The charity World Book Day® is holding its annual celebration today i.e. Thursday, 7th March right across the UK and Ireland. World Book Day is very happy to announce that this year’s £1 books are available in braille, audio from RNIB and large print from CustomEyes at Guide Dogs. World Book Day 2024 will celebrate that children are more likely to enjoy reading whenContinue reading “World Book Day in UK”
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Summer Holidays
The summer holidays are well under way and there are some great offers available for educators and parents. Nessy for Home Nessy for Home. Our back to school sale is now live!35% off Nessy Reading and Spelling, Hairy Reading, and Nessy Fingers until 24th August 2023.Use the code: BACK2SCHOOL Nessy is ideal if you are considering home educating, orContinue reading “Summer Holidays”
Free webinars and Resources April 2023
Are you a dyslexic student finding exam revision stressful? Or an educator wanting to help the dyslexic student to revise for exams? Join the BDA webinar on 11th April to learn alternative study skills designed to help you get the most out revision. It’s Free to attend and hosted by a qualified specialist dyslexia tutor.Continue reading “Free webinars and Resources April 2023”
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”
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”
12.6.22 SEND Station and Spelling Rules
It has been a busy first week back after the half term break! This week I have been teaching the spelling of words containing the syllable /-le. The more I look into the different syllable divisions, the easier it is to teach and easier for learners to work out the spellings. I was asked recentlyContinue reading “12.6.22 SEND Station and Spelling Rules”
20.5.22 Graphemes, Phonemes, Self Esteem and Training Sessions
Phonemes and Graphemes Do you know the difference? I know I specialise in dyslexia, but what is helpful for the dyslexic learner is beneficial to ALL learners. A lot of the explicit teaching used in dyslexic programmes is needed in everyday reading and spelling programmes. There are, however, a lot of misunderstandings amongst children andContinue reading “20.5.22 Graphemes, Phonemes, Self Esteem and Training Sessions”
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!”
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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