EASY APPS FOR MAKING PERSONAL BOOKS
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 [...]
By Natalie Hale
In Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Down Syndrome and Apraxia, Down Syndrome Reading, Down Syndrome Reading with Apraxia, Nonverbal readers, Reading helps talking
Posted TEACH READING TO TEACH TALKING!
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 [...]
CAN YOU START A READING PROGRAM WITH PIZZA AND ICE CREAM?
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 [...]
By Natalie Hale
Posted …BUT IS THERE A MAGIC AGE FOR LEARNING TO READ?
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 [...]
IS IT EVER TOO LATE TO LEARN TO READ?
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 [...]
By Natalie Hale
Posted AN IEP READING ROLLBACK BECAUSE OF COMPREHENSION LAGS? SERIOUSLY?
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 [...]
By Natalie Hale
In Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Down Syndrome and Apraxia, Down Syndrome Reading, Down Syndrome Reading with Apraxia, Nonverbal readers, Reading helps talking
Posted TEACH READING TO TEACH TALKING? YES!
the gift that gives twice We all know that we open the world to our children when we teach them to read. I felt that wonder first-hand when I taught my son Jonathan to read 29 years ago. And I [...]
WORK YOURSELF OUT OF A JOB
I’ve been where you are. When my son Jonathan was 5, I was busy with PT, OT, ST, and a 3-year-old daughter with severe asthma. The idea of me teaching reading to my 5-year-old with Down [...]
By Natalie Hale
Posted INTO THE BOXING RING: PHONICS vs. WHOLE WORD READING
Speaking of Boxing… At the NDSC Conference in Pittsburg last month, the Phonics Or Whole Word (POWW!) issue attacked me personally in the form of one attendee who voiced the opinion that, [...]
By Natalie Hale
In Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Fast Flash, SANDWICH STYLE TEACHING, Sight Word Reading
Posted YOU WRITE ABOUT “SANDWICH STYLE TEACHING.” WHAT’S THAT?
What’s the Sandwich? “Sandwich Style Teaching” is simple. It means making a reading sandwich where Fast Flash are the two pieces of bread and the middle, the PBJ layer, is the [...]