How does your program help a child with visual memory problems?
Question: Please explain how this program will help a child with visual memory problems. Is it possible to review some sample products? I have a student who cannot remember the name and/or the sound of letters.
-- Teacher in Bethlehem, New Jersey
My answer: This is one of the problems that Phonics Plus Five has been specifically designed to address. The answer to your question requires a detailed response and you can find it in The Reading Remedy, the book I wrote to explain my system.
The introductory chapters and the material on visual sequencing and Sequences in Sight will give you the answer to your question. You will also find the chapters of Writing and Letters to Write of use since carefully designed writing activities greatly facilitate the development of visual memory.
In the third section of the book, you will find all the information you need to construct the Sequences in Sight program (the one that starts the training of visual memory)--so that you will have a sample product right there and then. (It is easier to construct than are some of the other programs and so it should not take you a great deal of time.) By the way, while some teachers and parents are creating the full set of programs (based on the information in the book) almost uniformly we are told that the complete kit is a delight to use and saves enormous amounts of time).
Do you have a question?
Feel free to email me, and I'll do my best to answer.
