From:

ONTARIO, Canada

Professional Qualifications:

Bachelor of Arts (honors), Bachelor of Ed, Kindergarten Specialist, Reading Specialist, Special Education Specialist

School/University Name:

Western University
Althouse College

Subjects Taught:

Core Curriculum K-6

Grades Taught:

Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 6, Special Education - Kindergarten

Teaching Experience:

I am a kindergarten, and primary teacher, reading recovery teacher and primary special education teacher. I have an Early Literacy Specialist, Kindergarten Specialist and Special Education Specialist. I have been teaching for over 20 years.

Brief Statement & Additional Information:

Eyewords Multisensory Reading Materials have been created to differentiate reading instruction for young and/or struggling readers and English language learners. As a complement to phonemic instruction, Eyewords provides a multisensory - visual, auditory and kinesthetic approach to teaching the high frequency words.

It is well understood that children learn naturally through active play. Play is, by definition, a child-friendly activity. When children engage in active play, their attention and learning retention is high. Eyewords materials are designed to make learning to read enjoyable, as young readers learn the high frequency words through experiences of touching, moving, seeing and hearing. Eyewords sight words marries whole word and phonetic approaches to reading the high frequency words and utilizes components from all modalities at one time.

Eyewords Multisensory Sight Words and teaching methodology were the focus of research conducted by Stanford University and published in the academic journal Learning and Instruction, Volume 65.

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