<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[mysite]]></title><description><![CDATA[mysite]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:29:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.thereadingape.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The missing piece of reading comprehension - Theory of Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the opening scene of Paul Jennings’ ‘The Gizmo’, the young protagonist is contemplating stealing from a market stall…   ‘I don’t want to take anything.  But I promised.  And Floggit will tell the kids at school that I wimped out.  Broke my word.  I couldn’t let that happen.  No way.’   On the face of it, as we read, we may feel, ‘so just don’t take it then.  Just walk away. That’s what I’d do.’  But even if we do feel that we understand his perspective and his dilemma even if we would act...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/the-missing-piece-of-reading-comprehension-theory-of-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a24463ef64e529b409f2f2d</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:15:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75e4b_f6e2926d3d97406fbd24c1d14de3a241~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_512,h_258,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THAT VOICE IN YOUR HEAD – INNER SPEECH AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT FOR READING]]></title><description><![CDATA[As you are reading this, even though you are reading silently, you may experience the sensation of hearing your voice speaking the words...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/that-voice-in-your-head-inner-speech-and-why-it-s-important-for-reading</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66ddb83a1a29b9c0654cf3f3</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2024 14:53:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75e4b_4374f59b309a47f0924c0f33eb622dbd~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_926,h_730,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analyse this…synthesise that – a pedagogical focus. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is not a blog about phonics, but let’s start with phonics… When mathematician/philosopher/polymath Blaise Pascal developed a...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/analyse-this-synthesise-that-a-pedagogical-focus</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6458de59bfaffbd0402863ed</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2023 11:40:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75e4b_02333e842cc5425fa058b9abdacf6d8e~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_800,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The  Eyes Have It - what can eye movements tell us about reading instruction.]]></title><description><![CDATA[We may never know how we learn to read and what the cognitive processes of a skilled, fluent reader actually involve.  Although fMRI...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/the-eyes-have-it-what-can-eye-movements-tell-us-about-reading-instruction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fdf98f10bec020017696a8f</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 16:00:56 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not so simple...The Simple View of Reading.]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the heart of the conflict between whole language approaches to reading and code emphasis  approaches appears to be a confusion between...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/not-so-simple-the-simple-view-of-reading</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fa0547f006296001736f7f4</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 16:00:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75e4b_1689afaf05d446f4b7b92a47938949c1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_460,h_234,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Eyes Have It - what eye movements can tell us about reading instruction.]]></title><description><![CDATA[We may never know how we learn to read and what the cognitive processes of a skilled, fluent reader actually involve.  Although fMRI...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/the-eyes-have-it-what-eye-movements-can-tell-us-about-reading-instruction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fdf9c0fab4c610017f80330</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 16:00:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75e4b_f01e77a9bdec442eb9c03d984f8eed47~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_327,h_154,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[English spelling! Do I really have to teach it?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Discovering the alphabetic principle appears to be the key to learning to read (Backman, 1983; Bradley and Bryant, 1978), with the...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/english-spelling-do-i-really-have-to-teach-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6304c996e15334d214bcfbe7</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 15:59:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75e4b_87355ad576c64ec6b0ca95f8324458f8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_611,h_359,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorry, just not ready to read yet.  The fallacy of Reading Readiness.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The complexity of the acquisition of skills required to even begin reading has prompted considerable debate as to when reading...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/sorry-just-not-ready-to-read-yet-the-fallacy-of-reading-readiness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63382327aba7ec10e1eda7b7</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 15:58:53 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theoretical models of reading - better informed  but none  the wiser?]]></title><description><![CDATA[For skilled readers, silently reading text feels no more demanding than listening to an audiobook and in many ways can be easier:...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/theoretical-models-of-reading-better-informed-but-none-the-wiser</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f7f422d31d4ed0017d48a42</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 15:58:35 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole language reading Rasputin gets a blow to the head - simple.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whilst Smith and Goodman were condemning millions of children to illiteracy - 60% of Californian nine and ten-year olds taught by their...