Phonics Can Fix Dyslexia.
What is dyslexia?
Dyslexia is a reading disorder that has several characteristics such as difficulty pronouncing, spelling, and reading words.
IT IS A DISORDER, NOT A BRAIN DISEASE OR MALFUNCTION. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR CHILD'S BRAIN. DYSLEXIA IS A LEARNED BEHAVIOR THAT CAN BE FIXED. USUALLY, IT'S A HABIT THAT IS LEARNED IN SCHOOL BECAUSE READING IS TAUGHT THE WRONG WAY. YOUR CHILDREN OR CHILD CAN LEARN TO READ THE RIGHT WAY. LET'S GET STARTED TODAY.
IT IS A DISORDER, NOT A BRAIN DISEASE OR MALFUNCTION. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR CHILD'S BRAIN. DYSLEXIA IS A LEARNED BEHAVIOR THAT CAN BE FIXED. USUALLY, IT'S A HABIT THAT IS LEARNED IN SCHOOL BECAUSE READING IS TAUGHT THE WRONG WAY. YOUR CHILDREN OR CHILD CAN LEARN TO READ THE RIGHT WAY. LET'S GET STARTED TODAY.
How do kids become dyslexic?
First, let me say this again:
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR CHILD'S BRAIN. DYSLEXIA IS A LEARNED BEHAVIOR THAT CAN BE FIXED.
One of the greatest reading teachers in American History, Dr. Samuel Blumenfeld, argued that dyslexia occurs because schools teach children to read the wrong way. Instead of teaching children how to understand and decode the phonetic structure of words, schools teach children how to see whole words and sight words. This causes children to guess at words they don’t know and haven’t seen, and makes it extremely difficult for them to ever develop the phonetic reflex that should have been learned in the beginning of their quest to read. In other words, Blumenfeld argued that kids “catch dyslexia” in school because they are trained to read the wrong way.
Here’s a summary of Blumenfeld’s argument:
“And so it was well-understood by the professors of reading that in learning to read, it is necessary to develop automaticity, a reflex. But the correct reflex to develop is a phonetic reflex, which is acquired by learning the letter sound and being drilled sufficiently in the consonant- vowel combinations, so that the child learns to see the phonetic structure of a word and can automatically sound out the word by articulating each syllabic unit. In other words, the child automatically associates the letters with the sounds. When that phonetic reflex is developed, reading becomes easy, fluent, and enjoyable.
But the development of a holistic reflex, as described by Professor Dearborn, creates an obstacle to the development of the phonetic reflex. It is this conflict, or collision, of reflexes that causes dyslexia.”
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR CHILD'S BRAIN. DYSLEXIA IS A LEARNED BEHAVIOR THAT CAN BE FIXED.
One of the greatest reading teachers in American History, Dr. Samuel Blumenfeld, argued that dyslexia occurs because schools teach children to read the wrong way. Instead of teaching children how to understand and decode the phonetic structure of words, schools teach children how to see whole words and sight words. This causes children to guess at words they don’t know and haven’t seen, and makes it extremely difficult for them to ever develop the phonetic reflex that should have been learned in the beginning of their quest to read. In other words, Blumenfeld argued that kids “catch dyslexia” in school because they are trained to read the wrong way.
Here’s a summary of Blumenfeld’s argument:
“And so it was well-understood by the professors of reading that in learning to read, it is necessary to develop automaticity, a reflex. But the correct reflex to develop is a phonetic reflex, which is acquired by learning the letter sound and being drilled sufficiently in the consonant- vowel combinations, so that the child learns to see the phonetic structure of a word and can automatically sound out the word by articulating each syllabic unit. In other words, the child automatically associates the letters with the sounds. When that phonetic reflex is developed, reading becomes easy, fluent, and enjoyable.
But the development of a holistic reflex, as described by Professor Dearborn, creates an obstacle to the development of the phonetic reflex. It is this conflict, or collision, of reflexes that causes dyslexia.”
What is the best way to correct dyslexia?
Systematic, multisensory instruction in phonics is the best remedy for dyslexia.
We use a variant of the Orton-Gillingham approach which is a proven multisensory approach to remediation in reading.
What is phonics?
Phonics is a method of teaching reading by showing students that in an alphabetical writing system, such as English, letters are simply symbols for sounds and that words consist of sounds that are combined in an order that makes sense. Students are taught appropriately that the 44 sounds in the English language are represented by 26 alphabetical letters and combinations of those letters. Writing is, therefore, the art of matching the spoken sounds to the letters that they represent and printing or writing those letters in sensible combinations called words. Reading is the art of translating those words back into sounds by matching the written symbols to the sounds they represent. Reading is the art of seeing and decoding the sound symbol relationship that is the structure of every word in our alphabetical writing system. Phonics is, therefore, the only legitimate method of teaching reading, because it teaches reading according to what reading truly is: the art of seeing and decoding the sound symbol relationship in an alphabetic system of writing.
And this multidimensional, multisensory approach is exactly what we offer through our Sentence Smart Reading Comprehension Curriculum.
Our VITAL strategies help children to learn how to read in an effective, exciting way. VITAL means:
Visual
Interactive
Tactile
Adaptive
Learning
We use a variant of the Orton-Gillingham approach which is a proven multisensory approach to remediation in reading.
What is phonics?
Phonics is a method of teaching reading by showing students that in an alphabetical writing system, such as English, letters are simply symbols for sounds and that words consist of sounds that are combined in an order that makes sense. Students are taught appropriately that the 44 sounds in the English language are represented by 26 alphabetical letters and combinations of those letters. Writing is, therefore, the art of matching the spoken sounds to the letters that they represent and printing or writing those letters in sensible combinations called words. Reading is the art of translating those words back into sounds by matching the written symbols to the sounds they represent. Reading is the art of seeing and decoding the sound symbol relationship that is the structure of every word in our alphabetical writing system. Phonics is, therefore, the only legitimate method of teaching reading, because it teaches reading according to what reading truly is: the art of seeing and decoding the sound symbol relationship in an alphabetic system of writing.
And this multidimensional, multisensory approach is exactly what we offer through our Sentence Smart Reading Comprehension Curriculum.
Our VITAL strategies help children to learn how to read in an effective, exciting way. VITAL means:
Visual
Interactive
Tactile
Adaptive
Learning
