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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]