For a limited time only, get 70% off Nessy Reading and Spelling! Offer ends 26th of November. Use the code: THANKSNESSY Get 40% off all other programs and packs, available to redeem until the 28th of November. Use the code: 40PREBF Buy Nessy Reading and Spelling and get Hairy Reading for FREE. Offer ends 28th November. Requires 1 of each product in the basket to qualify.Use the code: BUY1GET1Continue reading “Nessy Offer and Phonics Vocabulary”
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27.10.22 Dyslexia, dyspraxia and Learned Helplessness
So, as October is coming to an end and Dyslexia Awareness month is nearly over, don’t forget to look on the Nessy website to sign up for their dyslexia training as it is still free for the next couple of days. Go to https://www.nessy.com/en-gb/free-resources/dyslexia-awareness-month. Nessy provide helpful training for parents as well as educators andContinue reading “27.10.22 Dyslexia, dyspraxia and Learned Helplessness”
7.10.22 Dyslexia Awareness Week
3 – 9 October is Dyslexia Awareness Week. So what has been happening? Autumn is well underway in the UK and poet John Keats described it perfectly in his ode ‘To Autumn’ from the opening line ‘Season of mist and mellow fruitfulness, close bosom friend of the maturing sun’. Every autumn, many countries join inContinue reading “7.10.22 Dyslexia Awareness Week”
21.9.22 Nessy Offers and Spelling tips
Parents It’s not to late to celebrate the Science of Reading this September, Nessy.com have been offering lots of free educational resources, including a free phonics app every week throughout September. Go to https://www.nessy.com/en-us/the-science-of-reading/science-of-reading-september for more details. There are also lots of free educational resources on their site throughout the year. Last day for thisContinue reading “21.9.22 Nessy Offers and Spelling tips”
28.5.22 Reading – Decoding and Syllables
“If a child memorizes ten words, the child can read only ten words, but if the child learns the sounds of ten letters, the child will be able to read 350 three-sound words, 4,320 four-sound words, and 21,650 five-sound words.” (Kozloff, 2002). This is why learning to decode words is so much better than tryingContinue reading “28.5.22 Reading – Decoding and Syllables”
14.4.22 Happy Easter!
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!”
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”
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