Alisha Trevathan, Dyslexia Therapist

04/24/2024

This is so helpful for parents.

This fabulous cheat sheet is from Hansberry Educational Consulting. Check them out ! Wow. Great work from 🇦🇺 Australia. A lot of cool information can be found here :

1. Print ✏️📚this here:

https://www.hansberryec.com.au/_files/ugd/4a62fa_6c700194b494439baa197fce00cae0a2.pdf?

2. 🌈🇦🇺🇦🇺Learn more here:

https://www.hansberryec.com.au/?mibextid=Zxz2cZ

https://www.hansberryec.com.au/playberry-lasert1-2

3. 👀 Look here for a cool video👓👓

https://fivefromfive.com.au/phonics-teaching/essential-principles-of-systematic-and-explicit-phonics-instruction/teaching-grapheme-phoneme-correspondences/

4. 🏋🏿🏋🏿✏️💪🏿✋🏿. P.S. Notice that “ Cheat” and “Sheet” sound the same and learn why they are spelled differently! Proper literacy instruction will teach you this. Teach/Speech.

You don’t need to memorize spelling words. Cross word puzzles and many typical worksheets are missing out on important morphology and proper spelling instruction.

5. Expertise matters.

Educators around the 🌎 globe need to learn a lot more about the science of reading ! No one is going to learn everything they need about literacy just from college or work. Teachers that invest in lifelong learning are light years ahead of those expecting to learn everything at college or at work. Literacy is just the tip of the iceberg. We must focus on the science of learning for reading, writing, spelling, math and all learning. It’s impossible to ignore the science of how the brain learns. The “ decade of the brain “ was long ago. Our schools need to “ catch up” as the internet is a vast universe of knowledge.

Train the brain to learn more. What you fire is what you wire. Stay curious. Keep learning. Don’t let union rules get in the way of your own knowledge base.

6. Beyond reading.

Hello schools. You can no longer ignore a percentage of students as if they only “ belong to the special education teacher .” Everyone matters. That includes the 1 in 5 students with learning differences.

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03/11/2024

03/11/2024

Are you a homeschool mom or have a preschooler at home? Click the link for a free printable that shows how to segment words.

If we want to raise readers, we must teach the alphabet code in a systematic sequence that explicitly teaches skills such as blending, segmenting, and manipulation so that students learn how to build words, pull words apart, and blend to read.

It is easier for children to decode words if we show them how speech sounds and graphemes link.

In the beginning, keeping those eyes on print is tricky. Talking about pictures or first sounds doesn't teach the skills needed for reading. They only promote guessing, which is not a strategy needed for decoding.

Talking about pictures does have a place when reading picture books together, as this will develop vocabulary, curiosity and imagination.

👇To read more and grab some free printable resources!
https://www.theliteracyhill.com/post/here-we-are-the-alphabet-code

02/29/2024

The path to becoming skilled readers requires patience and endurance. Hugs to all my dyslexic friends and the parents who are there to cheer them on! You've got this!
Dyslexia Training Institute

02/27/2024

Effective teaching puts students on the right track and helps teachers see who needs intervention.

Most children need instruction.

Children need to learn how letters and sounds link. They also need help to work out the different spellings that go with sounds to read words. Learning how to read, spell and write are skills that need explicit, systematic instruction. Only that will catch most so they don't fall through the net.

But we can catch a love of stories and a love of books from parents, teachers and librarians. A home full of books and trips to the library can enrich the environment and foster a love of learning, but more is needed to keep a student from struggling.

Read my blog post about why we should be tipping the scales towards explicit instruction and decoding in Foundation.

https://www.theliteracyhill.com/post/learning-to-read

02/25/2024

Follow Understood

02/23/2024

As many of you know, our family made a move last fall. I was a Dyslexia Therapist in a public school before the move and decided to offer private dyslexia therapy from home once we got settled. This is a huge shift, a new beginning, a fresh start, and I’m excited to be on this journey! From Zoom to in-person sessions, I’m thrilled to be back to doing what I love.

02/23/2024

How did you learn to read? Whole language or phonics?
How are your kids learning to read? Building a strong foundation in phonics is key to becoming a skilled reader.

02/15/2024

It may be February 15th but we are still feeling the love.❤️
There are so many rules in the English language. Ever wondered why love is spelled l-o-v-e and not l-u-v?

A place where you will find curriculum, programs, supplements, core materials and online courses that combine the Science of Reading with the Joy of Learning!

02/15/2024

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Become the advocate for your students!

02/15/2024

Is your child struggling with reading? I would love to help. Message me for more information!