Nearly a decade in the making, the long-awaited sixth edition of the classic Spalding primer helps children develop their reading skills through a multi-sensory approach so natural and stimulating that reading itself is never taught outright--it simply begins. Teachers, tutors, and parents will find the latest edition of Writing Road to Reading a powerful tool for its phonics-based, total language arts program. Writing Road to Reading lets children learn to put sounds together, form meaningful words, write meaningful sentences, and develop their creative minds, allowing them to progress quickly toward absorbing--and enjoying--the great works of children's literature. Dr. Susan Moore, editor of Education Monitor, praises Spalding Educational International's approach, saying "because the Method is multi-sensory . . . it works for everyone. . . . No other approach to early literacy has this record of success."
About the Author :
Romalda Bishop Spalding, a graduate of Columbia University, developed her method using principles learned from the eminent neurologist Dr. Samuel T. Orton and her experiences teaching children with language problems at Harvard Children's Hospital and public and private schools.
Mary E. North, Ph.D., is director of research and curriculum at Spalding Education International (SEI). She is vice president of the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council and serves on the executive committee of the Alliance for Accreditation and Certification of Structured Language Education, Inc. SEI is located in Phoenix, Arizona.
Review :
"The Writing Road to Reading is a total language arts method that captures all the richness and variety of the English language. For forty years classroom teachers across America have found that it works. . . .I enthusiastically endorse The Spalding Method because I know that if it were taught in every classroom, illiteracy would vanish." - --Robert Sweet, Professional Staff Member, Committee on Education and the Workforce, United States Congress
"Because the Method is multi-sensory, developing the eyes, ears, voice, hand and arm muscles, and the right and left sides of the brain concurrently, it works for everyone: brilliant, averate and learning-disabled pupils of every age. . .No other approach to early literacy has this record of success." - --Dr. Susan Moore, editor of Education Monitor
"The strength of The Spalding Method is that children quickly learn the mechanics of reading, freeing them to enjoy the benefits of good literature at an early age. Spalding is effective because its principles and methods are well grounded in reading research." - --Sylvia Richardson, M.D., L.L.D., Distinguished Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Emerita, University of South Florida
"Spalding teaches children skills essential to precise speech, attentive listening and reading, and competent writing. . . .[It] is the most effective language arts program I have worked with during my 25 years as a teacher, principal, and now curriculum director." - --Jim Sexton, Director of Curriculum and Special Programs, Humboldt Unified School District, Dewey, Arizona
"I truly credit The Spalding Method with my success as a reading teacher of both regular and special education students. Not one of my Masters' courses in Learning Disabilities was able to help me teach my struggling readers what they most wanted to know - how to read." - --Eileen Oliver, Teacher of the Year 2001, Special Reading Teacher, St. Charles Parish School, Boutte, Louisiana
