Awesome, New Fun Online Tool that Builds Vocabulary: Infercabulary


I am so pleased to announce my 12th Go Dyslexia video podcast: Dyslexia: Building Vocabulary and Semantic Skills with Infercabulary, featuring Guest Beth Lawrence and Host Dr. Erica Warren. URL: https://youtu.be/WVZkHFXPKo8

This blog shares my most recent video podcast, featuring dyslexia expert Beth Lawrence, MA, CCC-SLP. Beth is an Orton Gillingham trained, certified speech-language pathologist, and CEO of Communication Apptitude (dba InferCabulary and WordQuations).

This is the 12th of many free video podcasts for Go Dyslexia!   
During the video podcast, Beth and I talk about Infercabulary, a fun and multisensory online site that offers vocabulary and semantic reasoning development exercises and assessments.  Beth talks about the importance of developing language skills and also provides a quick description of her app, WordQuations and assessment, Test of Semantic Reasoning.
 
What is Infercabulary?
Infercabulary is a fun online site that develops the language skills semantic reasoning skill and vocabulary.  Instead of memorizing complex language-definitions, students can now learn to use semantic reasoning skills to actively infer the meaning of words based on seeing five images of the word used in different contexts.  The activities use visual and audio cues to present lessons and game-like assessments make the process both fun and memorable.  I have now implemented this software into my own private practice for session activities as well as home-fun assignments (I don’t give homework, I give optional home-fun suggestions). The best parts is I can track my student’s progress and growth.

A Special Gift - Get 30% off Infercabulary:
If you would like to purchase Infercabulary, they are offering a special promotion for my audience.  Simply use coupon code GoDyslexia at checkout to receive 30% off!

Important Links Mentioned in this Podcast:

URL to Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/WVZkHFXPKo8
Audio version from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/go-dyslexia-episode-8-dyslexia-building-vocabulary/id1104665925?i=1000386789731&mt=2
Come Check out all my Video Podcasts: https://godyslexia.com/dyslexia-podcasts/
Come check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/warrenerica1


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Infercabulary is a dynamic tool that can be used by parents, teachers, learning specialists, reading specialist, educational therapists and more. I hope you found this post helpful.  Please share and like the video, and let me know what you think!!

Dr. Erica Warren is the author, illustrator and publisher of multisensory educational materials at Good Sensory Learning and Dyslexia Materials.  She is also the director of Learning to Learn and Go Dyslexia, in Ossining, NY.  To learn more about her products and services, you can go to https://godyslexia.com/, www.goodsensorylearning.com, www.dyslexiamaterials.com & www.learningtolearn.biz  

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