A few years ago, I developed a way of learning to read and write well which would work for people who didn't get along well with phonics. I created a whole lot of books for a library which would help anyone who wanted to learn to read quickly and easily. This worked well so I added other programmes and now we have the Literacy Toolbox which has many different courses. Children who start using the Literacy Toolbox always learn to read and write well. Nobody has to push them at all; nobody has to 'teach' them anything - nobody gives them things to remember. They just read the books and become good readers - they just do the dictation exercises and become good writers and spellers.
I would like to hear from any children who are using or have used the Literacy Toolbox to improve their reading and writing. I would also like to hear from the mums and dads of children because I know from personal experience that it can be very painful to have a child whose reading is not as good as their friend's reading.
I would also like to hear from teachers who are using the Literacy Toolbox who will have stories about some of their children who had difficulty getting started in reading and writing.
Eddie Carron
Auother of The Literacy Toolbox
I have been fortunate enough to have been involved in the pilot of the LITERACY TOOLBOX. I have used the older version (LITERACY SUITE) and the newer TOOLBOX since October 2012 with some of the 7 -11 year old Special Needs children that I teach.
ReplyDeleteThe children were able to practice their reading skill successfully and independently and then to demonstrate their skill by reading their prepared text aloud to celebrate their achievement.
I loved seeing children who were reading ''easy'' or cvc books in class read fluently a text about ‘Sharks’ using words like ‘dangerously.’ I loved seeing an eight year find a book on Dinosaurs in the LIBRARY – his enthusiasm was infectious, poor joy at preparing chapters about his favourite subject to read back word perfect.
The CD was so motivational for many children, especially those with short term memory difficulties. I loved that children were learning interesting facts such as - no light on the moon or no sound without air, etc. and delighting in the ability to remember this information.
The children are learning to read correctly by getting lots of experience of reading correctly. The perceptual learning approach is empowering children with reading difficulties to gain independence and success.
I look forward to this term's trial CD.