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Literacy Series: Statistics on Literacy

To start off our series on literacy, I would like to share with you some statistics gathered from the National Institute of Literacy. The United Nations declared a decade of literacy beginning in 2003, and they are reporting that significant strides are being made in the right direction, with nearly 4 billion literate persons worldwide, but at the same time, that leaves 781 million illiterate adults around the world, and about 64% of those are women. Let’s take a look at more of these statistics, paraphrased for easier consumption: • 34% of the world’s illiterate adults live in India. • … Continue reading →

Teaching Learning Disabled Kids To Read

Trying to teach a learning disabled child to read can be a frustrating experience. When our oldest came to us, he was a poor student. His report card read D’s and F’s across the board. He detested reading and refused to even try to enjoy anything involving the printed word. A big part of Randy’s aversion was his discomfort in doing it. He felt inferior because he had poor reading skills. He didn’t have a good foundation to build on; no one read to him as a child and he was never encouraged to read. He was never taken on … Continue reading →

Learning to Read: Sight Word Games

Sight words are a great focus of elementary education and for kids learning to read, sight words are very important. There are a lot of ways to help your child learn their sight words and to remember them and at this age, the more fun it is, the more likely you are to engage and hold their interest. So in that vein, here are a few sight word games that I play with my daughter. Sight Words Race Use a timer that will buzz or ring and set it for 1, 2, or 3 minutes and hold up the flash … Continue reading →