Alfabetico: Heading into its tenth year of business

  The beginning of 2024, also marks the beginning of Alfabetico’s tenth year of business. In the world of small business, that’s no small feat! It’s been an amazing journey so far, and although we’re only a few days into the New Year, there have been some chance meetings, and promising signs that 2024 isContinue reading Alfabetico: Heading into its tenth year of business

Joy – ‘feeling of pleasure or delight’

  It’s been a tumultuous week in terms of world events, and sometimes, what’s going on in the wider world can feel overwhelming.  Rather than feeling down about events that are not within my immediate sphere of influence, I’ve chosen to focus on all the wonderful things that I feel grateful for this week; thingsContinue reading Joy – ‘feeling of pleasure or delight’

Literacy – The Ability to Read ‘and’ Write

  This week’s blog post is about ‘Literacy’. Helping students and other educators build their literacy capacity through a greater understanding of our language’s Orthography (the conventions of a language’s writing system) is my passion.   It’s important to show students that our writing system helps us to: – convey ideas to others through writingContinue reading Literacy – The Ability to Read ‘and’ Write

‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ – Getting Forensic to Detect the Spelling of Scientific Words

  One of my students loves the Netflix show, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’.  As luck would have it, I do too!  I’ve watched every episode.  This particular student came to me feeling quite despondent after a Science exam at school last week.  The student thought they’d done really well in the main part of the exam, butContinue reading ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ – Getting Forensic to Detect the Spelling of Scientific Words