Total Words2 minWhy reasons can be unreasonable if we want real reading progressThe theory says it is illogical to think that we need to find the reason for a child’s slow progress. For a psychologist this is a real...
Total Words1 minPositive EnergyWe talk a lot about skills and effective learning with Total Words, but the whole approach was built on feeling the need to change the...
Total Words2 minBefore-After Measures Or Before-During-After Measures?Before and after measures make sense. We measure what a child can do, teach them, and measure again to see what they can do now. It’s a...
Total Words2 minSingle Days of long slow grind or day-by-day Achievements?I keep thinking of the long slow dull grinding down that some kids experience at school; so few experiences of real achievement, so few...