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APPS FOR CREATING YOUR OWN BOOKS These will make your life easier if you’re in mood to create those awesome Personal Books that I talk about so much. (search for articles on Personal Books [...]

don’t let the boredom bug bite This is crucial. When we’re trying to help our children/teens/adults learn to read, we need–above all–to engage them first. If our learners [...]

We can teach reading to teach talking. “She’s putting four words together now! For the first time ever!!” Mom is thrilled. And this happened because her child is now reading [...]

WHAT’S FREE, FAST, AND TEACHES VOCABULARY LIKE THE BOMB? If you’ve been reading my blogs or my book “Whole Child Reading,” you know I’m talking about Fast Flash. [...]

What’s F.O.F. syndrome? Okay, I made it up. But I’ve seen it countless times, and so have you. FOF syndrome is Fear of Failure. FOF syndrome kicks in when we put something in front of [...]

Well, have you ever tried to start a car without turning on the ignition? Aha! You see my point. Long ago and far away, in 1989 when I taught my son to read, no materials existed that suited his [...]

Relax. Everything’s going to be fine. We moms often tend to judge ourselves harshly when we look at the needs of our children with Down syndrome, autism, or more. We want to help our [...]

Let me say at the outset, as I wrote in my last blog, that it’s never too late to learn to read if you have Down syndrome! Never. With older nonreaders, we’re even more careful to use [...]

My child/teen/adult with DS can’t read yet…is it too late? No, it’s not too late.  My oldest “starting student” with Down syndrome was 33 and legally blind. He is learning to read. This is [...]

A mom messaged me recently on Facebook. Her 10-year old daughter with DS, in a fully inclusive setting, has had great teams for several years and her reading level was assessed at Level O (on the [...]