The Short of It – This is What Silent Elephant “e” Does

The Short of It – This is What Silent Elephant “e” Does 

The Silent Elephant “e” nutshell:

Phonetic Reading with Silent Elephant “e” provides meticulously organized phonetic instruction of the morphological units (a unit of sound that has meaning) of prefixes, root words, and suffixes and the rules for adding suffixes to root words throughout the whole phonics portion of the program beginning in Part 3. 

This meticulous phonetic instruction taught through multi-sensory whole-body strategies is important for ALL learners and essential for struggling students, dyslexic students and/or any student with a learning difference.  

Phonetic Reading with Silent Elephant “e” precisely teaches these important reading skills using whole-body, multi-sensory techniques that activate the parts of the brain that will stimulate growth and encourage learning in

·       phonemic awareness

·       morpheme awareness

·       working memory

·       short term memory

·       long term memory

·       auditory sequencing

·       and auditory processing   

Again, this meticulous phonetic instruction provided by Phonetic Reading with Silent Elephant “e” is important for ALL students but absolutely vital for dyslexic children and adults as it stimulates under-activated parts of the dyslexic brain thereby assisting them in achieving their potential.   

That is the important nutshell - a short explanation of the basis of phonics the Silent Elephant “e” way.

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Linda Katherine Smith-Jones                            Nina Henson