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Dyslexia ~
- Reading Games
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 Playing Games
- Games can help a dyslexic with Memory and Discrimination
or Sound Distinguishing Games. You can aduct the rules as necessary
for younger kids.
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- Memory and Discrimination
- Concentration.
- Use Mother Goose cards or regular cards laid out on the floor
or table. Pick up cards which match (2 8s or 2 animal cards).
Matching games are also available in preschool computer games.
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- UNO.
- Help the child see that he can use cards of the same color
or the same number. If the child is very young, play with the
cards laid out in front of the players and point out the card
to play (but let him put the card in play, of course).
- "I Spy"
- Find books which let kids find different objects are good.
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- A Kids Desk
- A child who uses the computer will quickly find a use for
letters. Set up "Kid's Desk" so that he won't mess
up your own programming but he can access his own games easily.
His name under a favorite icon will help him recognize his name
and learn that letters represent sounds.
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- The ABC song
- This children's song is great for all kids of course. Don't
forget to use ABC soup: "Mom, there's a B for Byron!"
and ABC games.
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- The ABC Car game:
- Each player looks for letters outside the car on signs, buildings,
cars, license plates, et al. The first to get to Z wins. The
player must point out the letter he finds either by saying "up
there" or "A in Virginia", etc. Parents may share
letters with younger children especially hard letters such as
"Q" or "Z". In this case, the goal is to
get through the alphabet before you reach your destination.
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- Sound Distinguishing Games
- Guest the Sound game:
- Begin by asking for the beginning sound and letter of lots
of different words. (Example: What does "tree" begin
with? "The "ttttt" sound." What letter makes
that sound? A "T"! Once the child gets the beginning
sound right regularly, move to the second sound/letter or the
last sound/letter. This game helps the child understand that
letters represents sounds and sounds are words.
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- Dyslexics regularly leave out the middle letters and only
"hear" the beginning and ending sounds. Helping them
learn to "hear" the middle sounds is one of the aspects
of teaching them to read.
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