Boon Webinar Held April 12 2022

EARLY READING AND SPELLING REQUIRES BOTH THE EARS AND EYES

Presenters: Nancy Mather and Blanche Podhajski
Authors of MINDPLAY’s Comprehensive Reading Course for Educators

Introduction: Henry Sinclair Sherrill, Boon Founder
Moderator: Amy Ducey

In this webinar, Blanche Podhajski, Ph.D., founder of the Stern Center for Language and Learning, and Nancy Mather, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, University of Arizona, will address how critical it is for teachers to understand the complexities of the sound and alphabetic systems of our English language. Specific examples of challenges children experience in acquiring phonological awareness and mapping speech to print will be discussed. The presenters will provide suggestions for how to best integrate phonology and orthography for instruction.

Please consider a donation of $5-$25 to the Boon’s Donor-funded Scholarship Program which provides teacher training scholarships in structured language instruction methods based on the science of reading.