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Archive for November, 2008

Callum is loving the riddles. Its wonderful to hear him…

Callum is loving the riddles. Its wonderful to hear him reading them out so effortlessly, and the whole family join in with guesses.
We are almost at the end of the programme and it is amazing to see what a difference it has made to Callum. He has grown in confidence and enthusiasm and this has [...]

Phonics or Whole Language Debate

Day by day one begins to see more Real Books and Whole Language articles.   Here is another:
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As phonics fails to deliver the target of full literacy again, one can feel the pendulum beginning [...]

For your information, my son has increased…

For your information, my son has increased his school reading by approximately 3 levels since starting Easyread. It has increased his confidence in trying to read. Indeed, has certainly developed his interest in reading. He can still remember the initial instructions (i.e pictures/sounds) if he gets stuck on a word. This is quite surprising since [...]

Education Otherwise

We are indeed very pleased with Paul’s progress, (as are his tutors), we have seen a real leap in his skills and confidence.
However, Paul is educated outside of the school system ,as we were frankly dismayed at what was on offer in our area for those who did not take the 11 plus.
I would like [...]

Yesterday she read a note sent home from school as if it …

Yesterday she read a note sent home from school as if it were her own reading book and now is attempting to read all sorts of other books to herself as well. It has been wonderful for her. Her head is held high, she has the lead in the school play she has benefitted so [...]

Thank you very much for the prize…

Thank you very much for the prize, really thoughtful prizes which I am sure please all the children. George couldn’t wait to get home from school when I said it had arrived! He loved it. In fact George is a very active sporty boy who prefers outdoor activities than indoor thus the reason for us [...]

Over the last two weeks particularly we have seen…

Over the last two weeks particularly we have seen a big improvement with Phoebe. She is finally beginning to blend words and can say D I D did for example. I don’t think she would have made this much progress at school since they only get a new reading book once a week. She has [...]

What is Dyslexia?

It is funny isn’t it that nobody can even agree on what dyslexia is.
Here is one definition:
What is dyslexia
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Declining Literacy - One of the great urban myths

Here is an interesting case of the dangers of misunderstood statistics on reading.
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People have an idea that once upon a time everybody learnt to read.   It is just not true.
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