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/2019/02/24/the-whole-language-reading-rasputin-gets-a-blow-to-the-head-simple</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f7f422d31d4ed0017d48a45</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 15:57:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75e4b_1689afaf05d446f4b7b92a47938949c1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_460,h_234,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["From decoding to automaticity - the missing link" - The Reading Ape webinar recording.]]></title><description><![CDATA[STEP Ahead Teaching School Hub have made a recording of the webinar available - click here .]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/from-decoding-to-automaticity-the-missing-link-the-reading-ape-webinar-recording</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61841a895734a70016ba98f7</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2023 18:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75e4b_2b315407afb84472af64e41ed77b0d47~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_863,h_389,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huey and Dewey - Disneyworld for reading.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Edmund Burke Huey was the most influential writer on reading instruction in the twentieth century.  His bestselling ‘The Psychology and...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/2020/03/31/huey-and-dewey-disneyworld-for-reading</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f7f422d31d4ed0017d48a43</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2023 17:11:11 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hyperlexia - a deficit or a super-ability?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It would appear that reading difficulties for children fall into two broad categories: developmental dyslexia – extreme decoding problems...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/hyperlexia-a-deficit-or-a-super-ability</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62b74958ac9080f4be29d722</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2022 17:48:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75e4b_a2e8ead309cd4b8f9408ccd0e4a71a3c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_500,h_386,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happens when we 'let the wrong one in'.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kenneth Goodman and Frank Smith’s whole language theory of reading, whereby decoding and word recognition are eschewed for the pursuit of...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/what-happens-when-we-let-the-wrong-one-in</link><guid isPermaLink="false">624c20c709de3f9851e8fff3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2022 11:14:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75e4b_aa8acefb70374bb38a3bf83b731b617d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_326,h_339,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The character of writing systems - characters or letters; which is better?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alphabetic writing systems, though ubiquitous are not universal.  Non-alphabetic writing systems are not, however, anachronistic and,...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/the-character-of-writing-systems-characters-or-letters-which-is-better</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6016ff65292bf900176e7489</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 19:22:31 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dyslexia...Disputed? Distortive? Disease? Discuss...]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1896 a paper entitled ‘A case of congenital word blindness’ in the British Medical Journal (Morgan, 1896) reported the case of a...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/dyslexia-disputed-distortive-disease-discuss</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5feb6b65131102004af46561</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2020 18:00:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75e4b_7536ff67f3ad4932a6d1bb5987db3e49~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_480,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Controlling the text - the dilemma of decodable texts.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Code-based instruction explicitly and purposely teaches letter-sound correspondences systematically.  Chall’s (1967) review of reading...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/controlling-the-text-the-dilemma-of-decodable-texts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f9466805b2b8800174b6510</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2020 17:43:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75e4b_141a4474db9b4006812194524dfca98b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[All References...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adams, F. and Gray, L., 1949. Teaching Children To Read. New York: Ronald Press. Adams, M. and Bruck, M. (1993). Word recognition: The...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/all-references</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f905c249ad3a50017003ff5</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 16:10:55 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[So, you're going to be a primary/elementary school teacher...]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, you’re going to teach children to read… Learning how to read is the single most important skill a child develops in...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/2020/08/23/so-youre-going-to-be-a-primaryelementary-school-teacher</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f7f422db50a630017f9bc25</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2020 18:28:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75e4b_1386d2b42dde4ee583e2450a92f1394a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_920,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What lies beneath - child development prior to reading.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The complexities, challenges and difficulties of learning to read do not start on a child’s first day at school.  Considerable...]]></description><link>https://www.thereadingape.com/single-post/2020/08/18/what-lies-beneath-child-development-prior-to-reading</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f7f422db50a630017f9bc26</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 18:24:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b75e4b_9d237001c72d45a9b2ac8a9cd4298324~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>thereadingape</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>