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Are you wondering if your child is behind in reading? How do you know if you should be worried or not?
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Learn more about Dyslexia
In this section, I try to help you understand dyslexia and other reading problems.
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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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Nov 15, 20228 min read
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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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Oct 25, 20227 min read
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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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Sep 29, 20227 min read
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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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Aug 16, 20225 min read
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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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Jul 19, 20226 min read
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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...
teacherdarcis
Jun 21, 20224 min read
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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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May 16, 20229 min read
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Online tutoring for dyslexia- the benefits of online tutoring.
Many people wonder if online tutoring for dyslexia can be as beneficial as in-person tutoring. It’s a question I have had as well. This...
teacherdarcis
Mar 16, 20225 min read
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Does dyslexia improve with age?
Is a struggling reader just a late bloomer? Does dyslexia improve with age? Every child develops at their own pace. Maybe we just need to...
teacherdarcis
Feb 15, 20227 min read
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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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Jan 16, 20226 min read
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22 best tips to help your child become a better reader.
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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Dec 30, 202111 min read
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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...
teacherdarcis
Dec 16, 20219 min read
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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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Oct 17, 20214 min read
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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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Sep 5, 20213 min read
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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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Mar 1, 20213 min read
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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...
teacherdarcis
Dec 31, 20203 min read
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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...
teacherdarcis
Sep 7, 20204 min read
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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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Aug 28, 20204 min read
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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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Aug 26, 20203 min read
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