Kindle Fire + Dyslexia The new version of the Kindle Fire tablet comes with Immersion Reading. “Fire tablets can synchronize Kindle text with companion Audible audiobooks with real-time highlighting to create a more immersive reading experience, as well as deepen learning and comprehension. More than 60,000 Kindle books and companion Audible audiobooks are available across […]
Author Richard Whitehead Richard Whitehead facilitates the Davis Dyslexia Method at his center in the UK. His articles impressed me over the past few years. I share his admiration for Ron Davis’s pioneering dyslexia research. So, when he recently published a dyslexia book, Why ‘Tyrannosaurus’ But Not ‘If’?: The Dyslexic Blueprint for the Future of […]
What if oral reading is not an option? Mom’s eyes glistened with tears as she spoke with me. Six-year-old Johnny watched me carefully. His face revealed hope, worry, and intense curiosity. They came to me because they’d heard I “could teach anyone to read.” “We enrolled Johnny in the best private school in town, knowing […]
What is Scanning? Scanning means finding words in the text by quickly glancing at each line or paragraph. Students with dyslexia or other reading difficulties find scanning less intimidating than oral reading, and it accomplishes the goal of pairing the visual image of the printed words with the meaning of the words, in context. Dyslexic […]
Teaching: Modeling, Supported Practice, Mastery Teaching involves 3 steps: Modeling (the teacher shows the student how) Supported practice (teacher and student do it together; the student gets help as needed) Mastery (the student does it independently or takes a test on it) Modeling works beautifully in the classroom, and testing happens efficiently in the classroom. Supported practice […]
Keyboarding is as Important as Handwriting Keyboarding means typing correctly, using the same finger stroke for the same letter every time. This allows a student to put thoughts onto the computer, and this opens opportunities for endless tools and accommodations. All students benefit from learning keyboarding, but dyslexic students stand to gain the most. Keyboarding […]
Logic Links: One Way to Build on Dyslexia Strengths DYSLEXIA IS A DIFFERENCE Logic Links is a series of puzzles using color and logic. This article reviews Logic Links in relation to its usefulness when teaching students with dyslexia. Dyslexia is often perceived as a reading disability, but that is an extremely narrow view! As […]
DYSLEXIA: SEA OF STRENGTHS I first reviewed this powerhouse of information back in 2017. So why did I buy the 2023 Revised and Updated edition? Because A LOT has happened in dyslexia research in the past few years, and the Eide’s are in the thick of it. This book is, without doubt, one of the […]
Book Review: Overcoming Dyslexia, by Sally Shaywitz WHY SOME PEOPLE CAN’T READ In Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level, Dr. Shaywitz does an outstanding job of describing dyslexia: “…seemingly diverse symptoms — trouble reading, absolute terror of reading aloud, problems spelling, difficulties finding the right word, mispronouncing […]
My Dyslexic Student is Stuck; Now What? This post responds to a question from Jennifer Plosz, the Canadian educator doing brilliant groundbreaking work in visual math for dyslexics. She used tools like tracking, scanning, and silent reading first, from my book, Dyslexia Tool Kit Expanded Edition: What to do when phonics isn’t enough, to help […]