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Teaching strategies in Timo Stories support work that is being done in the classroom. If the child has unique needs in the following areas, they can benefit from Timo Stories, which provides opportunities for explicit and direct instruction in:
- Listening comprehension
- Answering wh-questions
- Story sequencing
- Story re-telling
- Improving vocabulary
ELL Students
In addition to being useful for special needs children across a wide range of diagnoses, educators have indicated that Timo Stories is also beneficial for students who are English Language Learners. The program provides opportunities for students who are learning English to practice new vocabulary in a variety of linguistic contexts and improve their conceptual understanding.
NCLB’s Reading First
Timo Stories is a helpful supplement to any core Reading First program. It integrates comprehension, fluency and new vocabulary and is consistent with requirements by NCLB’s Reading First.
Research-Evidence – click to view a matrix of research based evidence that provided the foundation for Timo Stories.
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