Reading & Spelling

8 Signs your child may benefit from reading and spelling instruction

  • Pronunciation problems

  • Difficulty rhyming words

  • Trouble learning numbers, the alphabet, days of the week

  • Slow to learn the connection between letters and sounds

  • Confuses basic words (run, eat, want)

  • Makes consistent reading and spelling errors including letter reversals (b/d), inversions (m/w), transpositions (felt/left), and substitutions (saying “house” for “home”)

  • Lack of fluency while reading. They may lose her place, lack voice expression and read either too slow or too fast

  • Energy level may be reduced or fluctuates considerably while reading and frustration, anxiety, anger, self-consciousness and doubt may affect their ability to think and perform

Seeing Stars®: Symbol Imagery for Phonemic Awareness, Sight Words and Spelling *

The Seeing Stars® program increases reading and spelling skills. Instructors will work with your child to fully develop symbol imagery, or the ability to see letters in their imagination. This will improve sight word development, fluency, spelling, and increase the speed and stability of letter sounds.

The program begins by visualizing the individual letters and letter blends and associating the proper sounds with them. Spelling “rules,” or expectancies, are discovered, applied, and practiced. Syllables, root words, prefixes, and suffixes are discovered and made part of the student’s word attack strategies. This will extend into multi-syllable reading and spelling. Sight words are common words that often do not follow the rules like ‘enough’ and ‘sweater’; These are introduced and practiced using repetition and symbol imagery. This develops instant recognition and increases reading fluency.

*Fort Wayne Center for Learning is not affiliated with, endorsed, licensed or sponsored by Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes® Corporation.