Blog: Orton-Gillingham Weekly

SSS - BH Student Jon Chapie - Autumn's email 4/8

Posted by Brainspring (StephanieCastillo) on 10th May 2021

  As discussed Jonathan attend for 96 sessions. He fully completed Layer 2 and got up to Layer 3 post-assessing, but would have needed review had he not exited. That being said, the post-test … read more

Reading as a Family

Posted by Brainspring (StephanieCastillo) on 10th May 2021

As we await the birth of our great-niece, I am feeling all the warm fuzzies and nostalgia of a Momma Bear. My now-grown daughters, my husband, and I all picked our favorite children’s books for baby B … read more

Phonics First in a Virtual Classroom: A Guide for Parents

Posted by Brainspring (StephanieCastillo) on 10th May 2021

Hi Parents! If you’re reading this, your child receives phonics instruction using a program called Phonics First®. As we all adapt to virtual classrooms, your help with Phonics First® will be very im … read more

Mother First, Teacher Second

Posted by Brainspring on 6th May 2021

My husband and I have been blessed with four children: two sons (ages 21 and 18) and two daughters (16 and 13). All of our children have experienced public, private, and home school. For the last 21 y … read more

Multisensory Monday: Color Coding Comprehension

Posted by Brainspring on 2nd May 2021

Have you ever found yourself in the middle of reading where you have to stop and ask, wait, what did I just read? I know I struggled with this as an adolescent and even sometimes as an adult, especial … read more

Five Most Common Silent Final-E Rules

Posted by Brainspring on 28th Apr 2021

Learning to read and write in English is not easy. The 44 phonemes (sounds) in the English language are represented by 26 letters. More than 200 different letter combinations also represent these 44 p … read more