The Most Important Accommodation for Dyslexia: The Gift of Time.
I am sure that most of us can remember a time when we were in a conversation in a social situation and didn’t have the words we wanted to...
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teacherdarcis
- Oct 25
- 6 min
What does IEP mean?
Recently I attended Reading in the Rockies. (It is the annual convention of the local branch of the International Dyslexia Association.) ...
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teacherdarcis
- Sep 29
- 7 min
5 Solutions for Pandemic Slide.
I am sure you have an interesting story of what happened in your life in March of 2020. Everyone has their own story about what happened...
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teacherdarcis
- Aug 16
- 5 min
Finding Easy Books For Beginning Readers.
Children are excited about learning to read. They believe that when they go to school they will learn to read and that is one of the...
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teacherdarcis
- Jul 19
- 6 min
Dyslexia tutors should have certain qualifications.
As a parent, I know getting help for your struggling reader can be very confusing. How do you determine who is able to help you? How can...
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teacherdarcis
- Jun 21
- 4 min
A big problem with my teacher education.
I had a degree in elementary education before having children. I used to teach kindergarten. Most of the children in my kindergarten...
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teacherdarcis
- May 16
- 9 min
Tutoring Reading Online: What Research Says.
In my last blog, I talked about how and why I chose to do my tutoring online instead of in person. It was a personal story about why I...
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teacherdarcis
- Mar 16
- 5 min
Online tutoring for dyslexia- the benefits of online tutoring.
Many people wonder if tutoring online can be as beneficial as in-person tutoring. It’s a question I have had as well. This is my story...
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teacherdarcis
- Feb 15
- 7 min
Does dyslexia improve with age?
Is a struggling reader just a late bloomer? Every child develops at their own pace. Maybe we just need to give that child time to grow...
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teacherdarcis
- Jan 16
- 6 min
What Reading Comprehension is and How to Improve it.
Comprehension means understanding. There is no reason to read something unless you understand it. But sometimes people have a hard time...
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teacherdarcis
- Dec 30, 2021
- 11 min
22 best tips to help your child become a better reader in 2022
In this blog post, I will give you 22 ideas you can use to support reading for your child. These ideas will work for anybody whether they...
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teacherdarcis
- Dec 16, 2021
- 9 min
Becoming a Fluent Reader
Is “fast reading” a “fluency synonym”? Do all good readers need to be fast readers? In this blog post, we are going to be exploring...
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teacherdarcis
- Oct 17, 2021
- 4 min
Improving Reading and Writing through Spelling!
Spelling is often thought of as something to be learned through rote visual memorization. In order to practice spelling people often use...
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teacherdarcis
- Sep 5, 2021
- 3 min
Words are how we think.
The Importance of Vocabulary in Reading fluency and comprehension. Vocabulary is the third essential component of 5 components of reading...
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teacherdarcis
- Mar 1, 2021
- 3 min
The importance of phonics
Phonics Phonics is the knowledge that letters of the alphabet represent sounds and that they can be blended together to make words....
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teacherdarcis
- Dec 31, 2020
- 3 min
Why we learn cursive handwriting at Defeating Dyslexia with Darci
At Defeating Dyslexia with Darci all students learn cursive. It is part of what we do. Most kids think this is pretty cool just because...
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teacherdarcis
- Sep 7, 2020
- 4 min
Does your child seem to have memory problems when it comes to learning letter names and sounds?
Rote memory is memorizing random facts that may seem boring and uninteresting. The names of numbers and letters have to be memorized by...
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teacherdarcis
- Aug 28, 2020
- 4 min
Phonemic awareness
When my 1st child had learned several letters and at least one sound to go with each letter I was excited to have her start reading. I...
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teacherdarcis
- Aug 26, 2020
- 3 min
The Reading Wars
Did you know there has been a war going on in the US for decades over how reading is taught? It is true. It’s called “The Reading Wars”....
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