Blog: Orton-Gillingham Weekly

Multisensory Monday- Building Multisyllabic Words

Posted by Brainspring on 15th Mar 2015

Hi everyone, Welcome to Multisensory Monday!  This is going to be a short and sweet post because I’ve been spending my day attending AIM Academy’s 3rd Annual Research to Practice Symposium online.   I … read more

Teach Chat- US Lacks Seriousness About Education

Posted by Brainspring on 11th Mar 2015

Hi everyone, I know it has been a few weeks since we’ve talked about The Smartest Kids in the World but I’ve still been reading, and I hope you have too.  Actually, truth be told, I finished…a few wee … read more

Multisensory Monday- I Spy Red Words

Posted by Brainspring on 9th Mar 2015

Hi everyone, Welcome to Multisensory Monday!  In Kindergarten or 1st grade, I remember cutting out pictures in magazines of words that started with a certain letter or had a certain sound.  Later in e … read more

Multisensory Monday- Ideas for Phonics Bingo

Posted by Brainspring on 22nd Feb 2015

Hi everyone, Welcome to Multisensory Monday!  Today’s activity is an oldie but a goodie, an activity you should always have one standby- BINGO.  Students love playing Bingo!  Teachers should love it t … read more

Why Should Students Care?

Posted by Brainspring on 18th Feb 2015

Hi everyone, How has reading The Smartest Kids in the World been going?  I finished over a week ago and all these ideas have been swimming around in my head ever since.  I would love to set up a real- … read more