Montessori Mom Links of the Day

Help with Dyslexia

• Private School for Children with Dyslexia
  Center School is a private school for children with Dyslexia, located in the Philadelphia area
  (tags: help special reading needs)

Free Reading Resource

• Bridge to Reading - Teach your child to read
  Bridge to Reading Your child will learn to read by reading with Bridge to Reading.
  (tags: reading resources free printout)

Free Reading Games

• The Bossy e Rule Phonics Game - e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e & a_e
  I have had great success with this reading game in my classroom. Feel free to print it out and use it. There are plenty of choices in this phonics game to individualise it to suit your learners needs.
  (tags: reading games free)
• The Phonics Fishing Game - The Students will be "Hooked on Phonics" ;)
  This game is one of my students all time favourite reading resources. They have to fish for sight words using a home made fishing rod with a magnet attached to the end. (Hence the pun about being "hooked on phonics" hehehehe)
  (tags: free reading games)
• Gurgling Gargoyle - A Printable Reading Game for 'oi' and 'oy'
  games that your students will love. The games aim to raise the emerging reader's awareness of the phonetic sounds 'oi' and 'oy'.
  (tags: reading games free phonics)
• When 2 Vowels Go Walking - a printable phonics game
  Here is an engaging game for the children that aims to raise their awareness of the phonics rule, 'When two vowels go walking the first one does the talking
  (tags: free reading games)
• Free CVC Phonics Game - Ideal for Reading Activity Groups
  Here is another tried and true donationware phonics game that is ideal for the classroom and for home
  (tags: free games phonics)
• Phonics Game-Reading Games-Word Games-Sight Word Games-Free to Print n Play
  Welcome to Reading Room
  (tags: games liter literacy Phonics ESL)

Reading with Phonics Printouts

• BBC - Words and Pictures - Scrapbook
  free downloads for reading games, books and domino sounds game
  (tags: homeschool long phonics sounds free)
• BBC - Words and Pictures - Phonics Year 2
  These activities focus on the common spelling patterns for the nine vowel phonemes that are introduced in Year 2.(second grade)
  (tags: activities grammar reading)
• BBC - Words and Pictures - Print and Do
  A new set of activity sheets which directly focus on Year 2 phonics and the vowel phoneme.
  (tags: English sounds Worksheets)

Schema Language Diagrams

• Schema theory of learning
  Diagram of a sample schema
  (tags: education literacy)
• So many joys: Frisbees, Burt's Bees, and Schemata
  general life skills comprehension, as well, I venture). The Schema Theory of Learning explains that our brains work to make sense of new things we encounter by fitting them into our existing schemata
  (tags: Montessori language homeschooling)
• Apple Unit - Mrs. Nelson's Class
  # Compare apples with another fruit such as an orange. Make a Venn diagram or use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast. # Brainstorm and write words that describe apples.
  (tags: Montessori homeschooling whole language)

Language Development

• New Classrooms, New Teachers
  Maria Montessori also valued learning through touch. When teaching the alphabet to young children, she encouraged them to run their hands over large, beautiful wooden letters,
  (tags: language development education)

Light, Color & Dyslexia

• Fluorescent Lighting Can Trigger ADD/HD, Dyslexia, and Poor Achievement
  thousands of individuals like these who struggle trying to read and perform under fluorescent lighting. Individuals have been mislabeled with LD, ADD/HD, reading problems, and dyslexia—all as a result of having to perform under fluorescent lights.
  (tags: Florescent light dyslexia LD)
• The Dyslexia Diagnostic and Irlen Clinic
  Worksheets/Test/Math Sheets/Information sheets should be printed on coloured paper, if possible the colour of the child's preference, blue/green/yellow/pink.
  (tags: color dyslexia)
• The Dyslexia Diagnostic and Irlen Clinic
  Individuals with this problem see the printed page differently, although they may not realize that they do.
  (tags: dyslexia help)
• Dyslexia Adults Link - Coping with dyslexia
  Code coloring - I color code everything. If I need to organize my computer disks, I color code them by the project or by the class they are for.
  (tags: color coding dyslexia Montessori method)
• MEMORY COLOR
  Disorders such as dyslexia are sometimes affected by color. According to a web page on the testing of dyslexia the 'glare' of the white paper makes it hard for some dyslexic children and adults to read the page
  (tags: color memory dyslexia)
• The Use of Color to Treat Learning Problems :: an A to Z Article
  I am the queen of color. Or, so I tell my students as I work with them, invariably using color as a training tool. Of course, they also think I'm a nut case, and that may well be true, but the bottom line is this: I get results with color.
  (tags: LD color)
• ICHE - Article Library - Dyslexia - How Do I Teach This Child
  Educators have not been able to agree on what dyslexia really is. Some authorities believe that it is strictly a language processing problem, involving the distinguishing of sounds of letters.
  (tags: teach dyslexia)
• Montessori Pick of the Day: Reading Disabilities & Color
  Montessori cleverly presents the alphabet letters on pink for consonants and blue for vowels. Newest research shows that children can read better if paper is colored
  (tags: Montessori reading LD)

How to Make Pink Reading Scheme

• Montessori Mom » Blog Archive » Montessori Pink Reading Scheme
  You can make any Montessori reading scheme with pink, blue or green words!
  (tags: Montessori reading scheme)
• LANGUAGE-Montessori reading scheme
  # putting together three letter phonetic words, (the pink scheme) and linking them to objects. The child begins reading simple books that contain only three letter phonetic words. # Reading and writing four letter phonetic words (the blue scheme) # The ch
  (tags: pink blue green reading scheme)

How to Read Plays

• Drama: Reading Drama
  questions you might ask when you are faced with the task of reading or writing about drama
  (tags: drama reading critique)
• Drama
  Drama is literature written for performance
  (tags: Reading drama structure)
• Keys to Reading Drama
  you must see the characters and hear their voices in your "mind's eye."
  (tags: reading drama)

Speed Reading

President John F Kennedy was a speed reader with great comprehension skills. Because of his influence,  it was all the rage during the late 60's to speed read. I will never regret taking a speed reading course in high school. It prepared me for college and most of all, the volumes of reading I had to do for my Montessori training.  Speeding Through Reading has some great tips for reading fast and reading for content.