READING HELP! SKIPPING WORDS, USING SMALLER TYPE, READING SILENTLY
Melissa, FB user and proud mom of Violette (8, with Down syndrome), shot me a few questions she thought might be “blog fodder.” She was right. She wrote, “We pulled out the [...]
By Natalie Hale
In Apraxia, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Down Syndrome and Apraxia, Down Syndrome Reading with Apraxia, Early Reading, Education, Reading helps talking, Uncategorized
Posted TEACH READING TO TEACH TALKING: UPDATE!
I’ve talked about this in a previous blog; here’s an update on this super important topic. About teaching reading to teach talking– Does it work? Yes. How? Let me count the [...]
HOW FAST IS FAST? FAST FLASH TIPS
HOW FAST IS FAST? Use of “Fast Flash” is spreading…but how do you do it so the BRAIN gets it? Is there a wrong way (ineffective) and a right way (zaaap into memory)? You bet! Read on… Q. Why are [...]
By Natalie Hale
In Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Fast Flash, Older Emergent Readers, Personal Books
Posted WHAT NOW? MY 10-YR-OLD IS ONLY A “PARTIAL READER”, AND STUCK.
If your child is 10, 12, or 18, and this is the case, I wish we could say that this was unusual, but it’s not. Let’s look at how this happened and fix it. The Causes Chances are high that your [...]
FREEBIE THANKSGIVING BOOK with FLASH CARDS
Yummers! Pass the pumpkin pie, please! I created this book for my students, then thought you might like to have it, too. It’s for emergent readers (Pre-Primer, Primer, etc.) but more advanced [...]
NEW DISNEYLAND SCORE: DISABILITY MANAGEMENT=0
Walt Disney=10, Disney Management=0 As parents of kids with Down syndrome/autism/etc., we all go to Disneyland/Disney World for our kids. Period. We do it to bring them special moments of [...]
By Natalie Hale
In Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Older Emergent Readers, Personal Books, Reading in the classroom, Teaching Down syndrome
Posted You Want Me to Read WHAT???
If a child or teen hasn’t caught on to reading, is totally uninterested, or shuts down when a parent or a teacher tries to teach reading, we need to ask ourselves: “What are we [...]
By Natalie Hale
In Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Fast Flash, Personal Books, Teaching Down syndrome
Posted How DO you teach reading to a child with Down syndrome? GO IN THROUGH THE HEART
“We go in through the heart and teach to the brain.” “How DO you teach reading to a child with Down syndrome?” asked the Mensan. I was flying across country to give workshops when a [...]
By Natalie Hale
Posted OUR KIDS “TAUGHT” MARIA MONTESSORI HER METHODS
Did you know this? I didn’t. Maria formulated her ingenious teaching methods in 2 years of WORKING EXCLUSIVELY with kids like ours, children with developmental delays. She taught them daily [...]
By Natalie Hale
In Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Phonics, Sight Word Reading, Teaching Down syndrome
Posted MICHAEL ROSEN ON PHONICS: LET’S HEAR IT FROM A CHILDREN’S LAUREATE OF GREAT BRITAIN
Leading The Charge! I so often wave one of my most passionate flags, which reads, “Let’s teach our children that reading is fun, reading is magic, reading is about understanding! [...]