Sometimes strategies come along and you wonder why you didn’t think of that! The strategy I’m showing you today is one of those! Actually this video takes 2 minutes from start to finish, which may be a record for Behavior Communicates! Take a look! I told you it was fast and simple! If you have a better, quicker way to get the same thing done, please share! Enjoy this one! […]
Read moreI am on fire with all of the knowledge and product information I have been learning this summer as it relates to struggling readers, especially those who have Dyslexia. I can confidently say that I not only know how to teach reading, I also know what products or strategies to use for those students who struggle with conventional reading instruction. I am so excited, that I just needed to share it […]
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09
Sep
2019
Use Tapping to Help Make Decoding Words “Sticky”
We know that when teaching reading, a multi-sensory approach is the best way to help students to get information and make it stick especially for students with a specific learning disability. One of those multi-sensory strategies is tapping. What is tapping? It’s a strategy using your fingers to make sure students understand the 1:1 correspondence of the number of phonemes in a word or syllable. Take a look! Stay tuned […]
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03
Sep
2019
A Numbers Rainbow: Multi-Sensory Ideas for Math!
You asked for a video on multi-sensory math ideas, so here it is! You know as well as I do that so much of math is language. Plus if you can get your students to remember both the language concepts and the visual cues to help make numbers in math more memorable by finding ways to have students see math, hear math and touch math then….. Why not?!!! 🙂 Take a look […]
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26
Aug
2019
A Multi-Sensory Rainbow Alphabet
If you’ve got students who can’t seem to remember their letters, perhaps they’re telling you they need something more. Perhaps they need something that can tap into any and all modalities that they need to learn. If so, then you are going to want to know about the Rainbow Alphabet. You’re going to ask, “Does it work because the students can visualize the different letters better?” Or you might ask, “Does it […]
Read moreHave you ever assigned some kind of reading material to a student and wondered if it was the correct reading level for that child? Have you ever wondered why your child or student was struggling to read something that was supposedly at his/her reading level? Now you have a way to Make Sure what your student is reading is at least ”playing fair” because the text is at the correct reading level that […]
Read moreAs you know, I love children’s literature! I know we have students who will sometimes connect better through a story than through personal contact with others. One of my students on the autism spectrum lost his grandmother. He was very close to her, spent tons of time doing things with her and he knew she understood him. When she died, he told his parents it was like in the movie, […]
Read moreI know that you know just how hard it is to get a student with ASD to write! Meltdowns or refusals are quite common. Anyway that we can make things easier for our kids to navigate this torture chamber activity is a GOOD thing! For one, I’d love to see homework go by the wayside. If you read the body of research done by Hattie, you already know that he found homework […]
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