Teaching the Brain to Read: Strategies for Improving Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension
by Judy Willis, M.D., M.Ed.
At last, here's a book that extends brain-friendly teaching practices to the teaching of reading, with specific activities and lessons that ensure students learn the reading process.
Reading is not a natural part of human development. Unlike spoken language, reading does not follow from observation and imitation of other people. The complexity of reading requires multiple areas of the brain to operate together through networks of neurons. This means there are many potential brain dysfunctions that can interfere with reading. In the book "Teaching the Brain to Read," neurologist, author, and middle school teacher Judy Willis connects what educators do in the classroom to what happens in the brain when students learn how to read.