Just a quick update this week regarding ‘Dyslexia Thinking’, an Easter offer on Nessy programes and details of some SEN training. If you are dyslexic and have a Linkedin profile, you can now add ‘Dyslexic Thinking’ as one of your skills. In fact, the phrase ‘Dyslexic Thinking’ is now going to be added to Dictionary.comContinue reading “14.4.22 Happy Easter!”
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Dyslexia and Nessy 8.3.22
International Women’s Day Today is International Women’s Day and on the British Dyslexia Association’s youtube channel, dyslexia amabassador Adelle Tracey shares what this day means to her. Nessy I regularly use the fabulous Nessy computer programme when working with students who find reading or spelling tricky and Nessy.com really advocate for dyslexic individuals. The companyContinue reading “Dyslexia and Nessy 8.3.22”
World Book Day- March 2022
Here we are, ready (or may be not!) for World Book Day this week in the UK. It is often tradition for school children to dress up as their favourite book character and over 100 countries participate in World Book Day, when children of all ages come together to share the joy of reading forContinue reading “World Book Day- March 2022”
‘Twosday’ 22.02.2022
I can’t let today go past without posting a blog about today’s date written 22.2.22 or 22.02.2022, both of which are palindromes as the numbers read the same forwards and backwards. When the numbers are on a digital clock or screen, the date is also an ambigram as it can be read the same upsideContinue reading “‘Twosday’ 22.02.2022”
Training and Tricky Spellings 6.2.22
Spelling Tricky Words (common exception words) Tricky words (common exception words) need to be sounded out as much as possible to read and spell using known grapheme/phoneme correspondence. However, they all have some ‘tricky’, irregular part which needs to be learned off by heart. The words to, too and two all sound the same andContinue reading “Training and Tricky Spellings 6.2.22”
21.1.22 Helpful websites
Printed Resources This week, I thought I would share a few useful websites for educators to help support pupils. First, here are the sites I use most for printed resources. For a range of excellent printables, including assessments, games and curriculum support, I recommend ‘Twinkl’ on http://www.twinkl.co.uk and there are various memberships available. However, ifContinue reading “21.1.22 Helpful websites”
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