Hi listeners, it's Susan here. Just in time for the school year, I have a brand new resource to tell you about.

Science of Reading, a new teacher's guide. This free e-book gives you the critical information you need,

including a detailed breakdown of the reading rope and the 10 foundational science of reading principles.

It also provides key information on dyslexia, assessment,

serving multilingual learners, and so much more.

It's packed with beautiful diagrams,

a perfect compliment to the podcast if I do say so myself.

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These are challenging times and we respect your unwavering commitment to your students.

At Amplify, we are working especially hard to support you.

And as we all grapple with what it means to focus on the science of reading in a new world of remote learning, we're committed to walking with you through the unknown.

Welcome to Science of Reading the podcast.

I'm your host, Susan Lambert.

Join us as we talk with experts to explore what it takes to develop joyful, confident, and capable readers.

Dan Willingham, a cognitive and neuroscience expert and author, joins me to talk about the reading brain, reading research, and how educators navigate messages about

what reading instruction should include. Dan has been a professor of psychology at the University

of Virginia since 1992 and his research has focused on the brain basis of learning and memory

and applications of cognitive psychology in K through 16 education. His most recent book,

The Reading Mind, A Cognitive Approach to Understanding How the Mind Reads, covers every aspect of reading.

Well, welcome, Dan Willingham. So excited to have you on the episode today.

Delighted to be here.

And I always start by asking our guests to describe how they ended up interested in or thinking about early literacy.

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