Comprehension, That Elusive Pot of Gold In general, poor reading comprehension plagues our kids with Down syndrome–and their weary parents right along with them. Why is comprehension often [...]
Lotto or matching games are beloved by me and particularly by my non-verbal students. They absolutely love smacking those word cards down on the correct picture–or picture to the [...]
Last weekend I had the fun of giving reading workshops for The 21 Club in New Hartford, NY, and as usual I ended the day with a hands-on workshop for modifying trade books. I can’t [...]
Who Knew? ABCs and Numbers! I never would have guessed this, but the same “Fast Flash” method that is so incredibly effective in teaching our kids with DS to read can also teach them [...]
The Starting Gate Where do you start if you want to teach your child to read? Or if you want to make sure all the reading bases are covered in the classroom? What if you’ve already tried to [...]
Figure It Out, Tell the Educator, Put it in the IEP This is not an exhaustive study of the different learning styles of children/teens with Down syndrome; there is Google for that. Instead, this [...]
While we’re on the topic of Personal Books… Let’s talk about apps! Many thanks to Facebook mom Lisa Graebner Orvis for tipping us off to 4 apps that will help digitally-incined [...]
“Our son learned to read with those books!” Last month in Denver at the NDSC Conference, I was at my Special Reads booth when a couple walked by. They pointed to the Spaghetti and I [...]
Let’s Hear It For Personal Books! Fortunately, the word is spreading, and there is more and more talk in DS circles about creating personal books to teach reading. Personal books [...]
When tempted, I can really get up on my soapbox about this! So let me calm down, sip on some soothing Chamomile tea, and proceed. What Comes First? First off, let me say that sight word reading [...]