SECRET STORIES

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The SECRET STORIES is a multi-modal, brain-based, teacher ‘bag-of-tricks’ that transforms reading and writing abilities of primary and struggling, intermediate grade learners. Through visual, auditory, and kinesthetic means, the SECRET STORIES activates every learning channel within the learner, and personally connects them to the skills.

Because letters and sounds, themselves, have no inherent or ‘concrete’ meaning, they are extraordinarily difficult to teach, and even more difficult to learn. This seemingly endless array of phonemic letter patterns and sounds can appear random and overwhelming to beginning and struggling readers, alike…. unless of course, they know the ‘SECRETS-’ the logical explanations for why letters and letter patterns make the sounds that they do!

‘VOILÀ!’ The facts have now been changed!

Using the SECRET STORIES to ‘underscore’ existing reading and writing curriculum and instruction means no more rote memorization through repetitive, isolated phonics-skill practice; nor do learners’ questions about letter patterns and sounds need to be met with- “It just is…It just does…You just have to remember!” Knowing the SECRETS means that you can just tell them why!

As the facts have now changed, so has the game-
The game of ‘reading and writing!’