From Reading and Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan & Dr. Howard Margolis
How to Reach Your Young Child Through 4 Sense Keys
A Guest Post by Nancy Cloyd
President, Literacy for Tykes
http://LiteracyForTykes.blogspot.com
Who is your child? You can know your child better than anyone else. You have a special place in his heart. He wants your attention. Can you reach him?
There are Sense Keys you can use to open up his response: Sight, Sound, Touch, and Doing. After his basic needs of food and rest are met, He discovers everything through these senses. Read more...
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Guest Post by Francesca Lopez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Marquette University
francesca.lopez@marquette.edu
We all know that reading is one of the most important skills our children need to be successful. We are familiar with how reading to our children prepares them to love to read, and how a love of reading prepares children for academic success in the long term. But what if a child has reading difficulties? How can we as parents ensure a love of reading when reading is difficult for our child?
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