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“I found them!” I squealed as I ran through the house waving my air pod case. My AirPods, which had been left like two disgruntled passengers with lost luggage for a week on my nightstand, were now happily charging in their first-class, ergonomically-designed case.
My 6-year-old daughter, who doesn’t usually see me run hysterically through the house, was full of questions: “What did you find, Mom?”
We walked to the bus stop and I explained that my AirPods had been lost for over a week! I told her all the places I had searched but still had not found them.
At the bus stop, she relayed her own story.
“2 of my teachers lost their sunglasses and keys.… but they came back to the classroom and found them on their desks.”
My daughter was confused. She needed clarification on the difference between lost and forgot.
Her teachers had forgotten things in the classroom and had returned to get them, which is different from losing something.
This seemingly small ‘misunderstanding’ impacted her understanding of lost & forgotten.
Structured Literacy uses clearly defined examples so that kids aren’t left to ‘infer’ meaning and lose the plot altogether!
Structured Literacy FINDS & DEFINES.
Keep reading practice short
You do not have to work on everything at once. Choose one skill and practice it for 10 or 15 minutes.
Repeat the game over several sessions before moving on. Dyslexic children often need more repetition, but that repetition does not have to feel like another worksheet.
Games give children a reason to keep looking, listening and trying.
Find the right place to begin
The best reading games for dyslexic children meet them at their current skill level and provide focused practice without making reading feel overwhelming.
Your child does not need more random practice. They need the right practice for the skill they are finding difficult.
Choose one game. Start with one level. Celebrate each small win.
Stop guessing. Start decoding.
The Genesis Reading Team
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