By Natalie Hale
Posted WHAT’S FREE, FAST, AND TEACHES VOCABULARY LIKE THE BOMB?
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 talking about Fast Flash. [...]
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 [...]
I TRIED FAST FLASH, BUT MY CHILD WON’T LOOK AT THE CARDS! NOW WHAT?
It happens. There are varied reasons…maybe the learner is tired, hungry, cranky (in which case, put the flash cards away!) But whatever the reason, you’re now in a gridlock. (You can [...]
By Natalie Hale
In Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Fast Flash, Sight Word Reading, Teaching Down syndrome
Posted “FLASH CARDS DON’T WORK FOR MY CHILD!” Let’s fix that…
Why aren’t flash cards working for my child? Flash cards as they are traditionally used are the slow boat to China. Boring. It can take forever to get that information into the [...]
By Natalie Hale
In Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Fast Flash, Older Emergent Readers, Personal Books
Posted WHAT NOW? MY 10-YR-OLD IS ONLY A “PARTIAL READER”, AND STUCK.
If your child is 10, 12, or 18, and this is the case, I wish we could say that this was unusual, but it’s not. Let’s look at how this happened and fix it. The Causes Chances are high that your [...]
By Natalie Hale
In Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Fast Flash, Personal Books, Teaching Down syndrome
Posted How DO you teach reading to a child with Down syndrome? GO IN THROUGH THE HEART
“We go in through the heart and teach to the brain.” “How DO you teach reading to a child with Down syndrome?” asked the Mensan. I was flying across country to give workshops when a [...]
ANOTHER DECODING TOOL for YOU!
Make It Visual This is one you won’t find in the books, but it works. Anything that moves a child closer to decoding works, in my world. You remember using Fast Flash (see also Fast Flash [...]
WHICH “a” DO I USE WHEN I MAKE FLASH CARDS or BOOKS? WHY?
Simple Question, Simple Answer We use the “a” that your child will read for the rest of his or her life. That would be “a”. The alternative lowercase “a”, the [...]
By Natalie Hale
Posted SUCCESS STEP 6: Do You Need Help with Your Personal Books? Here’s a Frozen Idea…
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 [...]
By Natalie Hale
In Down Syndrome Reading, Education, Fast Flash, Personal Books, Sight Word Reading, Teaching Down syndrome
Posted SUCCESS STEP 5: UNDERSTAND WHY SIGHT WORDS COME BEFORE PHONICS
In Defense of Sight Word Reading You’ve been following along with our Success Steps to reading, and right now you’re Fast Flashing some really cool words that go with the awesome [...]