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Tag Archives: phonics
Visual Thinking 101_21 OFSTED’s reading report
Last November OFSTED published their research “Now the whole school is reading: supporting struggling readers in secondary school”. The introduction states, “Each year, around one-quarter of 11-year-olds do not reach the expected standards in reading at the end of their … Continue reading
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Visual Thinking 101_20 More mysteries
You will find 27 contradictions and mysteries in my book “The Elephants in the Classroom”. Here are a few more of my favorites; Phonics may have improved reading for many, but visual thinkers and dyslexics can’t cope with the minutiae … Continue reading
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Ready to try a new strategy for Dyslexia
Let’s face it. Struggling to read and spell is a nightmare. You feel stupid in school and hate the thought of homework and spelling tests that make you feel sick. But, thanks to neuroscience, I discovered how to teach bright, … Continue reading
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Ready to try a new strategy for Dyslexia
Let’s face it. Struggling to read and spell is a nightmare. You feel stupid in school and hate the thought of homework and spelling tests that make you feel sick. But, thanks to neuroscience, I discovered how to teach bright, … Continue reading
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Ready to try a new strategy for Dyslexia
Thousands of children are confused with the phonics only approach to literacy. Learning how to picture words is so easy when you know how. I believe that everyone can learn the elements of improving literacy and Dyslexia in just 60 minutes. It … Continue reading
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Changing Dyslexia for a new decade
. Whilst so many children are being home schooled parents are having all sorts of challenges and are often realising just how much their children are struggling with literacy. This is an offer to you to take a different perspective … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, dyslexia, dyslexiaforanewdecade, empoweringlearning, neurodivergent, phonics, reading, spelling, wordrecognition
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Neurodivergent kids can enjoy reading object words
Are you having trouble helping your child to move on from phonics, which they may or may not find difficult, to word recognition? Teddy is here to help you. A little boy came to see me one day as he … Continue reading
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Tagged creativekids, lockdown, phonics, reading, spelling, teddy, visuallearners
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Why is it easier to spell in some languages than others?
Whether we are writing/reading in English or Spanish, the challenge should be the same, but is it? Why are we teaching only phonics in a language like English that I am told is only 46% phonetically correct? How do we learn homophones … Continue reading
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Tagged English, homophones, italian, orthographic, phonics, silentletters, spelling
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What will the Election do to Education?
My professional passion is to ensure that “No student has a reading and writing age level below their chronological age.” We know this can be done, but it needs to start early and ensure that every child has the ability … Continue reading
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Is imposing Synthetic phonics “almost abuse”
According to Andrew Davis, research fellow at Durham University, insisting that children who can already read when they start school must learn synthetic phonics is “almost a form of abuse”. There are several reports about his publication To read or … Continue reading
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Tagged ADHD, almost abuse, andrew davis, Aspergers, Autism, BBC, dyslexia, ITV, literacy, numeracy, phonics, reading, spelling, Synthetic phonics, TES, Tourettes
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