Education

Step by Step… If you’re just joining me now, we’re walking together through the whole process of teaching our children with Down syndrome to read, week by week and step by step. [...]

Down the Yellow Brick Reading Road If you’ve been following my blogs on teaching emergent readers with Down syndrome, this one’s for you. Week by week in these blogs, we’re [...]

The Terrier Technique You’re gonna love this simple technique, because it will improve two things: fluency and comprehension. How good can it get? What Did You Say? Simply explained, you [...]

They Shalt Not… This tidbit was buried in last week’s blog on classroom reading woes, so I decided to pull it out and let it stand on its own. We all know about our offspring’s [...]

Classroom Woes One mom recently wrote me about her teenage daughter, whose special ed teacher, though a good egg, is teaching reading materials not only ‘way above the teen’s head, [...]

I Thought You’d Never Ask! Actually, you didn’t ask, but I know that after last week’s blog, you’re probably thinking it. “What the heck am I supposed to teach for 5 [...]

Pete and Repeat I’ve talked about this before, but I’m going to talk about it again because it’s so important. I’ll say it differently this time, so you won’t get [...]

A Group To Watch! I had a great time over the weekend giving workshops in Florida: Jacksonville (DSAJ) and Orlando (DSACF). The audiences were terrific, responsive, and interactive, and in [...]

What’s a Mother To Do? Okay, you’re all too young to remember that iconic commercial which ends in “What’s a mother to do?” But really, what’s a [...]

7 More Essentials for Best Practice in the Classroom Last week, I invited you to dream with me and imagine ideal classroom support for our emergent readers with Down syndrome. I gave you 7 [...]