by Karina Richland | Oct 15, 2021 | Activities and Games, Multisensory, Multisensory Teaching, Reading, Spelling
Once your student is very comfortable reading consonant-vowel-consonant words (cat, bit, fed, lug, etc.), it is time to introduce your student to initial blends. Initial blends are the 2 consonant letters at the beginning of a word that each make their own sound. Some...
by Karina Richland | Sep 17, 2021 | Activities and Games, Multisensory, Multisensory Teaching, Reading, Spelling
Once your student has learned initial blends in words (flag, brim, snip, drop), it is time to introduce your student to final blends. Final Blends are the 2 consonant letters at the end of a word that each make their own sound. Some examples of final blends are lamp,...
by Karina Richland | Aug 29, 2021 | Learning Differences, Learning Disabilities, Multisensory, Multisensory Teaching, Spelling
Spelling can be challenging for students with learning differences. Reading and spelling are closely related processes and yet despite this connection, the process of spelling is much more difficult than reading. Spelling requires a child to produce a task, whereas...
by Karina Richland | Dec 7, 2020 | Activities and Games, Reading, Spelling, Student Motivation, Writing
Winter break is the perfect time to practice some reading and writing for fun. Here are some winter break learning activities that will keep your children active and engaged while sneaking in some learning at the same time. Make a Reading List You have heard of a...
by Karina Richland | Nov 25, 2020 | Activities and Games, Multisensory, Multisensory Teaching, Orton-Gillingham, Reading, Spelling
What is the Y Rule? When a word ends in a ‘ y ’ like in the word pony, and you want to make the word plural – you will change the y to an i and add es. This is called the Y Rule. Family = families Baby = babies Hobby = hobbies Party = parties The Y Rule...
by Karina Richland | Jul 25, 2020 | Activities and Games, Multisensory, Multisensory Teaching, Orton-Gillingham, Spelling
Glued sounds or welded sounds in Orton-Gillingham are groups of letters within a word such as king, hang, long, sung that are easier to learn as a chunk than separated into individual sounds. Our students need a lot of practice with welded sounds, so I came up with...
