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AVKO comes from Audio, Visual, Kinesthetic, & Oral a multi-sensory approach.

 

Individualized Keyboarding

for Personal Typing and Using Computer Keyboards

 
W401 - $12.95       In Quantities of 15 or more $9.95 each.     ISBN: 1-56400-401-5
8½x11  96 pp.

For a controlled experiment that you can do in your classroom to prove that poor readers must learn spelling patterns in order to become good typists as well as the complete scope and sequence of this typing program:

Improving Reading and Spelling Skills via Keyboarding

If the dyslexic (non-reader or poor reader) hears the word (Audio) and sees the word (Visual) as he types the word (Kinesthetic) and says (or subvocalizes) the word (Oral) the dyslexic will be using a multi-sensory approach to learning spelling patterns and phonically regular words as he learns the keyboard.   This is what the word AVKO stands for:  Audio, Visual, Kinesthetic, Oral.

Sample Lesson

Level One Lesson Four (Teaches j/r)

Student Types Each Line Three Times
Exercise A

jjj frrf frrf; far; jar; far; jar jar jar;
far jar; tar tars; star stars; jar jars jar;
art arts; tart tarts; start starts; art art;

Each of these lines is typed three times.  See column to the right.


 
 


Exercise A

jjj frrf jjj frrf; far; jar; far; jar jar jar;
jjj frrf jjj frrf; far; jar; far; jar jar jar;
jjj frrf jjj frrf; far; jar; far; jar jar jar;

far jar; tar tars; star stars; jar jars jar;
far jar; tar tars; star stars; jar jars jar;
far jar; tar tars; star stars; jar jars jar;

art arts; tart tarts; start starts; art art;
art arts; tart tarts; start starts; art art;
art arts; tart tarts; start starts; art art;
 
Exercise B

tar tars; star stars; jjj jar jar; jjj jar jars;
fff; as far as a star; jjj jar jars; jjj; jar jars;
all as tall as a tall dad falls; jjj; jar jars;

  Each of these lines is typed three times.  See column to the right.

 

 
 

Exercise B

tar tars; star stars; jjj jar jar; jjj jar jars;
tar tars; star stars; jjj jar jar; jjj jar jars;
tar tars; star stars; jjj jar jar; jjj jar jars;

fff; as far as a star; jjj jar jars; jjj; jar jars;
fff; as far as a star; jjj jar jars; jjj; jar jars;
fff; as far as a star; jjj jar jars; jjj; jar jars;

all as tall as a tall dad falls; jjj; jar jars;
all as tall as a tall dad falls; jjj; jar jars;
all as tall as a tall dad falls; jjj; jar jars;

Exercise C

fff; as fast as a fast lad; a sad dad; jjj jar;
jjj jar jars; tdar tars; star stars; ;;; fff; far;
a star starts fast at last; fff far; jjj jars;

Each of these lines is typed three times.  See column to the right.





 

Exercise C

fff; as fast as a fast lad; a sad dad; jjj jar;
fff; as fast as a fast lad; a sad dad; jjj jar;
fff; as fast as a fast lad; a sad dad; jjj jar;

jjj jar jars; tdar tars; star stars; ;;; fff; far;
jjj jar jars; tdar tars; star stars; ;;; fff; far;
jjj jar jars; tdar tars; star stars; ;;; fff; far;

a star starts fast at last; fff far; jjj jars;
a star starts fast at last; fff far; jjj jars;
a star starts fast at last; fff far; jjj jars;
Exercise D

at last a tall lad starts as a star starts;
tar tart tarts; star start starts; stars start;
fff; start as fast as a tall star starts; jjj jars;

Each of these lines is typed three times.  See column to the right.

Exercise D

at last a tall lad starts as a star starts;
at last a tall lad starts as a star starts;
at last a tall lad starts as a star starts;

tar tart tarts; star start starts; stars start;
tar tart tarts; star start starts; stars start;
tar tart tarts; star start starts; stars start;

fff; start as fast as a tall star starts; jjj jars;
fff; start as fast as a tall star starts; jjj jars;
fff; start as fast as a tall star starts; jjj jars;