This question comes up time and time again: What do I recommend for older teens and adults who need fast effective literacy support? Or sometimes the question is... "My child is about to start high school and is petrified. How can I help them [...]
How do you make your child want to learn about punctuation? How can you make it fun? That’s right I said FUN! Let’s focus on the comma (,) that little pause that goes into sentences when we want the reader to take a tiny break. [...]
I have lots of fantastic parents who visit my website and social media platforms and use the resources I create to help their children. This helps their children to get ahead in literacy and to catch up at school as well. It’s so wonderful when [...]
My son was suicidal in Grade 2, unable to read at 11 - What now? asks mumA FAQ answered by Liz Dunoon Hi Liz, I need your help. My son is 11 years old. He is severely dyslexic. I pulled him out of 2nd grade [...]
You’ll never be bamboozled by your child’s teacher again once you learn these 11 reading terms and what they mean. Next time you’re attending a parent-teacher meeting you can nod enthusiastically when the teacher is discussing your child’s reading, because you’ll know exactly [...]
Excerpt from The Australian Newspaper - Mother Imogen Stubbs Whenever I do a presentation, I show my audience this paragraph from the Australian Newspaper and read it out aloud. By the time I get to the end of it, I have a lump [...]
Why is it that good readers sometimes can’t spell?A FAQ from Christine answered by Liz Dunoon “Liz, why is it that some children can read fine but have a lot of trouble with spelling? And how can I help with this? A particular child who [...]
Break it down. The English language is complicated, so the best way to teach it is in small logical sequential steps. It’s basically a code of symbols with sounds attached, with lots of spelling rules, so we need to teach the steps, one by one, [...]
Many of us will be able to recall the enjoyment of shared reading: being read to and sharing reading with our parents. However, my research has found that of the 997 Year 4 and Year 6 respondents at 24 schools who took part in the [...]
Today we’re going to be talking about how to teach your child to read using syllables. I’m Liz Dunoon and when my 3 children all experienced learning difficulties, I helped them to catch up at school with their reading and spelling and achieve success. As [...]
