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Dyslexia ~
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 My Daughter's Story
- My daughter was tested at the end of 6th grade with a 3rd
grade reading level. At the beginning of 8th, she tested with
a 9th grade reading level. What changed was that we began homeschooling and she developed
her own method of learning to read.
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- In school, she was not able to read a book that she wanted
to read because she read slowly and the teachers would not allow
her to count a 350 page book as 2 books (the book had to be at
least 150 pages.) During the summer, she read it with an audio
version of the book (It was Dragonflight by Anne McCaffery).
The tape broke in the middle of the book and she had to finish
it on her own.
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- She decided that it should be made into a movie. But there
isn't one. We researched the format for scripts at the library.
She took that information and began typing the dialogue into
the computer. She typed 80 single-spaced pages in one year. So
she learned computer skills by using a word processing program,
vocabulary by using the thesaurus to find out what the word meant,
and she also learned spelling, and keyboarding.
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- Getting online also helped. For several months, she had a
LARGE dictionary by her side to look up words people used that
she didn't know.
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- All these little exercises took her from being behind other
children her age, and brought her to a place where she was ahead
of them. It increased her self-esteeme, her confidance and helped
her to be excited about learning.
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- Recognizing
Dyslexia
- There are things to look for, things you can recognize and
even things you can do help your dyslexic learn to deal with
their individual challenges.
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- Symptoms
& Traits
- Having one or two of these symptoms is not important. If
the individual has five or more, further testing will determine
if he is dyslexic. Even if the child is NOT dyslexic, many of
these methods will help those children who are struggling with
reading.
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- Reading
Games
- There are many games you can play with your child to help
them learn to read.
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- Tips &
Methods
- There are also many little things you can do to overcome
obstacles and help your child through each stage of their schooling.
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- Additional Information
- Guest Speaker Workshop - The Problems and Gifts of Dyslexia
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- Dyslexia
& Homeschooling Messageboard
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- Web
Links
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- Suggested Reading
- Read, Write and Type (CD program teaching sound identification
and letters as well as typing).
- The Writing Way to Reading, The Spalding Method of Phonics
for Teaching Speech, Writing, and Reading, Romalda Bishop Spalding
(A system based on the Orton method of teaching reading to dyslexics).
- In the Mind’s Eye, by Thomas West, 1991 (Cases of famous
dyslexics such as Charles Schwab and Albert Einstein).
- Smart Kids with School Problems: Things to Know & Ways
to Help, Priscilla L. Vail, 1987.
- To Teach a Dyslexic, Don McCabe, AVKO Educational Research
Foundation (Autobiography and system of a dyslexic who devised
a method to teach other dyslexics.)
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