Simple Activities to Accelerate Learning
Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction (EBLI) is an effective, efficient, systematic, research-based, revolutionary system of explicit literacy instruction, delivered through online, interactive training for classroom teachers and remediation educators. EBLI aligns with the Common Core Standards and Grades K-3 Essential Instructional Practices in Early Literacy. Benefits of Brain Training Games In this blog, I am sharing some non-academic cognitive […]
Sub-literacy: A Problem Hiding in Plain Sight
What is Sub-Literacy? Sub = below. Literacy = the ability to read and write. Sub-literacy is a problem hiding in plain sight. Someone could be illiterate (not able to read or spell at the most basic level) or ‘functionally illiterate’ (reading at the 5th grade level or below). 21% of adults can be categorized as […]
Meet the EBLI Founder
In 1997, my daughter Colleen was in 2nd grade. Her math score on the Iowa test was so high (98th percentile) that she was placed into her school’s Gifted and Talented program. On the same test, however, her reading was a year below grade level. Her spelling was also atrocious; a school writing piece of […]