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
This morning, I came across a little note I’d written down for myself late last year to remind me of a student’s understanding of the process arrow used in a morphological word sum. The note had been made on an evening when I’d been explaining to the student, for the first time, that wordsContinue reading The Morphological Word Sum
Looking back at the week that’s passed, I’m reminded of a quote, which I believe was coined by Pete Bowers of WordWorks Kingston (Canada), “Nothing motivates like understanding.” I’ve seen so much learning and understanding take place with the students I work with in my private therapy practice, primary school teachers I’ve been working withContinue reading Motivates – mote + ive + ate + s –>
When I work with teachers and they tell me that using the International Phonetic Association (IPA) symbols will be too hard, or too complicated for students to understand, I know that’s simply not true. How do I know? Well, apart from seeing my previous students get the hang of it, I just met a lovelyContinue reading Eye, Pee, Aye (IPA) all the Way!
Help – ‘to support, do good to’. I’ve been so lucky to have lots of practical help from my beautiful family over the summer holiday break at a time when I’ve not physically been able to do very much. A major job, completed by my wonderful step-father, and husband, was the building of a retainingContinue reading Help
Whether you’re a beginner, or well on your way to learning about the beauty and regularity of the English writing system (the language’s orthography), I hope this site will be a place you’ll visit often for learning and/or inspiration. My own journey, both as teacher and student, to date, has been hugely exciting and empoweringContinue reading Welcome!
