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In this exciting, ongoing class, children will have a chance to absorb phonemes, engage in multi-sensory sight words, and explore their love of cats using the Orton-Gillingham method. This time-tested, research-backed approach is highly effective for learners with dyslexia and yields great results in reading, writing, and spelling.  Our class will also include the fun of cat videos and photos as rewards for focus, attention, and fun!  I am so excited to meet your learner and enjoy our reading time together! 

During each class, children will interact with visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile cues to learn their letter pairings for various phonemes.   These will include relevant visuals for tongue placement and memory devices within the slideshows, speaking practice, listening practice, crossing the mid-line for kinesthetic sight word practices, skywriting, feeling the words on various materials while writing sight words and phonemes with multisensory tools, interacting with the group, and learning new sight word strategies.  Each class will have visuals of fun cats, videos, and a time for sharing about our love of cats far and wide!

The inherently multi-sensory nature of the course, combined with the playful visuals, consistent auditory cues, active practice, and further-reaching tactile touch makes the method well-rounded in engaging young learners.  It packs the KVAT punch; kinesthetic, visual, auditory, and tactile clues make meaning for young readers! This gives struggling readers empowerment over their reading.  Additionally, this course is effective for students who do not struggle with a learning challenge, as multi-sensory engaging and encouraging repetition are beneficial to every learner at any age!  Students also give special attention to the placement of the tongue, mouth, and lips when certain phonemes are pronounced, using visuals and their reflection.  This helps with pronunciation of each sound/phoneme.The goal with the phonemes is for the child to "see it, hear it, say it, do it," and "use it" with both their body and their hands. In this way, their body and mind both remember these great "cool spelling rules" for a lifetime!  

Every class is kept light and fun with cats galore to boost our joy while we read! The cat reward videos, photos, and sharing time are just an added bonus for cat lovers to unite over!

In each class, we will see cool cats, learn a new phoneme, write that phoneme on a tactile surface, write the phoneme with pencil and paper, see visual cues for the phoneme, practice pronouncing the phoneme, explore various words with the phoneme, and play a game with it too!  Learners will have time at the end to share a fun fact about a cat!

We will also practice red "sight" words with more than just our sight, including skywriting, spell-reading with multi-sensory tools, tactile practice in a sand tray or similar material, a kinesthetic action, and a fun game for the group!  I have used this curriculum to meet individuals and groups of learners with great results in the classroom setting , small group settings, and individual tutoring.  It can work wonders for the child who needs a little bit of extra support in the multi-sensory department. Classes are structured so that children are actively engaged and have positive confidence in their learning. Every learner is welcomed!

If you are looking for a patient, fun teacher to guide your child with the gift of understanding the cool rules behind reading, to socialize with friends over the love of cats, and to feel empowered with strategies as a lifelong learner, then this may be the class for you! 

Class Layout:
1: sh Brother Digraph, Red Words "the,one, only, once"
2: ch Brother Digraph, Red Words "one, only, once, of"
3: ay Vowel Team, Red Words "only, once, of, from"
4: -ck Soldier Rule, Red Words "once, of, from, to"
5: ee Vowel Team, Red Words "of, from, to, too"
6: Floss Rule for Doubling ff, ss, ll, zz, Red Words "from, to, too, two"
7: or Bossy R-Controlled Vowel, Red Words "to, too, two, four"
8 : ing, ang Ping Pong Champ Digraphs, Red Words "two, four, do, does"
9 : ong, ung Ping Pong Champ Digraph, Red Words "four, do, does, done"
10: oy Vowel Team, Red Words "does, done, don't, gone"
11: all, Red Words "done, don't, gone, was"
12: th Brother Digraph, Red Words "don't, gone, was, were
13: -S, -Es Plural Rule, Red Words "gone, was, were, what"
14: wh Brother Digraph, Red Words "was, were, what, where"
15: oo as in food
16: oo as in book or hood
17: sneaky magic e as in make
18: Bossy r: er
19: ow as in snow
20: drop the e and add -ing
21: ow as in plow
22: VCCV word syllabification, as in catnip
23: ear
24: aw
25: ea as in meat
26: soft c as in circles (when followed by i, e, or y)
27: soft g as in gentle (when followed by i, e, or y)
28: -tch soldier cat rule
29: -ly
30: wor
31: ph
32: ue as in clue and Tuesday
33: ue as in rescue
34: Bossy R, ir
35: Wild, Kind, Old words
36: oi
37: kn
38: -alk
39: -le
40: eigh