Sunday, March 29, 2009

Resources for Reading

These recommendations were compiled based on parent opinions from several e-mail lists and research into how children with Down syndrome learn to read. Feel free to e-mail me with any questions or suggestions.

Reading for Children with Special Needs/Visual Learners/Down Syndrome

Early Readers
Bob Books
Early sight word readers
Rittenhouse Publications
Color-coded word families
Dick and Jane Series
Sight word books with repetition of frequently used words
Wilbooks
Inexpensive readers with repetition

Readers for Children with Special Needs
Greenhouse Publications
Interactive sight word readers
Special Reads for Special Needs
Sight word readers
Down Home Learning
Sight word readers taught on 3 levels - created by a parent of a child with Down syndrome.
Love and Learning
Sight word program – video/DVD


Software
Developing Child
A flash card sight word program for early learners
Flashcards from Geddes Productions
Flashcard program that can be customized
Essential Skills
Sight words and phonics
Edmark Reading Program Level One and Level Two
Sight word reading curriculum for children with special needs.
Flash Series

Reading Curriculum for Children with Special Needs
Edmark Reading Program
Reading (sight word) curriculum for children with special needs.
Reading Milestones

Reading Curriculum Designed for Children with Down Syndrome
See and Learn
From The Down Syndrome Educational Trust – Online program in pilot phase.
Cataphonics
Phonics program developed by a mother to a child with Down syndrome
Special Reads for Special Needs
Sight word readers created by a parent with a child with Down syndrome.
Down Home Learning
Sight word readers taught on 3 levels. Created by a parent of a child with Down syndrome.
Love and Learning
Sight word program – video/DVD
Special Offspring Series
Developed by a parent with a child with Down syndrome
POPS Resources
Down Syndrome Foundation of Orange County
Online literacy and math activities to download.
eReadingPro

Developed for Typical Learners, Used with Success in Some Children with Down Syndrome
Hooked on Phonics
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
Phonics based
Your Baby Can Read
Sight word program
Thrass
Jolly Phonics
Reading Reflex

Online Reading Programs
Starfall
Early reading based on word families

Online Picture Symbols - Visual Aides in Reading
Do 2 Learn
A wealth of picture symbols
Beyond Autism, PECs, pictures, icons pages
A compilation of sites for picture symbols

Picture Symbol Software
Boardmaker
PixWriter
Writing With Symbols
Picture It
Overboard

Video/DVD Reinforcement
LeapFrog
Your Baby Can Read

Cueing - Another Visual Aide
Visual Phonics
Cued Speech
Tucker Signing Strategies

Other recommendations for visual learners
Fletcher’s Place
Picture Me Reading


Resources
For teaching children with Down syndrome to read:

How to Teach Your Baby to Read by Glenn Doman
Successful method for children up to 3 years of age
Teaching Reading to Children with Down Syndrome by Patricia Oelwein
Reading program for children of typical school age
The Development of Literacy Skills in Children with Down Syndrome: Implications for Intervention
Margaret Snowling, Hannah Nash and Lisa Henderson

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