by Kate Murray | Feb 14, 2019 | literacy, Reading, young readers
What big ears you have! Super-listening skills with the Bat-Eared Fox. Listening back to what you have just read is really powerful – not only is our own voice more stimulating than other people’s, but reading back a sentence helps develop memory, semantic awareness,...
by Kate Murray | Jan 22, 2019 | joy of learning, literacy, Reading, strategies
#inspiration Meet Finn. Finn is the inspiration behind the Aplhabeasts. He found reading very difficult when he was six and seven. We had to find multi-sensory and kinaesthetic approaches to teach him to read all of the tricky sight words. We used sensory materials to...
by Kate Murray | Jan 22, 2019 | joy of learning, literacy, self esteem, Spelling
Because all children are different. Because all children need different things in a classroom. In life. Because there are many different ways to achieve the same goal. Because learning to write and spell should make you feel good about yourself. Because making letters...
by Kate Murray | Nov 18, 2018 | joy of learning, literacy, Reading, young readers
Creating joy through learning Learning through love is the philosophy behind my work. Creative literacy – creating visual memories and learning words and concepts through art – has been transforming reading in my workshops. Why? Experiencing the joy of...
by Kate Murray | Oct 22, 2018 | literacy, Reading, self esteem, Spelling, strategies, young readers
Learning with pleasure allows children to begin to read for pleasure In every one of my reading workshops, I am always joyfully staggered at the brilliance of muscle memory and multi-sensory learning. Significant and rapid progress is made with both the reading and...
by Kate Murray | Sep 14, 2018 | literacy, Reading, self esteem, young readers
A version of this article has recently been published online by the British Educational Research Association (BERA) http://www.bera.ac.uk/blog?select-blog-category%5B%5D=early-years-primary-education Reading is one of life’s profound joys. Reading is a way of...
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