To help you better understand how to get the most out of Stride Ahead, take some time to study this excellent collection of instructional Stride Ahead Videos below.
The Stride Ahead Videos give tutors a clear working model of ‘best-practices’ when using Stride Ahead with students.
There are ELEVEN videos in total. The first video is a live teacher-training session, presented by Keda Cowling’s son and co-author of Stride Ahead, Frank Cowling. Frank explains what is Stride Ahead and the importance of syllable division.
The other ten Stride Ahead videos are presented by Kelsey Cowling, who is also Keda Cowling’s son. Kelsey is also the co-author of Stareway To Spelling. In the Stride Ahead Videos, Kelsey shows how to use Stride Ahead in a variety of exercise types in a number of live training sessions with students.
Stride Ahead 1 – An Introduction
In this first video, Kelsey introduces us to Stride Ahead, some of the issues people learning to read face and the benefits of using the Stride Ahead manual.
Stride Ahead 2 – Syllable Division
An integral part of the manual is Syllable Division. Here, Kelsey introduces tutors to this key concept and shows an example of a pupil learning session.
Stride Ahead 3 – 1st Preliminary Exercise
In this third part, Kelsey explains the first preliminary exercise. Pages 6 & 7 cover basic phonetic knowledge. These exercises are laid out and accompanied by an example pupil session.
Stride Ahead 4 – 2nd Preliminary Exercise
The second preliminary exercise concerns vowel combinations. Kelsey explains the exercise and then goes through a demonstration pupil session.
Stride Ahead 5 – Tips for Tutors
In this introduction to part one, Kelsey provides tips for tutors regarding the layout of the exercises and how both tutors and pupils should approach them.
Stride Ahead 6 – Pages 12 & 13, Exercise 1 and 2
In this demonstration pupil session, Kelsey goes through the exercises on pages 12 & 13. He works with the pupil to go through the exercises and hit the time targets required.
Stride Ahead 7 – Pages 14 & 15, Exercise 1 and 2
This seventh part continues with pages 14 & 15 and demonstrates the exercises with a pupil session.
Stride Ahead 8 – Page 21, Exercise 6
This eight video takes us to page 21, where Kelsey works through a slightly different exercise with a pupil.
Stride Ahead 9 – Page 32, Revision Page
Kelsey takes us through page 32 of Stride Ahead. This is the revision page for the exercises in part one.
Stride Ahead 10 – Page 65 Exercise 2
This tenth video takes us to page 65 and exercise 26. Kelsey practices with the pupil to learn the concepts involved before going through the exercise.
Stride Ahead - Live Teacher-Training Session: Syllable Division
We finish with a live teacher training session with Frank, covering the steps involved in teaching syllable division with the Stride Ahead manual.
