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  • Re: Any suggestions on increasing reading speed?

    I've been using a technique that I found very helpful since junior high, and that was almost twenty years ago!  Slow readers often focus on one or two words at a time.  Teach him to start focusing on an entire paragraph at a time (literally, focusing the eye on the paragraph, not the word).  He can start out by focusing on a line or ...
    Posted to Education (Forum) by Aimee on November 23, 2007
  • Re: Any suggestions on increasing reading speed?

    I might suggest, as a parent of a child with reading difficulties, though on the comprehension end, checking out Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes.  They work to develop the sensory-cognitive skills necessary to  both decode the word and comprehend the word.  Through both aspects, reading fluency is increased.  You can check ...
    Posted to Education (Forum) by Christina Meadowcroft on November 21, 2007
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