One of the things which inspired me to create Strivney, a website for teaching phonics and English language to children, was my experience, over 20 years ago, of teaching my own children to read before they went to school. My son picked up reading very easily and became an extremely advanced reader for his age. I feel that this enriched not only his school career but his entire life. My daughter had severe problems learning to read. She showed the classic signs of dyslexia, being unable to differentiate between b and d and p and q. I worked with her on these letters every day and at times pulled my hair out, but slowly the problems resolved. I have since worked with many children with reading disabilities and am passionately convinced that much can be done to eradicate reading problems with early intervention, patience and phonics.
I just posted an article, "Teach your Child to Read Before he goes to School" which cites a lot of research which supports my anecdotal experience.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
New set of Interactive English Exercises - Clothes
View an example clothes exercise here.
You will need to register free to access the full set of clothes exercises and the rest of the resources on the website.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Addicted to Interactive Exercises
I am an unashamed addict of creating online interactive exercises.
This addiction started a few years ago when I was teaching a particularly challenged young ESL student on a one to one basis. She would moan and groan over her workbook, and most of our time was spent with me cajoling her into doing the work. This all changed when she was put in front of a computer screen. She became competitive, insisting on re-doing exercises she didn't get full marks for, and gave the interactive exercises her full concentration.
Challenged and gifted children alike are motivated by interactive exercises and this is what prompted me to leave the classroom, temporarily, and spend two years creating a website for young English learners called Strivney.
Strivney has two large sections which teach ESL young learners to read using phonics, and many more interactive exercises which teach English vocabulary.
The growing section of crosswords for ESL students is proving to be particularly popular.
Because the system keeps a personal score record and remembers where students finished their last learning session, registration is required. But it is simple and free.
This addiction started a few years ago when I was teaching a particularly challenged young ESL student on a one to one basis. She would moan and groan over her workbook, and most of our time was spent with me cajoling her into doing the work. This all changed when she was put in front of a computer screen. She became competitive, insisting on re-doing exercises she didn't get full marks for, and gave the interactive exercises her full concentration.
Challenged and gifted children alike are motivated by interactive exercises and this is what prompted me to leave the classroom, temporarily, and spend two years creating a website for young English learners called Strivney.
Strivney has two large sections which teach ESL young learners to read using phonics, and many more interactive exercises which teach English vocabulary.
The growing section of crosswords for ESL students is proving to be particularly popular.
Because the system keeps a personal score record and remembers where students finished their last learning session, registration is required. But it is simple and free.
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