EPISODE · May 14, 2021 · 35 MIN
AXSChat Podcast with Cigdem Knebel - Founder of Simple Words Books.
from AXSChat Podcast · host Antonio Santos, Debra Ruh, Neil Milliken
When Cigdem Knebel struggled to find decodable “big-kid” chapter books a young dyslexic could painlessly read, she began to write one herself for her son. Cigdem is the founder of Simple Words Books. Her mission is to help young dyslexics and early readers with fluency, comprehension, but most importantly, reading-confidence.She accomplishes this by using many carefully chosen words in her books with the skills of young dyslexics in mind. The attention is put into using many:-short and one syllable wordsshort vowels, digraphs and blends• closed syllables wordshigh frequency sight words • short sentences. Cigdem believes that all children love to read. This is no different for children with dyslexia; they just need to find that right book for them. Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow axschat on social media.Bluesky:Antonio https://bsky.app/profile/akwyz.comDebra https://bsky.app/profile/debraruh.bsky.socialNeil https://bsky.app/profile/neilmilliken.bsky.socialaxschat https://bsky.app/profile/axschat.bsky.socialLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/antoniovieirasantos/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/axschat/https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilmilliken/Vimeohttps://vimeo.com/akwyzhttps://twitter.com/axschathttps://twitter.com/AkwyZhttps://twitter.com/neilmillikenhttps://twitter.com/debraruh
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When Cigdem Knebel struggled to find decodable “big-kid” chapter books a young dyslexic could painlessly read, she began to write one herself for her son. Cigdem is the founder of Simple Words Books. Her mission is to help young dyslexics and early readers with fluency, comprehension, but most importantly, reading-confidence. She accomplishes this by using many carefully chosen words in her books with the skills of young dyslexics in mind. The attention is put into using many: -short ...
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