May, 2014 | Special Reads

By Natalie Hale

In Down Syndrome Parenting, Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Inclusion, Older Emergent Readers, Reading in the classroom

Posted May 22, 2014

WHAT CAN YOU DO WHEN THE CLASSROOM READING LEVEL DOESN’T MATCH YOUR CHILD’S?

Classroom Woes One mom recently wrote me about her teenage daughter, whose special ed teacher, though a good egg, is teaching reading materials not only ‘way above the teen’s head, [...]

By Natalie Hale

In Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Fast Flash, Personal Books, Teaching Down syndrome

Posted May 17, 2014

SUCCESS STEP 2: OKAY, WHAT READING MATERIAL DO I TEACH FOR THAT MAGIC “Five Minutes 2 x a Day” ?

I Thought You’d Never Ask! Actually, you didn’t ask, but I know that after last week’s blog, you’re probably thinking it. “What the heck am I supposed to teach for 5 [...]

By Natalie Hale

In Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Teaching Down syndrome

Posted May 15, 2014

SUCCESS STEP 1: YOU HAVE ONLY TWO CHOICES IN TEACHING YOUR CHILD TO READ

Pete and Repeat I’ve talked about this before, but I’m going to talk about it again because it’s so important. I’ll say it differently this time, so you won’t get [...]

By Natalie Hale

In Down Syndrome Reading, Dream Big, Education, Reading Resources, Teaching Down syndrome

Posted May 7, 2014

KEEP YOUR EYE ON THESE ADULT LITERACY TUTORS! “PROJECT A+”

A Group To Watch! I had a great time over the weekend giving workshops in Florida: Jacksonville (DSAJ) and Orlando (DSACF). The audiences were terrific, responsive, and interactive, and in [...]

By Natalie Hale

In Down syndrome and Autism, Down Syndrome Parenting, Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Fast Flash, Sight Word Reading, Teaching Down syndrome

Posted May 1, 2014

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR CHILD IS STUCK AT PHONICS?

Two Scenarios This problem can go either way: either the child with Down syndrome is having a difficult time with learning phonics, or the child has learned letters and letter sounds but is stuck [...]