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Homeschooling

3 Apr 2020

3 fun ways to help your child find and correct their spelling mistakes

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It’s vital that your child/teen learns the skills needed to find and correct their spelling mistakes.  I recommend this a lot in my dyslexia reports.  But finding our mistakes tends … Read More

homework, proofreading, punctuation errors, spelling, spelling errors, tips and tricks
30 Mar 2020

6 Ways You Can Actually Use Screen Time and Not Feel Guilty

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1) Use games after bursts of learning as a break to help them store the knowledge An essential step we often miss out in the learning process is giving the … Read More

apps, guilty, ipad babysitter, screens, TV, virtual tour
24 Mar 2020

4 Amazing Benefits of a ‘Gratitude Jar’ or Try a ‘Date Jar’

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As overwhelmed teachers panic and send out ‘death by worksheet’ and super-stressed parents get competitive about how many their child has completed… Here’s one quick thing to try instead with amazing … Read More

child, gratitude, happy, homework, stress
23 Mar 2020

7 Things You Could Focus on During Emergency Homeschooling

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As you read this menu of ideas, trust your gut. You know what your child needs! As most of you know, as well as being a dyslexia assessor, I am … Read More

child, corona, covid, teach, virus
22 Mar 2020

5 reasons your dyslexic child should be doing puzzle books

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Parents of dyslexic children are often desperate to find the right books for their kids. Dyslexia typically makes reading a lot harder, due to issues with visual distortion and phonological … Read More

books, dyslexia, puzzle books, reading

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