--- title: The Learning Success Blog | Moya Gibb-Smith description: The Learning Success Blog --- - [Blog](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog) - [Newsletter](https://www.learningbrainnews.com) - [Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/show/6bLMNOdd8r3x9Onx9gSubb) - [Free Resources](https://www.learnfasthq.com/free-learning-resources) - [Shop](https://learnfast-products.myshopify.com/) [![LearnFast](https://www.learnfasthq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/LearnFast_logo.png?width=150&height=77&name=LearnFast_logo.png "LearnFast")](https://www.learnfasthq.com) - [Programs](https://www.learnfasthq.com/programs) - Results - [The Science](https://www.learnfasthq.com/science) - [The Research](https://www.learnfasthq.com/research) - [Success Stories](https://www.learnfasthq.com/success-stories) - Who we help - [Teacher](https://www.learnfasthq.com/teacher) - [Parent](https://www.learnfasthq.com/parent) - [Business](https://www.learnfasthq.com/business) - [How we help](https://www.learnfasthq.com/how-we-help) - [Connect](https://www.learnfasthq.com/connect) - [Blog](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog) - [Newsletter](https://www.learningbrainnews.com) - [Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/show/6bLMNOdd8r3x9Onx9gSubb) - [Free Resources](https://www.learnfasthq.com/free-learning-resources) - [Shop](https://learnfast-products.myshopify.com/) # The learning success blog Filter by tag All Fast ForWord Learning Capacity Podcasts Brain Science Learning Capacity Success Stories Auditory Processing Disorder Learning Difficulties Reading Dyslexia For Principals Educational Neuroscience Attention Maths School Autism Spelling Memory Confidence & Resilience English Language Learners Literacy Writing Artificial Intelligence Behaviour Comprehension Adult Brain Fitness Social & Emotional Learning Teaching # Moya Gibb-Smith [![](https://www.learnfasthq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Tech%20%26%20Learning%20Award%202021.png?height=200&name=Tech%20%26%20Learning%20Award%202021.png)](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/fast-forword-receives-another-gong) [Fast ForWord](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/fast-forword) ### [Fast ForWord Receives Another Gong](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/fast-forword-receives-another-gong) [Moya Gibb-Smith](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/author/moya-gibb-smith) Fast ForWord and MATHia have been named as Award (Gong) winners in the 2021 Best Tools for Back to School (USA). They were awarded for helping students, parents, and teachers succeed as they head back to school. The new Awards of Excellence program is published by: Tech&Learning (techlearning.com) [TOOLS & IDEAS TO TRANSFORM EDUCATION](https://www.techlearning.com/news/tech-and-learning-names-the-winners-of-the-2021-best-tools-for-back-to-school) And is designed to help their readers find the most impressive products and solutions for their work in any learning environment. [Read More](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/fast-forword-receives-another-gong) [![](https://www.learnfasthq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/spelling%20their%20iStock_54938596_MEDIUM.jpeg?height=200&name=spelling%20their%20iStock_54938596_MEDIUM.jpeg)](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/speling-spieling-spelling-spealing) [Fast ForWord](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/fast-forword), [Spelling](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/spelling) ### [Speling?  Spieling?  Spelling? Spealing?](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/speling-spieling-spelling-spealing) [Moya Gibb-Smith](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/author/moya-gibb-smith) For some folk, these words: Speling, Spieling, Spelling, Spealing,  look so similar that it’s very confusing. Which one is the correct one?  Good [spelling](https://www.learnfasthq.com/why-some-kids-cant-spell-is-there-a-better-way-to-teach-spelling) is vital because it allows the writer to focus on what they want to say. It frees up brain space for their ideas to flourish. As children learn to spell, their knowledge of words improves, and this makes reading easier. [Read More](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/speling-spieling-spelling-spealing) [![](https://www.learnfasthq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AI%20Assistant-1.jpeg?height=200&name=AI%20Assistant-1.jpeg)](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/artificial-intelligence-a-dummys-guide) [School](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/school), [Learning Capacity](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/learning-capacity), [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/artificial-intelligence) ### [Artificial Intelligence & Learning (a dummy’s guide)](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/artificial-intelligence-a-dummys-guide) [Moya Gibb-Smith](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/author/moya-gibb-smith) Speaking almost **sixty six years** ago Professor **John McCarthy, one of the founding fathers of AI said** at the Dartmouth University conference 1956 , “Every aspect of learning... can in principle be so precisely described that a machine can be made to simulate it.”  **Stephen Hawking, the famous theoretical physicist,** said “Every aspect of our lives will be transformed by AI” and it could be “the biggest event in the history of our civilisation”. [Read More](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/artificial-intelligence-a-dummys-guide) [![](https://www.learnfasthq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/iStock-641755428school%20classroom%20teacher.jpg?height=200&name=iStock-641755428school%20classroom%20teacher.jpg)](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/teacher-saw-student-miracles-with-fast-forword) [School](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/school), [Fast ForWord](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/fast-forword), [Learning Capacity Success Stories](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/learning-capacity-success-stories) ### [Teacher Saw Student Miracles with Fast ForWord](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/teacher-saw-student-miracles-with-fast-forword) [Moya Gibb-Smith](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/author/moya-gibb-smith) As an educator who specialised in teaching children to read, I tried lots of different methods. Some worked with some children and some worked with others but there wasn’t one that I could say was super effective. For 3 years I ran a reading group before school which we called Early Birds for the children who needed more help with literacy. We staffed the program with parents and volunteers and every morning before school we would see up to 15 or 16 children for a twenty-minute lesson, one on one. 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