Now What?
I wrote The OnTrack Reading Story so that you would have some background information on me and I added The Dyslexia Puzzle next so that you could see how I view the interplay of vision issues and phonics, as well as to warn you that dyslexia is a puzzle, as far as I’m concerned anyway. Today I’ve started working on a section titled The Phonics Piece.
From here, I intend mainly to show you how to use the phonics program that I use, including major components of it that I’ve developed myself.
In a separate section, I’ll add information on why I structured the curriculum the way that I did. It won’t be necessary to absorb the why part, but some people will always question curriculum decisions and want to know why various choices were made. Besides, I like to discuss those issues.
Another section will cover vision topics, including things to consider when looking for a vision therapy department for your child.
And yet another section will address various research issues that come up from which I feel are relevant to figuring out this puzzle that I call dyslexia.
Which topic crops up next depend on what I’m interested in that day and whether any particular issues have been raised by comments left by visitors. And I do want to encourage comments, especially questions that will let me know where your interests lie and also experiences that you’ve had with your own children which can help others understand that there are real issues to be sorted out before deciding what to do to help their own children improve their reading.
Today’s addition is the introduction to The Phonics Piece of the dyslexia puzzle.