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How to SUCCEED – or FAIL – at Teaching Reading

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Meg Rayborn Dawson

I found an old self-printed book which has some very useful information about teaching reading and I think some of the ideas presented there are worth sharing. The book (How the Alphabet Works: a handbook for teaching someone to read … Continue reading →

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