In a 20-year longitudinal study of struggling learners, researchers uncovered six success attributes associated with dyslexia success. The good news is these are all things that you as a parent or teacher can foster in your kids in the day to day. I vividly remember the overwhelm and confusion I felt when one after the […]
Life Skills
Get Help Teaching Life Skills to Kids
Parents often lack direction when it comes to teaching life skills to their kids. We talk a lot about curriculum over on the Homeschooling With Dyslexia web site and blog. Choosing just the right curriculum that works best with our kids’ unique learning ability is one of the biggest reasons for homeschooling them in the first […]
Simple Strategies to Teach Kids Time Management
I didn’t know whether I should be relieved or disappointed when I learned that 40-60% of people with dyslexia also had some form of attention issue. What I do know now is that some of my kids aren’t naturally organized (ahem) and that they need to be explicitly taught how to manage their time as […]
Teaching Kids With Dyslexia the Vital Skill of Self-Advocacy
It can seem overwhelming to add yet another goal to your dyslexic student’s plate, however, teaching him or her the vital skill of self-advocacy will give them greater confidence, self-awareness, and success. Having raised 3, going on 4 now adult kids with dyslexia – I have first hand experience on how empowering this skill can be. What is […]
How to Help Students With Dyslexia Become Independent Learners
Nothing pushes a busy homeschool mom to the brink faster than a line of kids needing her help and needing it now! All homeschool parents desire to teach their kids to be independent learners, but there are some different hurdles for the parent of students with dyslexia. Helping kids to become independent learners requires two […]
Strategies for Helping Your Unorganized, Unmotivated Child
If you have an unorganized child, they may need more intentional help to teach and practice basic organizational skills. In my last post, Help For The Hopelessly Unorganized Child, we talked about signs of poor executive function which is essentially the ability to organize your thoughts – which leads to organizing just about everything else […]
Help for Your Hopelessly Unorganized Child
Do you have a child who is hopelessly unorganized? This is the child who can never find their pack pack, school books or soccer cleats? Oftentimes these kids are not just disorganized with their belongings but also with their thoughts. They have difficulty starting projects and once they’ve started them, they often lack what it […]
How to Teach Kids About the Power of a Growth Mindset
Kids with a growth mindset are more engaged and motivated learners. Here are some ideas of how to teach a growth mindset. I was so excited to learn about how a growth mindset can dramatically improve a child’s academic performance and motivation to learn, that I set out to develop a way to teach this […]
Motivate Your Kids by Teaching Them to Have a Growth Mindset
If you’ve been around the Homeschooling With Dyslexia web site or Facebook page for long, you know how I love to learn about learning. Since I learn completely differently than 7 of the 8 kids that I homeschool, you could say it is a bit of a necessity. Good thing I have learned to enjoy […]
How to Easily Improve Your Child’s Academic Performance
Whether your kids attend a private, public or home school, all parents want for their kids to perform academically to the best of their ability. Research has shown some interesting connections to the simple act of exercise on academic performance. The medical journal Pediatrics recently published research that found kids who took part in […]
The Number One Natural (Non-Drug) Treatment for ADHD
ADD and ADHD affect many areas of life including social situations, down time at home, ability to complete daily chores, and even sports and music practice. Here are some natural treatments for ADHD and ADD that may help your child. Why a post on ADHD on a dyslexia education site, you may ask? There […]
Teaching the Distracted Child
As if homeschooling isn’t enough of a challenge, teaching a distracted child who has trouble focusing is even harder. Not all kids with ADD or ADHD have dyslexia but it is believed that about 40% of dyslexic kids have some sort of problem focusing. I have shared in the past about how I overlooked one […]