What Ignited My Passion for Teaching Written Language Skills
My passion for teaching written language skills began in my undergraduate training in education and speech and language pathology.
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Top 7 Reasons Why an SLP is Important to your Literacy Program
Top seven reasons why a speech and language pathologist should be part and indeed play an integral role in your school’s literacy program.
Spelling Rules: why to teach them
I was never a good speller. I went to a parochial school and spelling tests and spelling bees were a weekly trial for me. I clearly remember when in fifth grade Sister Rosa tried to bolster my self-esteem by giving me the easy words in…
How to Read a Book to Your Child
The most important thing that parents can do to assist their children in education is to read to them. Reading opens up new worlds to your child, stimulates their imagination, and exposes them to vocabulary that is not common in conversation. Reading promotes cognitive development.…
Fiction versus Non-fiction a fun active way to teach ( Distance Learning or Classroom)
BOOK SORT: Either gather up a selection of books in your home or classroom or have your child pick books off the bookshelf. * Ask your child to sort them into piles Once they have done this ask them how they chose to sort them.…
How to Work with Mixed Groups in Speech and Language Therapy
How do you work with mixed groups in speech and language therapy? Working in groups in speech and language therapy can be challenging. Often the students will not all be on the same level. You may need to work with a classroom group in which…
Why We Need to Teach Reading Using an Integrative System
There is an inter-relationship between, reading, spelling, handwriting, and written expression that needs to be honored when we think about teaching reading. There are multiple areas in the brain that are essential in learning how to read. Our instruction, therefore, needs to be explicit, systematic, cumulative, and multi-sensory.
One Way to Up Your Student’s Reading Activity
Have you been to a movie lately? What happens before the main movie? You typically are watching movie previews. Why do movie theaters do this? They want to entice you to want to see the movie that they are previewing. The same thing should happen…
