Homeschooling With Dyslexia - Linda Smith-Jones - Silent elephant e

Show notes:

Linda Katherine Smith-Jones after 36 years as an elementary teacher became the author of Phonetic Reading with Silent Elephant “e”™ A Phonetic Reading Program for ALL Learners of Any Age Particularly Dyslexic or Struggling Readers. Linda has been tutoring children with learning differences for the past ten years using her phonemic awareness and phonics reading program.

Top 3 Gold Nuggets

1. When faced with tough situations, like learning your child has a learning difference such as dyslexia, it is time to learn all you can, take the opportunity and turn it into a passion that can change the lives of many.

2. Even if your child is in the public school system you can take time and teach them at home and give them a dual experience and build that connection with your child that will change their world forever.

3. What seems like the end, is the beginning of many serendipitous moments. Children all want to learn, and they will surprise us when we least expect it!

Who is this program for?

Silent Elephant “e”’™’s students have included those with:

• Dyslexia
• ADD or ADHD
• Speech and Language Disorders
• English Language Learners
• Autism
• Hearing Impairments
• Down Syndrome
• Dyspraxia
• Central Auditory Processing Disorder
• Low to Extremely Low IQ
• Other Learning Differences
• Those with No Learning Differences

Achievements with Silent Elephant “e”™

ALL students learning with Silent Elephant “e”™ have SUCCEEDED in becoming fluent, confident readers, writers and spellers. Some needed the gift of time, to move at their own pace slowly but steadily, which is a powerful component of Silent Elephant “e”™. Some quickly moved through the entire program. ALL HAVE SUCCEEDED.

Over the last ten years students learning with Silent Elephant “e”™ 1.5 to 2 hours/week, on average:

• Advanced 1 grade level for every 2.25 months of instruction. (Think of this: my students are not taking a school year to advance a grade level—they’re advancing multiple grade levels in one year.)
• Advanced to their age-appropriate grade level in 4 months (some in as little as 2.5 months). (Some of them were 2-6 years behind their grade level when they began learning with Silent Elephant “e”™.)
• Advanced 4.25 grade levels with 6 months of instruction.
• Mastered Part 1, Phonemic Awareness within 3 months. (In 3 months, they understood the basics of written language and were ready to fly!)

With Phonetic Reading with Silent Elephant “e”™, you will be able to:

• Experience success immediately.
• Continually assess your child’s progress.
• Move at your child’s pace.
• Meet your child’s needs - beginning from where they are and guiding them to become strong, successful, independent readers, writers, and spellers.

Linda has been able to be part of many lives from preschoolers to high schoolers that have been changed due to her program. Linda’s heart is to have the opportunity to change the lives of your loved ones and help you through those times.

You can find Linda at her website at www.silentelephante.com.

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