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Video: How to teach kids vocabulary from roots and prefixes
An easy, effective way to teach vocabulary to students
Brian Vieira
Jul 8, 20241 min read
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T.A.G. Video: Phonics, fitness, & fun for the short vowel "a"
Combining phonics, fitness, and fun to learn the vowel sounds
Brian Vieira
Jul 2, 20241 min read
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The Joy of Multisensory Learning: Boxing and Spelling™️ at T.A.G.
T.A.G. Box and Spell Video kindergartener using rhythmic repetition for rapid recognition.
Brian Vieira
Jun 26, 20241 min read
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How to use roots and prefixes to teach vocabulary
A great vocabulary video for teaching kids to use prefixes to build words.
Brian Vieira
Jun 25, 20241 min read
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How to teach your child to read step by step sound by sound
How to teach your kids to read step by step and sound by sound
Brian Vieira
Jun 24, 20241 min read
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Why is teaching music like teaching reading?
Teaching reading is like teaching music. Both subjects begin with sound.
Brian Vieira
Jun 24, 20242 min read
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Why do some students forget phonics?
Phonics Frustration: Why do some students forget or fail to apply the letter-sound relationships we have taught them? Have you ever asked...
Brian Vieira
Jun 3, 20243 min read
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How do Speech Language Pathologists use phonological awareness?
Phonological awareness is a crucial element in learning to read. Phonological awareness simply means that children understand the...
Brian Vieira
May 15, 20241 min read
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Does dyslexia run in families
Does dyslexia run in families? Dyslexia is a learning disability that affects how the brain processes written language. People with...
Brian Vieira
May 15, 20242 min read
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How analytical spelling defeats dyslexia
Dyslexia is poor word-level reading characterized by difficulties in fluency, spelling, writing, and pronunciation caused by a...
Brian Vieira
May 15, 20242 min read
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Multisensory learning is critical for remediating dyslexia.
According to Margaret Byrd Rawson, a former President of the International Dyslexia Association (I.D.A.), "Dyslexic students need a...
Brian Vieira
Jan 31, 20242 min read
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Why analytical spelling helps students learn to read
Analytical spelling is the art of analyzing phonemic, morphemic, and syllabic units of pronunciation in spoken words and encoding them...
Brian Vieira
Jan 29, 20241 min read
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What is a morpheme?
A morpheme is the smallest part of a word that helps us understand what the word means. Morphemes give meaning to words. Let's take a...
Brian Vieira
Jan 26, 20242 min read
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How does multisensory learning help kids with dyslexia?
Six reasons why multisensory learning, whole body learning is so beneficial to all kids--especially those with learning disabilities
Brian Vieira
Jan 23, 20243 min read
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How analytical spelling helps kids become fluent readers
To become fluent readers, students must recognize words instantly and accurately. Instant, effortless word recognition is only possible...
Brian Vieira
Jan 22, 20242 min read
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One term=many definitions=confusion
In the Journal of Speech Pathology (Australia, 228), an expert familiar with the confusion that follows when several definitions are...
Brian Vieira
Jan 16, 20241 min read
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Why is "phono" everywhere in the science of reading?
In Ant-Man II, after being inundated by a series of conversations beginning with the term quantum, Ant-Man exclaims: “Is this a thing?”...
Brian Vieira
Jan 16, 20241 min read
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Defeating Dyslexia
What is the most effective way to teach kids diagnosed with dyslexia? Dyslexia is a learning disorder that affects the ability to read,...
Brian Vieira
Dec 27, 20232 min read
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