January, 2015 | Special Reads

In Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Reading in the classroom, Teaching Down syndrome

Posted January 21, 2015

I DIDN’T LEARN TO READ WITH PHONICS; WHY DOES MY CHILD with DS HAVE TO?

Awesome (and arguable) question. I’ll begin my answer with a history lesson: Historically, insisting on phonics training as the primary means to learning to read is only a [...]

WHEN MY CHILD STUMBLES OVER A WORD, DO I STOP HIM AND HELP HIM FIGURE IT OUT?

Short Answer: No. You flat-out bust his comprehension engine if you do that. Long Answer: We want to encourage a flow in reading, because fluency and speed help comprehension enormously. We also [...]

MY CHILD READS AT A 1st GRADE LEVEL, BUT DOESN’T COMPREHEND WHAT SHE JUST READ. NOW WHAT?

Back Up The Train If you need comprehension tips, I give that below. But let’s back up the train for a minute first… Here’s the deal, and I will wave this flag ’till I [...]