I teach beginners to read their first words
Once a student has learned their first letter-sound links, I step up to words straight away. The whole point of reading is to read words! To…
Banter Quick Tips: the p, t, k ‘whisper’ trick
School’s back, and lots of Kindergarteners are learning to connect their letters to sounds so they can read. We can help them with the /p-t-k/…
Early reading instruction: why focus on vowels?
When working with students with early reading difficulties – including students with phonological speech sound disorders, limited phonological awareness, developmental language disorder, and students at…
12 tactics we use to help beginning readers learn to read, with examples of exactly what we do in practice to help at-risk students
It’s good to understand the big picture… To teach beginners how to read, it helps to have a good grasp of the fundamental concepts underpinning…