November, 2014 | Special Reads

In Down Syndrome Reading, Education, Personal Books, Phonics, Teaching Down syndrome

Posted November 13, 2014

HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY USE “PERSONAL BOOKS?” IT CAN BE CONFUSING…

Mom Needs Help! One mom, awash in homemade personal books and lotto games, wrote me this week saying, basically, “Help!” or, to resurrect a famous comic riff, “Who’s on [...]

By Natalie Hale

In Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Sight Word Reading

Posted November 4, 2014

Q: How do I do the “Peanut Butter” part of Sandwich Style teaching?

How to Make a Great Teaching Sandwich I’ve said that Sandwich Style teaching is best for beginning readers. It’s a “bread-peanut butter-bread” system in the form of: [...]