Aphesis
I have a really sound, educational reason for watching 8 Out of 10 Cats does Countdown. It’s because I often learn something new – such as the word ‘aphesis’! ‘Aphesis’ is the gradual loss of an unstressed vowel sound or … Continued
Dysgraphia
Dysgraphia is a Greek word: ‘dys’ meaning ‘impaired’, ‘graph’ meaning ‘to write’ and ‘ia’ meaning ‘the condition of’. Dysgraphia, therefore, is a specific learning disability that affects writing. It can include difficulties with handwriting, spelling and/or expressing thoughts in writing … Continued
Short Vowel Sounds
From a linguistic perspective, using the terms short and long vowel sounds in modern English is not strictly correct as the vowels are not actually short and long versions of the same sound. However, it is useful terminology when teaching … Continued
Multisensory Teaching
This episode discusses multisensory learning and multisensory integration and then looks at the research around using multisensory strategies to promote learning and how these strategies can be applied to helping students learn to read and spell.
Summer Learning
It’s the summer holidays. Our first instinct as parents is a sigh of relief – no more packed lunches, no more homework! Unfortunately learning loss over summer is a real problem and this is particularly true for younger students and … Continued