SET: The Family Game of Visual Perception BUILDS COGNITIVE SKILLS SET is a card game. The 81 cards have four attributes: color, symbol, shading, and number. It can be played solitaire, or with a small group. It has won a lot of awards, over 25 at last count. There’s a good reason. It’s both fun and […]
What is Unison Reading? Unison reading, also known as choral reading, is simply reading together aloud. This can be done by a tutor and a student, a parent and a child, or a teacher in a classroom. It’s especially effective in a classroom because there are enough students reading to make it easy for dyslexic […]
Book Review: Reading Remedy, by Marion Blank, Ph.D. Reviewed by Yvonna Graham, M.Ed. DR. BLANK IS MY HERO The Reading Remedy: Six Essential Skills That Will Turn Your Child Into a Reader, by Dr. Marion Blank, published in 2006, should be required for all elementary teachers. Dr. Blank obtained her Ph.D. in Medical Psychology from the […]
by Yvonna Graham, M.Ed; www.dyslexiakit.net GET RID OF BAD BOOK VIBES: Students who have trouble learning to read often develop negative reactions to books. By the time I see them as a reading tutor, some of these students actually shudder and get tears in their eyes when I bring out a book! This unfortunate pairing […]