A Novel Idea: The History of the Science of Reading

As a former elementary teacher with a reading endorsement and mother to a bright daughter with dyslexia, I’m a big fan of this podcast. In trying to help my daughter learn to read, I’ve felt completely robbed by the time and money I spent on my education. I’m ashamed that I was allowed to work as a reading teacher with the laughable education I received in the early 2000s on how to teach reading. I’ve learned more about teaching and learning to read through the relatively inexpensive Orten-Gillingham based curriculum I’ve been using to teach all my kids to read. Anyone who cares about children or adults who thought of themselves as “slow” or “not smart” as a kid should listen to this podcast.

Thank you, Meg and Iowa Reading Research Center for this incredibly well-researched, timely, and entertaining podcast series. This information will help to change children’s lives because all children have the right to read and write. As an Orton-Gillingham Fellow, I teach graduate courses for teachers based in the SoR. I am sharing this series with everyone in my courses and everyone I know. Thank you! Thank you!

This podcast is a gem! Especially the last episode which explains how teachers can evaluate and select curriculums and how teachers can interpret and understand scientific research.

Very informative and fun! Great narrating!! Easy to follow.