關於字母的一切（小學自然拼讀法和單字基礎）

As a dedicated special education teacher with experience in teaching children (birth-sixth grade) with special needs, preschoolers, and my children, I know that writing is an important skill. Writing, forming letters, connecting lines, and connecting it all together can be hard. I have worked with students who have limited fine motor skills, gross motor delays, or sensory or neurological delays, for over 20 years. In the public schools, I worked with occupational therapists to develop students' individual education plans in part, to help them learn to write, specifically to help them develop their eye-hand movements and give them a foundation for reading. I generally prefer to one on one or in small groups as much as possible.  This allows me to get to know the students and their needs.  Cursive writing is a foundational skill for reading because it requires children to write from left to right, so that the letters will join in proper sequence and with proper spacing, making their writing easier to read. I also use aids (pencil grips, play dough, small balls, and specialized materials that I have developed, with the help of occupational therapists, to help students to write. In my capacity as a specialized teacher, I have received training in a variety of established handwriting programs, i.e., Handwriting Without Teachers, Zaner-Bloser Handwriting, D'Nealian, Draw and Write Now as well as reading curriculums with associated writing programs. This course will be based on techniques and skills that I found useful in helping students learn the letters and their sounds based on the skills I learned when I received complete training from a certified Wilson trainer. I completed all of the levels of their curriculum Fundations®, Just Words®, Wilson Reading System®, and Fluency®/Basic. I have workedwith students PreK through grade 10 who are learning their reading skills, and developing new skills but have mild to severe learning disabilities and students who have gaps in their decoding skills that hinder their reading development.  In addition, I work as a freelance writer and copy editor for 10 years as well as taught English skills at the elementary, middle, and high school levels for over 30  years. During my years as a teacher and now, as a freelance writer and editor, I have also tutored students who need to improve their writing skills for pre and post-graduate level papers.