Steve Tattum's reflection on 40 years of teaching children and adults living with reading challenges of all types, including dyslexia and other learning differences. Steve was Program Director of the Denver Academy and the Sterne School in San Francisco, founder of the Tattum Reading System, and Reading Director at LearnUp Centers.
The Love of Literacy compiles a life-times' worth of Steve's philosophy on reading, how his approach to teaching systematic phonics has evolved with the emerging neuroscience of the reading brain, and It addresses some of the key pedagogical battles now taking place in classrooms and districts all over the country. Steve also describes how to move children through the reading continuum from systematic phonics to directed reading, and ultimately to whole language. He offers many insights into how to teach math, English, handwriting, content courses, and handle discipline problems.
If you are a fan of practical, no-nonsense, teaching advice based on the science of learning and the reality of what works with kids of all ages and learning styles and in the everyday classroom, then this book will be a treat for you!