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admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:01:50 +0000

Just wanted to say thank you for helping me understand my daughters. Our girls are 15 (twins) and have struggled all their lives with learning. I never explored dyslexia, because I thought it only meant seeing letters backwards...

Worried Mother …

Dawn Matthews — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:02:28 +0000

I am the mother of three children aged 6, 8 and 10 who are all dyslexic. Although we have moved to a village where the school has excellent references etc My children are not benefiting after 5.5 years of primary school my 10 year old only has a spelling age of 7. I have been in constant contact with the school since my son started as I thought he was dyslexic although not as bad as his father. We have had him privately diagnosed as moderately dyslexic

10 easy tips to help dyslexic kids with math

Dawn Matthews — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:15:34 +0000

There is a big difference between mathematics and arithmetic.

Dyslexics are generally good at mathematics, if taught properly, but not always good at arithmetic.

Tips to help with kids story writing

Dawn Matthews — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:51:59 +0000

I use the Fun Writing Game” (sold downloadable at $8.00 from this site) to get kids to enjoy writing. Some kids are natural writers and when given this game they blossom into little authors.

Times Table Square

Dawn Matthews — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:53:31 +0000

Please note … Before encouraging a pupil to use this times table square as an arithmetic aid, ensure that the pupil understands the concepts of both multiplication and division. You can test for this by showing times and divide sums and asking the pupil to predict the answer. CLICK HERE for accompanying file If s/he [...]

10 easy tips to help dyslexic kids in your class.

Dawn Matthews — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:01:02 +0000

The following suggestions should help any dyslexic pupil to feel more relaxed and able to work well in your classroom. If you have a stressed dyslexic in your class s/he will not be learning well, could be misbehaving and will not reach his/he true potential in your class. These tips will help both you and your dyslexic pupil.

10 tips for parents and teachers to help dyspraxic kids

Dawn Matthews — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:46:16 +0000

Teach them to totally understand time. Because these kids do not always perceive properly, time is not a constant for them and one minute can actually “be” a lot shorter than another. They have to know the length of a minute and an hour. So time things, count in seconds, watch a second hand go [...]

10 tips for presenting worksheets for dyslexics

Dawn Matthews — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:53:48 +0000

Use as few words as possible. Dyslexics are slow and painful readers and we are put under stress by being given lots of text to read in a short time. We are frequently unable to read the given text in the time teachers give us. The fewer the words the easier it is for us [...]