Blog: Orton-Gillingham Weekly

Multisensory Monday- What Says Bingo

Posted by Brainspring on 23rd Mar 2015

Hi everyone, I’m taking this Multisensory Monday off, but Dite has an easy to make Bingo game for practicing sounds in closed syllables.  You can use a free custom bingo card maker to match the … read more

What Handwriting Style is Best for Dyslexics?

Posted by Brainspring on 18th Mar 2015

Hi everyone, Looking at Dite’s blog on Monday, I noticed there was a debate going on in her comments section about what handwriting styles and handwriting programs work best for struggling students.  … read more

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