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Monday, September 7, 2015 5:15:57 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Notes to help you with revision.:
Ruth said, "There is nothing worse than revision. I would rather have blisters on my heels or a headache. Revision hangs around and sticks there and does not go away even if you close your eyes and count to 100. The thing is we all have to do it and the quicker..." more
Monday, September 7, 2015 5:15:57 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Some more ways to remember spellings.:
Ruth said, "Spellings are important and remembering them is hard. I know what it is like…those long lists of words you have to learn for the test on Monday. This might help you remember the ‘ing’ words. Take ‘hop’ and..." more
Monday, September 7, 2015 5:15:57 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Teaching reading.:
Ruth said, "This week there have been articles in the press about children not having access to books, children having no books at home and having no help at home to learn to read. I have been so disheartened about this news…but I knew it already. One..." more
Monday, September 7, 2015 5:15:57 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Tips for pushy parents about reading… Words of wisdom 3.:
Ruth said, "Just recently I have been reading about pushy parents. This worries me. Why are they pushy? Is it for themselves? Do they want their child to succeed and be better than everyone else? Is it because the school is not providing the right learning..." more
Monday, September 7, 2015 5:15:56 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Notes on dyslexia…2:
Ruth said, "I teach children who have dyslexia. I am often surprised when I see parents panic almost as if their child has a terrible incurable disease. They don’t want people to know their child has it. I often wonder why. They also try to deny it by..." more
Monday, September 7, 2015 5:15:56 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Simple, practical help for a dyslexic child in the classroom.:
Ruth said, "There are simple things we can do to help a dyslexic child. They do involve some work by the teacher and the parents but they are worth the effort. The first thing is getting teachers to understand that the child needs extra understanding and help..." more
Monday, September 7, 2015 5:15:56 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Some easy games to play…:
Ruth said, "Games can be very expensive and children get bored with them very quickly. Here are ten ideas for games that I have used and I have been able to modify some easily to make them seem like it’s a new game. 1. Sticky note..." more
Monday, September 7, 2015 5:15:56 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled My books are ebooks!:
Ruth said, "This is exciting. Teaching children to read has gone a step further. I was reading with some children the other day and it struck me that some may benefit from using a Kindle or iPad to read books. Children are very keen on new ideas and obviously..." more
Monday, September 7, 2015 5:15:56 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Reading on the Go…if you have or are a reluctant reader.:
Ruth said, "Sometimes it is not easy to get children to read. Any child who has trouble learning to read will probably find reading challenging, very hard, scary, frustrating, annoying, embarrassing or boring or all of these. ‘Come and read to me’..." more
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 3:57:41 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Reading on the Go…if you have or are a reluctant reader.:
Ruth said, "Sometimes it is not easy to get children to read. Any child who has trouble learning to read will probably find reading challenging, very hard, scary, frustrating, annoying, embarrassing or boring or all of these. ‘Come and read to me’..." more
Sunday, September 11, 2011 1:00:47 PM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled My books are ebooks!:
Ruth said, "This is exciting. Teaching children to read has gone a step further. I was reading with some children the other day and it struck me that some may benefit from using a Kindle or iPad to read books. Children are very keen on new ideas and obviously..." more
Monday, August 22, 2011 9:29:23 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Some easy games to play…:
Ruth said, "Games can be very expensive and children get bored with them very quickly. Here are ten ideas for games that I have used and I have been able to modify some easily to make them seem like it’s a new game. 1. Sticky note..." more
Monday, July 18, 2011 7:11:19 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Simple, practical help for a dyslexic child in the classroom.:
Ruth said, "There are simple things we can do to help a dyslexic child. They do involve some work by the teacher and the parents but they are worth the effort. The first thing is getting teachers to understand that the child needs extra understanding and help..." more
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 3:07:15 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Notes on dyslexia…2:
Ruth said, "I teach children who have dyslexia. I am often surprised when I see parents panic almost as if their child has a terrible incurable disease. They don’t want people to know their child has it. I often wonder why. They also try to deny it by..." more
Monday, June 13, 2011 5:03:11 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Tips for pushy parents about reading… Words of wisdom 3.:
Ruth said, "Just recently I have been reading about pushy parents. This worries me. Why are they pushy? Is it for themselves? Do they want their child to succeed and be better than everyone else? Is it because the school is not providing the right learning..." more
Sunday, June 12, 2011 9:24:58 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Teaching reading.:
Ruth said, "This week there have been articles in the press about children not having access to books, children having no books at home and having no help at home to learn to read. I have been so disheartened about this news…but I knew it already. One..." more
Saturday, May 14, 2011 5:44:46 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Some more ways to remember spellings.:
Ruth said, "Spellings are important and remembering them is hard. I know what it is like…those long lists of words you have to learn for the test on Monday. This might help you remember the ‘ing’ words. Take ‘hop’ and..." more
Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:03:55 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Notes to help you with revision.:
Ruth said, "There is nothing worse than revision. I would rather have blisters on my heels or a headache. Revision hangs around and sticks there and does not go away even if you close your eyes and count to 100. The thing is we all have to do it and the quicker..." more
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:29:55 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Now I can meet you all on YouTube:
Ruth said, "Hi everyone. I have just started a channel on YouTube to give you more information about me and my books. This is my first video which hopefully will give you a brief insight into my background as a teacher and how I came to be writing..." more
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 6:51:54 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled How to make comprehensions easier.:
Ruth said, "When we hear the word ‘comprehension’ we usually groan. They are boring and they takes ages and there is loads to write. Here are some tips I use when I teach how to do them. It makes them easier and they look colourful and more..." more
Sunday, March 27, 2011 9:17:00 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Helping us see school from the child’s point of view…words of wisdom 2.:
Ruth said, "Here are some thoughts about helping your child at school. As a teacher and a Mum I see things from both sides. School is a very demanding place. Every day teachers ask you to do lots of work and some of it is VERY HARD and new and some of it is..." more
Friday, March 25, 2011 1:48:14 PM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Smartie sandwiches…words of wisdom 1.:
Ruth said, "As a teacher I am often asked for advice. I am a mum too and so over the years I have learned a great deal about children and young people. I always say that children are just smaller versions of us and to be honest I have learned a lot from..." more
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 8:25:25 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Gluey letters and words within words to help you read.:
Ruth said, "Once you have learned the sounds that letters make you can start to put letters together to make a new sound. This is brilliant fun and a really good thing to be able to do. So we all know the sounds that a,b,c,d and all the letters of the ABC..." more
Friday, March 18, 2011 11:10:01 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Tips on how to write a story part 2.:
Ruth said, "Ok here we go. As promised some ideas for planning and writing a story… A while ago I had to write a piece for a creative writing course I was doing. The tutor asked me to go back to my childhood and become a boy. I had to write just 1,000..." more
Monday, September 7, 2015 5:15:57 AM
Ruth Young wrote a blog post titled Now I can meet you all on YouTube:
Ruth said, "Hi everyone. I have just started a channel on YouTube to give you more information about me and my books. This is my first video which hopefully will give you a brief insight into my background as a teacher and how I came to be writing..." more