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
In Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Modified books, Older Emergent Readers, Teaching Down syndrome
Posted IS THERE A MAGIC BULLET for READING? YEP. GO IN THROUGH THE HEART.
HERE’S ONE STORY… If you’ve read my latest book, “Whole Child Reading,” you know that my premise for teaching reading to our offspring with Down syndrome is, [...]
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, Older Emergent Readers, Personal Books, Reading in the classroom, Teaching Down syndrome
Posted You Want Me to Read WHAT???
If a child or teen hasn’t caught on to reading, is totally uninterested, or shuts down when a parent or a teacher tries to teach reading, we need to ask ourselves: “What are we [...]
By Natalie Hale
In Down Syndrome Parenting, Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Inclusion, Older Emergent Readers, Reading in the classroom
Posted WHAT CAN YOU DO WHEN THE CLASSROOM READING LEVEL DOESN’T MATCH YOUR CHILD’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, [...]