In recent years, the once-esoteric term “evidence-based reading instruction” has spread beyond research institutions to become part of the vernacular of classroom teachers tasked with teaching young ...
As an Orton-Gillingham-certified instructor, I support the methodology, which calls for an explicit, systematic, cumulative, direct, and sequential approach to reading instruction that emphasizes ...
What do you do when you have a child who is having difficulty learning to read? Alison Dryfoos-Mazzie believes she has the answer. Homeschool Books for Less, a homeschooling bookstore located in Aiken ...
In 2019, a grassroots campaign led by parents succeeded in passing a wave of dyslexia legislation. Many states mandated hallmarks of the Orton-Gillingham method, specifically calling for “multisensory ...
I’ve been a teacher since 1992. When I went to college, I was taught that children would learn to read naturally if we simply surrounded them with books. My training emphasized "whole language," ...
A sixth Charleston County school, Carolina Park Elementary in Mount Pleasant, will use the Orton-Gillingham literacy approach to train teachers through the Lowcountry Literacy Project. Lowcountry ...
In response to Jim Currie's letter [Dyslexia is not same as illiteracy, Aug. 6]: As a tutor for dyslexic students of all ages using the Orton-Gillingham method, I would agree with his premise that ...