by Marlene | Jan 25, 2019 | Reading
Courtesy of Carrie Gajowski, MA of Scientific Learning Literacy education in America has long been been divided between proponents of phonics, where children learn to read by sounding out each part of a new word and distinguishing between different phonemes, and those...
by Marlene | Dec 6, 2018 | Brain, Reading
Courtesy of SciLean and Terri Zezula How Automaticity Impacts Reading “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” As a pangram, a sentence that uses every letter in the alphabet, this one is wonderfully concise, quick and easy to process. You probably read it and...
by Marlene | Oct 3, 2018 | Brain, Event
Dr. Steven L. Miller, an award-winning neuropsychologist with expertise in the assessment and treatment of developmental language and reading impairments, will be the keynote speaker at the Speech and Hearing BC annual conference, on Friday October 19, from 8:30 to 10...
by Marlene | Jul 3, 2018 | Event, Reading
I had the opportunity to assist at the Saanich Peninsula Literacy Open-Air Library at Iroquois Park in Sidney today. I encourage you to drop by any of their other upcoming events this summer. It’s free and you can select from a wide range of reading materials...
by Marlene | Jun 25, 2018 | Brain, Reading
Courtesy of KNKX and Ashley Gross Scientists have been trying to tease out what happens in the brain when a kid is learning something new. At the University of Washington, researchers have just published their findings on what happens to children with dyslexia when...
