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Blog: Word Mapping Mastery®
MyWordz® with MySpeekie® is now live. Making Sense of Letters and Sounds.
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Self-Teaching Facilitates Word Mapping Mastery® Within the Neurodiverse Classroom
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Reflections on Handwriting in the New DfE Writing Framework
Writing Is Personal: Reflections on Letter Formation in the New DfE Writing Framework from a Left-Handed Educator As a left-hander who...
The Reading Hut Ltd
3 days ago4 min read
The Village With Three Corners: The Writing Framework Built Around Meaning
As Reception teachers prepare for the new school year, many are looking for a way to support young children as they move from mark making...
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5 days ago3 min read
Rong or Rite ? Why the New DfE Writing Framework Misses the Real Barriers for Dyslexic Learners
The Department for Education’s new Writing Framework creatively named "The Writing Framework" aims to raise expectations and improve...
The Reading Hut Ltd
Jul 96 min read
Is the DfE Giving Us Only Half the Story? What If 'A for Apple' or 'S for Snake' Isn’t Enough?
Is the DfE giving us only half the story about phonics?
The Reading Hut Ltd
Jul 85 min read
An Attempt to Simplify Spelling: What the ITA Got Wrong – and What It Got Right
The Guardian recently ran a piece titled “The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of...
The Reading Hut Ltd
Jul 76 min read
Phonics Fun for Four-Year-Olds: Happy Mapping, Silly Rhyme Time
(A Very Serious Look at Why Kids Learn Best When They're Laughing) Avery is four. He loves funny words, silly songs, and rude rhymes. So...
The Reading Hut Ltd
Jul 52 min read
Phonics, Accents, and Word Mapping: How MyWordz® Makes It All Click!
When using the MyWordz® technology to map words – or the MySpeekie® one-screen AAC option – children type the sounds they hear. But...
The Reading Hut Ltd
Jul 32 min read
When a Grapheme Maps to Two Phonemes: Mapping the Word EDUCATION with MyWordz®
When children first begin learning phonics, they are taught that speech sounds (phonemes) map to graphemes. At the early stages, these...
The Reading Hut Ltd
Jul 22 min read
Speedy Sight Words! Say It. Map It. Spelling the Word Said with MyWordz®
Why would any words be 'tricky'? Say It. Map It. Spelling the Word Said with MyWordz® Word Mapping Mastery® Tool How do children store...
The Reading Hut Ltd
Jul 12 min read
No More Tricky Words for Dyslexic Brains. Sight Words Done Differently, Because We Learn Differently
Dyslexic learners are often told to memorise high frequency words (often referred to as sight words) and they are called 'tricky words',...
The Reading Hut Ltd
Jun 302 min read
When the Time Is Right: How Children Naturally Discover the Code with MyWordz®
When children use the MyWordz® tech to map words, they start from what they already know - how to spell using sounds. When ready, they...
The Reading Hut Ltd
Jun 282 min read
The Double Challenge of Training Teachers in Word Mapping
"Assume your audience knows nothing. Also assume your audience knows everything." That is the double challenge of professional...
The Reading Hut Ltd
Jun 283 min read
MyWordz®: The First Bi-Directional Word Mapping Tool That Makes Sense of Phonics, from Speech to Print AND Print to Speech
In the fast-evolving world of literacy technology, tools that claim to help children read unfamiliar words are becoming increasingly...
The Reading Hut Ltd
Jun 272 min read
Why Word Mapping Tools Are a Game-Changer for Phonics Teachers and the 1 in 4 Children Who Struggle to Map Words
An introduction to the Word Mapping Tool Blog - Why Word Mapping Mastery matters to children AND teachers!
The Reading Hut Ltd
Jun 252 min read
MyWordz®: MySpeekie® Word Mapping Tool
The Spelling Code Simplified!
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