Internal Motivation: Helping Children Develop a Thirst for Knowledge

I was working with a little guy the other day — a kindergarten student. He was hard at work hunched over a piece of paper with a crayon in his hand. I peeked over his shoulder and said, “Hey! You wrote Happy Birthday!”

Print Skills, Writing, and Spelling

A continuation of my notes from a presentation by Kathryn Wilson, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT on January 22-23, 2009 at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, entitled “Unlocking the Doors to Academic Success for Children with Hearing Loss!  The Keys: Reading Aloud, Phonemic Awareness, Oral Narration”.

Unlocking the Doors to Academic Success for Children With Hearing Loss

Unlocking the Doors to Academic Success for Children with Hearing Loss! The Keys: Reading Aloud, Phonemic Awareness, and Oral Narration   Today I attended an excellent seminar given by Kathryn Wilson, M.S., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT on how parents and professionals can use phonological awareness skills to give children with hearing loss the best chanceContinue reading “Unlocking the Doors to Academic Success for Children With Hearing Loss”

Reading Aloud and Other Everyday Reading Activities

“Readers are leaders and leaders are readers.” One of the most important things you can do for your child, deaf or not, is READ, READ, READ.  Read to them, read with them, encourage them to read to themselves and to you.  Set a good example by reading a lot yourself, and show them everyday situationsContinue reading “Reading Aloud and Other Everyday Reading Activities”