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Find books that can turn your child into a reader Choose from our “Just Right” graded book ideas list While we help children become more capable readers, some are still reluctant. Based on years of frustration, they still connect reading to failure. One way to turn this around is to find a book or books …
Use these icons as rewards or as a way to decorate your child’s workspace. Each PDF has small and large versions of the characters used in that program. There is a “download” and a “print” icon in the top right. Reading_Readiness_Characters Foundations_I_Characters Foundations_II_Characters Elements_I_Exercise_Icons Elements_II_Exercise_Icons Reading_Level_1_Characters Reading_Level_2_Characters Reading_Level_3_Characters Reading_Comprehension_Exercise_Icons
If you are looking to put something from Fast ForWord on the wall or the fridge or to use an incentive, here is a PDF for you! Here is a “10 in a row” worksheet. Your child concentrates on getting consecutive correct responses (that’s what keeps Fast ForWord progressing), while you cross off the trials. …
Fast ForWord incorporates cognitive research and neuroscience. Consequently, the exercises use frequency, intensity and scaffolding to gradually build cognitive and reading ability. These exercises sometimes meet child resistance, particularly when they are working accurately on an area of weakness – which is both frustrating but also exciting as it highlights a real opportunity to transform …
We often hear about children who cannot hear the differences in sounds at either the starting level or soon after. This can cause frustration and push back. Sky Gym and Moon Ranch are most common exercise to cause difficulty, but there are others. Please know, this difficulty is exciting! It’s exciting, because it means you …
