“What’s that mean?” exclaimed every single kid I met during grade school. “It means my mom teaches me at home.” I’d respond, waiting for the predictable follow up question. “So do you get to wear your pajamas all day long???” Homeschooling was literally unheard by most of my peers back in the nineties. Who woulda […]
Dyslexia and Writing: Teaching Sequential Thought
For many students with dyslexia sequencing can be a struggle. For all children, the ability to think and order sequentially is a precursor to learning to read and write. We often only think of the dyslexic student’s difficulty with spelling when we think of their challenge with sequential ordering. In actuality though, it is a […]
Strategies for Dyslexia: Simple Sight Word Exercise
Inside you’ll find: How to help a child with dyslexia at home with a simple sight word reading exercise. Many parents want to know how to teach a dyslexic child to read. This post will begin a new series by my friend Jennifer who is a sensory parent, an adoptive parent, a homeschool parent AND […]