Active Listening

There’s a fast-food restaurant not far from where we live. On nights when we were too tired or got home too late to cook, my husband would sometimes pick up takeaway from there. Time after time, the server would get our order wrong. It happened so frequently that we came to expect it, and it […]
The Big Six Pillars Of Literacy Instruction

Learning to read involves six key elements, each of which is critical for success with reading and writing. Like pillars of a solid structure, the big six are the essential supports needed for building literacy competency. Let’s look at what the Big Six Pillars are and why they’re important. Oral Language Did you know that […]
Using Blanks Levels of Questions to Develop Language and Vocabulary

Blank’s Levels of Questions help children build language by moving from simple naming to deeper thinking and reasoning.
The Orton Gillingham Language Approach: Not Just for Dyslexia

Unlock the power of personalised learning with the Orton Gillingham Approach—helping every learner master literacy, no matter their challenge.
Ron Yoshimoto: Orton-Gillingham Legacy

Ronald Yoshimoto wrote the courses and created the training materials we use to teach the OG Language Approach.