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By Natalie Hale
In Early Reading, Education, Personal REVIEW Pages, Reading Resources, Teaching Down syndrome, Uncategorized
Posted February 10, 2021

Personal REVIEW Pages: a Different Tool Altogether!

What do I mean by “pretend reading”? Our clever learners are great “picture-with-sentence” memorizers. You know exactly what I mean: they see a picture, know the sentence that goes with that [...]

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By Natalie Hale
In ADD/ADHD, behavioral issues, Down Syndrome Parenting, Education, Teaching Down syndrome, Uncategorized
Posted April 14, 2020

MAKE THEIR DAY VISUAL…”oh, I SEE!”

THE NEW NORMAL… Right now, your daily routine is NOTHING like it normally is. We’re a few weeks into “shelter in place,” so you’ve probably got a new routine going [...]

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By Natalie Hale
In Early Reading, Education, Fast Flash, Sight Word Reading, Teaching Down syndrome
Posted February 6, 2020

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. [...]

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By Natalie Hale
In Down Syndrome Parenting, Early Reading, Education, Teaching Down syndrome, Testing Down syndrome
Posted January 17, 2020

HOW TO HELP LEARNERS AVOID F.O.F. SYNDROME

What’s F.O.F. syndrome? Okay, I made it up. But I’ve seen it countless times, and so have you. FOF syndrome is Fear of Failure. FOF syndrome kicks in when we put something in front of [...]

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By Natalie Hale
In Comprehension, Down Syndrome Reading, Reading Resources, Teaching Down syndrome
Posted October 13, 2019

AN IEP READING ROLLBACK BECAUSE OF COMPREHENSION LAGS? SERIOUSLY?

A mom messaged me recently on Facebook. Her 10-year old daughter with DS, in a fully inclusive setting, has had great teams for several years and her reading level was assessed at Level O (on the [...]

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By Natalie Hale
In ADD/ADHD, behavioral issues, Early Reading, Education, Medical Issues, Teaching Down syndrome
Posted June 4, 2019

PART 3: CAN ANYONE WITH DS LEARN TO READ? DEALING WITH ADD/ADHD

Part 3 Note: If you read my previous articles “Parts 1 or 2” already, skip down to *UNDIAGNOSED ADD/ADHD. If you didn’t, read this first part (in italics) because you need this [...]

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By Natalie Hale
In Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Teaching Down syndrome
Posted May 28, 2019

PART 2: CAN ANYONE WITH DS LEARN TO READ? CONTINUED…

Part 2 Note: If you read last week’s article, skip down to *Undiagnosed Vision Issues. If you didn’t, keep reading because you need this initial information! Parents often ask me, [...]

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By Natalie Hale
In Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Modified books, Older Emergent Readers, Teaching Down syndrome
Posted April 22, 2019

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, [...]

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By Natalie Hale
In Down Syndrome Reading, Early Reading, Education, Teaching Down syndrome, Uncategorized
Posted February 14, 2018

5 SOLUTIONS FOR GETTING YOUR LEARNER “UNSTUCK”

Learning can stall for many reasons, or maybe it hasn’t even begun yet; here’s a list of 5 solutions to get you started. Solution #1: Reduce the task size What does it mean when your [...]

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By Natalie Hale
In Down Syndrome Parenting, Education, Montessori, Teaching Down syndrome
Posted April 14, 2017

DO OUR KIDS HAVE TO “PLATEAU”? NO.NOT.EVER.

Here’s a “never plateau!” story My son Jonathan (32, Down syndrome plus other variables) has had a Facebook page for 2 years. He asked for it, I put it up for him. But he [...]

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