Well I was talking to my mother, telling her how Go-Go still doesn't know our home phone number. It is a sequence of numbers, and people with dyslexia have a hard time with both number and phonics sequences. My mother said when we were young she had a flash card with our phone number taped up next to the phone. Dyslexics do learn better with visual aids than with phonics or straight out memorization. So I'm going to try this. Here are some other ways to help people with dyslexia - taken off of web MD.
Helping Your Child
dyslexia. Because you are most aware of your child's strengths and weaknesses, you can focus on learning strategies that will work best for him or her. With young children, playing alphabet games and reading rhyming books, for example, while offering support and encouragement might greatly improve reading skills. Staying involved with your child's education throughout the school years will be a key part of your child's success.
Parents can make a big difference in improving the reading skills of a child diagnosed with
You can be a positive force in your child's education. Following is a list of ways parents can help their young children with dyslexia develop reading skills and feel good about themselves.
- Read to your child. Starting when your child is 6 months old, find time to read to your child every day. Point to the words as you read. Draw attention to words that you run across in daily life, such as traffic signs, billboards, notices, and labels.
- Be a good reading role model. Show your child how important reading is to daily life. Make books, magazines, and other reading materials available for your child to explore and enjoy independently.
- Focus on phonemes. Play rhyming games, sing songs that emphasize rhyme and alliteration, play word games, sound out letters, and point out similarities in words.
- Work on spelling. Point out new words, play spelling games, and encourage your child to write.
- Help with time and planning. Hang up simple charts, clocks, and calendars, so your child can visualize time and plan for the future.
- Share in the joy of reading. Find books that your child can read but that you will also enjoy. Sit together, take turns reading, and encourage discussion. Revisiting words that cause trouble for your child and rereading stories are powerful tools to reinforce learning.
- Read, read, read. Research has shown that parents who read to and with their children make a positive difference in learning basic reading skills.
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