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“I Was Feeling Guilty as a Parent!” 2024 is THE YEAR to Educate Yourself to Support Your Child(ren)

Leave a Comment / Adolescent/Young Adult Dyslexia, Parenting, Science of Reading, Your Journey / By

A few months ago, I had occasion to correspond and speak with Lisa Hanifan, who by her own admission, was an “angry teacher” and a mom who later “felt guilty as a parent.”  You see, Ms. Hanifan didn’t know what she didn’t know. My colleague, Lisa, has NOTHING to feel guilty about—neither as a teacher …

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“It’s Just TOO MUCH Work!!”

Leave a Comment / Attention, Background Knowledge & Literacy, Decoding (Reading), Executive Function & Literacy, Language Literacy Connection, Parenting, Your Journey / By

For some students, even able ones, reading is just “too much” work. A little parable is then offered in support of teaching literacy skills efficiently, effectively, and in accordance with what we now know about how the human brain learns to read–in other words–aligned to The Science of Reading. HERE IS THE STORY — EVERYONE …

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