tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837330485668274410.post952535205977436498..comments2016-09-18T21:39:36.413-07:00Comments on Sunshine to Flowers: TOS Review - The Reading KingdomLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863196680429390225noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837330485668274410.post-21648138377541858402011-03-22T13:26:20.762-07:002011-03-22T13:26:20.762-07:00Thanks for taking the time to review our Reading K...Thanks for taking the time to review our Reading Kingdom program.<br />Next week, we'll be featuring it on our Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/readingkingdom. I invite you to stop by!<br /><br />The Reading Kingdom teaches 6 skills that Dr. Marion Blank, the Director of the Light on Literacy program at Columbia University and the creator of the Reading Kingdom, has determined are required for reading and writing success. These skills are visual sequencing, motor skills for writing, phonics (sounds), syntax (grammar), semantics (meaning) and comprehension (text). So Reading Kingdom does teach the sounds of letters and letter blends, but it does so in the context of the other skills required for reading mastery.<br /><br />With regard to your point about the time we allow for children to respond, this is something we have worked very hard to get right and we are continuing to work on it. On the one hand, you don't want to give a child too little time. But on the other hand, if you give a child too much time, then she or he may not really be mastering the material before moving on to the next level. Part of mastery is being able to accomplish a task within a reasonable amount of time. However, we are always reviewing how the program works and will continue to do so as we move forward.<br /><br />Thanks again.Reading Kingdomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716139346039358033noreply@blogger.com