Carl, the Starfish

Carl, the Starfish

As I have shared before, I am a reading specialist specializing in dyslexia, and much of my day involves teaching phonics sounds. One day, while I was still teaching in the classroom, I taught the vowel-controlled r sound, /ar/, and we always end with a story that is...
Every Day, Start Anew

Every Day, Start Anew

Do you ever wish you could have a do over? Start with a clean slate? When my family moved to Arizona in 1999, we left the Lorain Branch in Ohio. It was my senior year of high school—not the best timing for a 17-year-old. At one of the meetings in Lorain before the...