Soaring: Preventing & Teaching Struggling Readers & Spellers

Reading and spelling are complex skills that involve the mind, muscle memory, learning styles, and the heart. Join award-winning author Denise Eide as she opens your understanding of why many students struggle. Practical information will be interwoven with stories from her own experiences. She will also share research that demonstrates the power of systematic, multi-sensory teaching for all students.

In this workshop you will learn:

– Why oversimplifications, such as teaching S says /s/, discourage math- and science- minded students.*
– How to correct reversals.
– Ways to teach to the strengths of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners while strengthening their weaknesses.

This workshop will lay the foundations for teaching reading and spelling, aid parents in selecting curriculum, and help home educators heal and guard their children’s hearts from discouragement.

*Did you know? S says /z/ 70% of the time, including simple words like “is.”