Down Syndrome Reading

The Short List: 3 Basics If you have only these 3 basics in place, you’re set for success in teaching your child with Down syndrome to read. The entire topic of teaching our kids can be [...]

  Your New Tool I believe that we can pull teaching tips from many sources not originally intended for special needs; here’s a decoding tidbit to add to your Teaching Toolbox. The [...]

Time to Expand Your Child’s Reading Success! Fun + Teaching Knowledge = Success. If learning to read is fun, your chances of success skyrocket. We’ll look at what you’ve put in [...]

If you’ve been following Success Steps 1-11 in my blogs, you’ve already covered all the bases for putting your child on a solid beginning-to-read foundation. So now your child is [...]

If you want the pleasure of working with children who joyfully congratulate themselves, then you’re going to have to teach someone with Down syndrome. My teaching sessions are filled with [...]

Not to worry, it’s multiple choice, and there are no wrong answers. But your answers will help you be even more successful in teaching your child to read. Multiple Choice: Pick an answer, [...]

Success Step 9 Welcome to Step 9 on our start-to-finish journey of teaching reading to our children. While most school systems haven’t yet caught up with best practice for teaching our [...]

The Reading Railroad is Rolling Again! My post-NDSC-conference wrap-up is finally over, and the reading train is moving again. So here we are at Success Step 8. This is what you have going so [...]

Ink It In! If your reading plan is going to succeed (hopefully beyond your wildest dreams), you’re going to have to make that Teaching/Learning Time a HABIT. It has to have a place in your [...]

The Road to Excitement Personal books are PRIMO in getting your child hooked on the joy of reading. Primo. There is no faster way to both ramp up their enthusiasm and give them quick reading [...]