Welcome to Day 10 of IEW’s Twelve Days of Christmas Giving! So far IEW has shared gifts to support writing, grammar, spelling, and speaking. Today’s gifts support students with learning differences and the people who teach them. Be sure you are registered for the event to receive the email with links to the gifts.
According to current estimates, approximately 15% of people living in the United States have learning differences. The most common learning difference by far is in reading, most typically caused by dyslexia.
Our first gift shares the gift of learning through play. A component of IEW’s Primary Arts of Language is supporting phonics instruction with phonetic games. We are sharing a PDF with ten of these file folder games. Use them as a complement to your phonics instruction. Playing educational games helps to cement concepts in students’ minds. The games also provide a bit of relief for teachers and students in the midst of an academically challenging day.
Pour a cup of coffee and enjoy this video recording of Andrew Pudewa’s talk Reading Strategies for the Struggling Reader or Nonreader. In this talk he shares stories and strategies for helping students who need to engage the cognitive processes of reading but who are more likely to excel through a wider variety of practical, creative, and imaginative approaches.
Are you wondering how IEW’s methodology works for students with learning differences? Check out the Arts of Language podcast episode “Alternative Learning with Jennifer Mauser” (Episode 447). Hear from people who have taught their students with learning differences and be encouraged. There are also several links in the show notes that will deepen your understanding of IEW as well as links to episodes where Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker interview experts in the field of special education. These experts provide information about what types of instructional approaches support students who learn differently.
The gift giving days are nearly done for this event, but there are still two days yet to come. You don’t want to miss them, so check your email for the reminder to claim the remaining gifts.
P.S. Don’t forget to use the code for free standard domestic shipping on any online order from December 26–January 6.
