Any time you call on a child or even a small group of children to read aloud and discover that fluency and confidence are lacking, immediately join them. Reading slightly faster and louder is known as Neurological Impress. Children have the benefit of hearing the text, seeing the words, and if they use their fingers as guides, touching the page.

Neurological Impress is especially appropriate when working with an individual child who is struggling with the words. When working with an individual child, use your own hand to guide the child’s eyes to the correct words.