Fisher Hill Blog

Be thankful if you can read! According to a study conducted by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute of Literacy, 32 million adults in the U.S. can’t read. According to the Department of Justice, “The link between academic failure and delinquency, violence, and crime is welded to reading failure.” According to BegintoRead.com…

This summer have fun with your children and practice English at the same time. The following are some fun summertime activities. Beachball Fun: Toss the beach ball with your children. Each time you or your children catch the ball say an English word that starts with the letter of the alphabet. The first person will…

How does our literacy series work? We have four different titles in our literacy series. Each title has six volumes. Each volume is a workbook. These four series can be used in conjuntion with each other. The very first book to use would be English Reading and Spelling for the Spanish Speaker Book 1. This…

This summer would be a great time to visit the public library.  If you want to increase your reading fluency, you need to practice reading.  Check out some good books and enjoy.  Library cards are free.  Go to your local library and get a card if you don’t have one yet. Your local library might…

Unlike oral language, which is learned naturally from infancy, reading is a skill that is acquired at an older age, through instruction and with effort.  Some children read with less effort than others.  I’m sure you’ve heard parents say, my child just started reading one day.  Other parents will say, I’ve read books to my…

Here is a list of the wars the USA has fought in: Afghanistan War (October 7, 2001 to present) U.S. Casualties: 1,098 deaths; 2,379 wounded in action   Iraq War (March 20, 2003 to December 15, 2011) U.S. Casualties: 4,404 deaths; 31,827 wounded in action   Vietnam War (1959 to April 30, 1975) U.S. Casualties:…

People’s language abilities greatly influence their every day lives and their capacity to learn.  In school, good language foundations help students acquire the essential skills for reading, writing and math. What are the necessary elements of language? Phonology:  Phonology is the study of the sound system of a language and the rules that govern how…

Our new series English Vocabulary for the Spanish Speaker helps Spanish-speaking teens and adults increase their English vocabulary. Vocabulary improves listening and reading comprehension and writing composition. This new series is great to use with our other series for Spanish speakers: English Reading and Spelling for the Spanish Speaker, English Reading Comprehension for the Spanish…

Happy New Year!  Have you made any New Year’s resolutions yet.  Mine is to eat less sugar.  That won’t be easy because I’ve heard surgar is more addicting than tobacco and alcohol.  I believe it!  I gave up meat (not fish) two years ago and that was not difficult to do.  But giving up sugar,…

We have a 92 pound Rhodesian ridgeback named Kinte.  Rhodesian ridgebacks are strong muscular dogs.  They originated in Rhodesia, Africa to hunt lions.  Rhodisia is now Zimbawe.  Kinte has received a lot of dog training. He started dog training class when he was a puppy and I have continued to train him.  Kinte is a…