Tight-laced t1_j9liu8u wrote on February 22, 2023 at 9:07 PM

Reply to comment by BillC318 in We are journalists from EdSource and we want to answer questions on what parents and teachers need to know to help kids learn to read by EdSourceToday

There are so many games to play too.

Eye spy - using colours initially, then starting sounds, then letters

Rhyming games - see who can make the longest rhyming silly sentence.

Hangman - once they're starting to write, this will teach the spellings, as well as have them think about what they want to create.

I pick a word, and give her an "imaginary coin" every time she sees that word. Things like Bus or Stop, Road, Exit. Words she'll see around.

Tight-laced t1_j9cjtnn wrote on February 20, 2023 at 10:45 PM

Reply to comment by princessParking in Is COVID unique in the way it affects different individuals in such different ways? by stupidrobots

This study of US Army Personnel was the groundbreaking link. It took 10m samples over 20 years, so a huge sample size. 955 army Personnel developed MS over the course of the study, of those 955, 954 had had EBV infections prior to developing MS.

So if you develop MS, there's a 99.9% chance you've had EBV, versus a 95% chance in the general population. They tested for other viruses, none stood out like EBV.