Thanks to everyone who attended my workshop at the Children’s Dyslexia Center in Belleville, IL on incorporating multi-sensory components into working with syllables and syllable types! One of the cornerstones of the Orton-Gillingham methodology is to incorporate multi-sensory activities into the lesson. This is especially important when working with abstract terms like … Continue reading >
While it is important for students to be able to finger spell, I have found it helpful to have students use Silly Bulls to combine visual and tactile components in the spelling process. Check out the videos below for step-by-step instructions on how to do Silly Bull Spelling. More examples … Continue reading >
The Silly Bull Syllable Kit can be used during the introduction of new concept section of the lesson to help students discover sounds and attributes of the new concept. Auditory Discovery One of the first steps in introducing a new sound is to do Auditory Discovery. You read a short list of … Continue reading >
Keep those Silly Bull parts handy heading into the Review Words drill. When a student misses a word, you can ask them to “check the head” (or body or tail), or have them point to and tell you what each of the head, body and tail parts say. If they … Continue reading >
The Silly Bull Syllable Kit contains a set of picture cards and corresponding syllable type name card for each of the syllable types (closed, open, silent-e, vowel team, r-controlled and consonant-le). Here are some of the ways you can use these cards to help your student learn and use the … Continue reading >
Silly Bulls provide a visual representation of how syllables are segmented into beginning, vowel and ending sounds. By using the Silly Bulls throughout the entire lesson, students can begin to understand that they are taking apart and putting back together the same parts for recognition and naming, blending, sounding out and spelling. For … Continue reading >
