Spalding Method

The Spalding Method teaches reading by focusing first on phonics and writing. It was developed by Romalda Bishop Spalding in the late 1950s as a multidisciplinary educational tool.

The Method

Romalda Bishop, in her book Spalding, The Spalding Writing Road to Reading, first published in 1957 and revived in 1990. This method aims to teach students how written language works as early and efficiently as possible so they can excel in other areas of literacy. Specifically, Spalding emphasizes building early spelling and handwriting skills, allowing children to skip the process of learning to read via controlled vocabulary practices. It encourages educators to concentrate on transmitting comprehension and thinking skills.

Romalda Bishop Spalding

Spalding is an American educator who used her book The Spalding Writing Road to Reading to develop a method of teaching children to read called The Spalding Method. This work was inspired by concerns she developed as a young teacher about slow learners. She believed teaching language to children was the highest profession, which inspired her to spend several years studying with Dr. Samuel Orton at the Orton Dyslexia Society.

References

  1. ↑ Spalding, Romalda Bishop; Spalding, Walter T. (1990). The Writing Road to Reading: The Spalding Method of Phonics for Teaching Speech, Writing, and Reading. Quill. ISBN 978-0-688-10007-0. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ↑ Education, United States Congress House Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational (1986). Oversight on Illiteracy in the United States: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held in Washington, DC, March 20, 1986. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 28. Retrieved 4 March 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Spalding, Romalda Bishop; North, Mary Elizabeth (17 January 2012). Writing Road to Reading 6th Rev Ed.: The Spalding Method for Teaching Speech, Spelling, Writing, and Reading. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-208393-7.
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