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2: The Idea

2: The Idea

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Sixty years ago, Marie Clay developed a way to teach reading she said would help kids who were falling behind. They’d catch up and never need help again. Today, her program remains popular, and her theory about how people read is at the root of a lot of reading instruction in schools. But Marie Clay was wrong.


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This truly impacted my life to make a change in the way I looking at teaching children how to read. Phonics is key all the way!

All I can say is this is mind blowing!

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