The first in a series on phonemic awareness (PA) by Seidenberg Reading (and friends) can be found here: youtube.com/watch?v=bq_xA3… Highly recommended, especially for those who think PA can be done without letters (in the dark) (before phonics). Some takeaways:

Have you watched Part 1: Phonemes, Speech, and Reading? Check it out here: youtube.com/watch?v=bq_xA3… Find the slides and links to the articles referenced here: seidenbergreading.net/zoom/ And stay tuned for Part 2: Becoming Phonemic - coming Sunday!

Did you see the email from Haskins Laboratories about the series of free courses on K-3 education from Cox Campus?! coxcampus.org/app/courses/ca… The latest free course is "Early Literacy: Print Awareness, Phonological Awareness, and Alphabet Knowledge" coxcampus.org/app/courses/61…

The second video in our miniseries on phonemes and phoneme awareness is coming out this Sunday! youtu.be/lmFIza8RlJ4

Have you watched Part 2: Becoming Phonemic? Listen to Mark Seidenberg discuss the research that's out there about how phoneme awareness develops. youtube.com/watch?v=lmFIza… Want to look at the research yourself? Check out the links here: seidenbergreading.net/wp-content/upl…

Pivotal for beginning reading instruction!

Reminder that Part 3 in our miniseries is coming out tomorrow! youtu.be/adeSgFJ6fkQ

Remember to check out Part 3 in our miniseries! Listen to Mark Seidenberg talk about how learning involves both explicit and implicit systems and what that means for reading instruction: youtu.be/adeSgFJ6fkQ

“They clarified for me that they haven’t changed. They still don’t get it, they’re still part of the problem. (They) haven’t really benefitted from the ongoing discussion about what are the best ways to teach kids to read so that the most kids succeed.” apmreports.org/story/2021/11/…

Clarity about Fountas and Pinnell. New post. seidenbergreading.net/2021/11/20/cla…

Cognitive scientist Mark Seidenberg Seidenberg Reading weighs in on Fountas and Pinnell's defense of their work. Worth reading. google.com/url?q=https://…

Sondheim on Reading: New post. bit.ly/31vLDgs #seidenblog

Question: Does anyone know the origin of the phrase “doing phonemic awareness in the dark”? It’s the idea that phonemes being properties of speech, children with good PA can perform tasks like phon deletion “in the dark”. Thanks! #reading #literacy #scienceofreading

On 3/17, we will host Drs. Laura Justice, Mark Seidenberg & Julie Washington for a special discussion – Early Language to Deep Reading for Justice: A Prescription for Change, our virtual 24th Annual Montag Community Lecture. Registration is FREE, join us! ow.ly/pgJ550I8nVa

New podcast coming this week... 🎧 Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong 🎧 Subscribe now and listen to the trailer. features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/ 1/2

I teased it last week and announce it fully today: our fully online graduate certificate in Structured Literacy and Reading Science will begin accepting applications on November 1 for a summer 2023 start! Very happy to be able to announce this in Dyslexia and DLD Awareness month!

🧵 When I set out to report Between the Lines, I needed to learn about Kentucky's literacy landscape. Who the main players were. Who was connected to which group. And how national figures have influenced what's happening here. This is what I found:

The website is back up with some thoughts from Mark Seidenberg seidenbergreading.net/2022/10/20/bac…

Studying "Units of Study" The new TCRWP curriculum is here. Does it measure up?seidenbergreading.net/2022/10/28/stu…

Some thoughts from Mark Seidenberg to think about as we all await Episode 4 of Sold a Story from APM Reports, Emily Hanford, and Christopher Peak seidenbergreading.net/2022/10/28/stu…