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Parents, we know it’s hard to watch your child struggle to read and write. Here, we’ll share literacy tips for parents, early literacy tips for parents, literacy tips for preschool parents, and much much more! Your child can succeed in reading and we can help.
It is easy to feel overwhelmed about how to help your child practice their reading, especially when they have dyslexia. There are a few simple tools for reading with dyslexia that can help make time spent reading with new readers more productive, less frustrating, and happier for you and your child.
The beginning of a new school year is a time of very mixed emotions for many kids. Excitement about a new grade and new experiences blends with feelings of nervousness. For children who struggle academically, these feelings of anxiety can be multiplied both for the child and the parent. To smooth the transition, there are…
Whether you are just beginning your journey to understand dyslexia or looking to find helpful reference tools to spread dyslexia awareness, you need a go-to list. I’ve spoken with a lot of classroom teachers over the years who really WANT to learn about dyslexia because guess why? Their professors never brought up dyslexia in any…
As an Orton-Gillingham tutor, I find the need to spread dyslexia awareness is ever present. Dyslexia is one of the most common and least understood issues that face learners. There are many myths that surround dyslexia and how best to treat or remediate it. In fact, there are still people who insist that…
Explaining Orton-Gillingham to families isn’t always easy. It can be a challenge to avoid using a lot of technical language and jargon when talking about dyslexia and the parts of an Orton-Gillingham lesson. Many times, parents seeking tutoring services are told their child should receive Orton-Gillingham instruction or sometimes a specific O-G-based program. However, they’re…
When I think of summer vacation, I have visions of popsicles, playing in the sprinkler, lemonade stands, long summer evenings, and lazy days reading in a hammock. As an educator, I know that for challenged readers, reading is often the last thing on their minds when they think of relaxation. But, I also worry about summer…
Whether you are a parent of a child with dyslexia, an adult who has dyslexia, a tutor or interventionist who works with children with dyslexia, or a classroom teacher who has students with dyslexia in your class, there is one thing that we all have in common. We must actively seek information and knowledge to…
The Top Five Tips When Looking for An Online Reading Tutor Please welcome, Ann Mitchell from Learning, Literacy and Family to my blog today! Do you have a child who struggles with reading? Is there constant resistance when you are trying to help? The only thing you wish is that you had a…
6 Tips for Introducing Dyslexia to Your Child in a Positive Way I am so thrilled to have Amy share tips for dyslexia advocacy with you today. Thank you so much Amy, from Mamabearmoms.com for sharing your expertise! When parents think about dyslexia, they tend to focus on the negative because, let’s face…