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 | 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...
by Marlene | Jun 15, 2018 | Brain, Reading
Courtesy of Scientific Learning Apr 26, 2018 by Leslie Ferguson, MA, MFA Scientists are deep in the trenches discovering the factors involved in developing autism and how to effectively “retrain” the brain through intensive interventions. Director of...
by Marlene | May 4, 2018 | Reading
With May being Speech & Hearing Month, I found this article concise and insightful on how to help with fluency in struggling readers. Reading fluency is the ability to read with sufficient ease, accuracy, and expression, providing a bridge between word...
by Marlene | May 1, 2018 | Event, Reading
Did you know that reading is associated with speech and hearing? While dyslexia is not life threatening, it can be life destroying. As these statistics show, language impairment can have devastating effects. If you know anyone who struggles with reading or who would...
