Vickie developed a system of mini-lessons to help children improve their skills in matching sounds [phonemes] and letters, putting them together to form words, sorting out the many problems they faced with understanding phonics and learning to read faster. After retirement, she wrote her ideas in the publication "20 Minute Phonemic Training for Dyslexia, Auditory Processing and Spelling." Three years later, she added information to help home-school parents and teachers apply the phonological strategies and word lists provided in both books. So, she wrote "Reading Sound Strategies" and Workbook 1: CVC Reading Sound Strategies. An online course at Udemy.com is also available. More workbooks are in development.
With a significant section of the population reading below sixth-grade level, her greatest hope is that both publications will enable children, through parent or professional instruction, to achieve higher reading and spelling competency. She hopes they will have brighter futures resulting from improved literacy skills.
Contact Vickie at sound.reading.spelling@gmail.com for information about public speaking and online training sessions on the 20-minute Phonemic Training process.
Vickie is also the illustrator for Amanda Dinsmore Hill's book How to Blow Your Nose by Little Tiny Elephant, which is available on Amazon.com.