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My Child Is Having Difficulty Learning to Read:
How Can Read, Write & Type!™ Help?
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The Read, Write and Type!™ Learning System... has clear auditory and visual instructions.
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is non-judgemental and highly motivating.
Children can learn phonics, reading, writing, typing, spelling and punctuation,
at their own pace, with clear, non-judgemental feedback. Games can be repeated
infinitely. Self-esteem is protected in vulnerable students who need to work
at a slower pace and tend to make lots of errors. The program is highly motivating
to keep the interest and concentration of children who have difficulty focusing
their attention.
makes reading easier.
Children see words appear neatly spaced in a clear, large font, leading their
eyes consistently from left to right on the screen. Writing requires reading
-- you really can't write without reading what you write. The phonics children
learn from writing in the RWT!™ Learning System can be applied when encountering
new words in books.
makes writing easier.
Research shows that dyslexics frequently have difficulty with visual-motor integration.
The problem contributes to difficulty with handwriting as well (dysgraphia),
because they have a hard time remembering the visual appearance of a letter
and then drawing that letter with a pencil. (Is this a tall letter or a short
letter? Do I start at the top or the bottom? Do I move the pencil from right
to left or left to right?) Typing bypasses that difficult motor-visual process
because it requires only a simple key press.
The RWT!™ Learning System provides a concrete representation of the keyboard with houses and characters whose names start with the sound of the letter. This is much easier for LD children to remember than an abstract array of symbols. If children say the sounds aloud as they type each one, their mouths can literally "help each finger" -- that is, it may be easier for children to mentally link a mouth motion and a finger motion (motor-motor) than a sound and a finger motion (auditory-motor). The simple act of speaking while writing engages multiple brain systems, and mobilizes maximum brain power for the task.
Read the buzz on The Read, Write & Type!™ Learning System
RECOMMENDED in the best-selling book, Overcoming Dyslexia, by Sally Shaywitz, Ph.D.:
"The Read, Write, and Type Learning System produced by Talking Fingers (RWT) provides systematic, explicit instruction in basic phonological skills and emphasizes writing as a route to reading. Results with at-risk first graders are impressive in at least one study. Working in groups of three, children who received such computer support over the course of a school year significantly improved both their reading accuracy and their fluency. Using RWT, the researchers said, would result in only about 2 to 4 percent of children leaving first grade as poor readers. RWT also demonstrates that as early as first grade, children can successfully learn keyboarding kills. These skills provide a foundation for other activities such as word processing. This is particularly important for dyslexic readers, many of whom have poor handwriting (and spelling) and "write" much better with a keyboard than with a pencil." ( P 282 )
"The Read, Write & Type Learning System (www.readwritetype.com) is helpful as a supplemental program in first grade classrooms or it can be used as homework to reinforce basic phonological skills. The program is multisensory: Children learn to associate a specific sounds with a letter and a finger tap on the keyboard. As an added benefit, Children become familiar with the computer keyboard at an early age." ( P 264 )
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$39.00
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