The Nokomis Story - the light shines

Karen Moon, second grade teacher at Nokomis, has had children in her class who came to her unable to read and write. Joseph (not his real name), announced at the beginning of the school year, "I like to read to myself," a desperate camoflage for his inability to read even at a first grade level. After four months using Neuhaus Language Enrichment, Karen says,"Now when he begins to read, his little face absolutely lights up."

 

She discovered during oral language and listening comprehension lessons using The Colors and Shapes of Language that Joseph has a good store of background knowledge and is able to retell stories very well.  She has high hopes that this will serve him well as he gains the basic mechanics of learning to read the words.

 

"When I modeled a summary for a passage about elephants using the card pyramid, and he was able to have the cards at his desk, he was able to write a paragraph for the very first time in his own handwriting, and then he was able to read it!"