Taking an Orton Gillingham course is just the start of your training. So, if you watched a youtube video of a person hanging wallpaper does that qualify you to hang wallpaper in other peoples’ homes? Would your walls be as...
When I took Orton-Gillingham training we received several word books—all classics, all invaluable tools for an OG practitioner. Why do we need so many books? Why isn't just one enough? As I mentioned earlier, I received the following books...
Let’s get to the bottom of this. I was taught to ask eliciting questions to bring student errors to correction. When working with an Orton-Gillingham practitioner we want the student to develop skills that they can bring to the real...
I don’t know about you, but when I took my first Orton-Gillingham course I was taught to be: firm but gentle, quiet but engaging, encouraging but not forceful, professional yet compassionate. We definitely were not taught to end the...
I made it easy for you. As some of you know, I wrote a book on how to teach the endings rules. I knew there were a million workbooks on this topic, although few of the workbooks give an...
Magic, by definition, is unexplainable and mysterious; silent e isn’t that. When I hear teachers say "magic e" it usually makes my toes curl. I want to jump up and say what is so magical about it? What are these...
