I remember when my son Harry started school and hit the literacy roadblock. He’d been a happy child up to that point, usually playing outdoors or digging in the sandpit, but once he went to school, he struggled. Reading and spelling didn’t come easy to him. I spent the first year of his schooling wondering if he had a reading
“I don’t want to go back to school.” What do you hear from your child at the start of the year? In the 11 years Harry has been a pupil, the beginning of the year has always been stressful, so I feel it is time to improve things (better late than never). Yet again, Harry is considering changing schools: new
I don’t homeschool my children, but like many, I experienced home education during Covid-19 lockdowns. I must admit I found it challenging. However, many parents relish the opportunity to home school a dyslexic child. I recently caught up with Joanne, who has homeschooled her son, Josh, for the last six years. Our sons went to the same primary school, and
Kinesthetic learning, also known as hands-on or physical learning, is a learning style often suited to children with dyslexia. Learning Pathways Our senses—touch, sight, hearing, taste, and smell—are how our body captures information about our surroundings. For example, scent is potent at evoking memories. Every time I smell jasmine, I’m transported back to the porch of my childhood home, which
Why did we have to wait so long for the audiobook about dyslexia? Finally, my audiobook about dyslexia is available. Here is a teaser. The cost of hiring a voice artist and creating the finished audio ran into thousands, so I didn’t release the audiobook at the same time as the paperback and ebook. Ever since the launch of my
Parents, worried about encouraging their children to use audiobooks for ear reading, sometimes ask me if using them is cheating. I assure them audiobooks are fantastic for people with dyslexia, and their children are definitely not cheating. However, there are some things to bear in mind with ear reading. Access to information is what matters I first came across the
Hi, I’m Beth. When I discovered my son had dyslexia, I had a ‘light-bulb’ moment and understood this explained many of my own difficulties. Ever since, I’ve been on a mission to discover the best ways to wrestle, what I like to call, the dyslexia octopus.
I remember when my son Harry started school and hit the literacy roadblock. He’d been a happy child up to
“I don’t want to go back to school.” What do you hear from your child at the start of the
Hi, I’m Beth. Seven years ago, when I discovered my son had dyslexia, I had a ‘light-bulb’ moment and understood this explained many of my own difficulties. Ever since, I’ve been on a mission to discover the best ways to wrestle what I like to call the dyslexia octopus.
