Why Clay?
Why do we use clay with the Davis Method? At the heart of reading difficulties are often “sight words.” These
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Category: Davis Tools & Techniques
Keyboarding Skills vs Cursive Writing
Few people still write with pen and paper, let alone in cursive script. However, researchers believe that cursive writing is important to cognitive development and the brain’s sensory motor region.
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Finding the Invisible Dyslexic
Sometimes the symptoms of dyslexia are obvious, sometimes not. There is a huge population whom I refer to as “the invisible ones”. I happen to be one of them.
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A Challenging Math Program
In a recent math program, I worked with a girl who seemed motivated, but overwhelmed by any mention of mathematical terms and numbers.
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Time Blindness
I could never warm up to Alice in Wonderland. It was too crazy, too frantic. Time in Wonderland seemed troubled; topsy turvy. Characters rushed around and a sense of haste…
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Mental Imagery and Reading Comprehension
Recent research utilizing a new, objective measure shows a strong link between mental imagery abilties and reading comprehension among adults.
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Gifted with Dyslexia – Davis around the World
This short, fun video from The Whole Dyslexic Society feature Davis Facilitators and some of their clients from different parts of the world.
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Davis Authors Around the World
Looking for information about Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, ADHD, Autism? Davis Dyslexia authors around the world share their published books and
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Unwrapping the Gift of Dyslexia
I am pretty sure that Ron Davis was the first person to call dyslexia a gift, when he published his book The Gift of Dyslexia in 1994. Nowadays, many people talk about dyslexia’s gifts, but what is it?
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Orientation: To be, or not to be?
If being orientated permits you to perceive accurately the facts of reality, wouldn’t it just be best to stay orientated all the time? Well, no.
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You can flip the switch!
If you think of your brain as a power grid, there are billions of pathways or roads, lighting up every time you think, feel or do something. Every time we think in a certain way, practice a particular task, or feel an emotion, we strengthen a road.
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The Second Elephant: Who invented reading and why?
In this video, I discuss the second “elephant”: who invented reading and why is it so difficult for some people?
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