by Marianne | Teaching Tips
Several years ago, one of our kids was majorly struggling with learning to read, despite 3 years of intense professional Orton-Gillingham (OG) reading instruction. In fact, at 11-years-old, he was still struggling to do much more than sound out three letter words! It...
by Marianne | Resources, Teaching Tips
One of my goals for this year is to read more. Not with my kids – but for my own learning! Coincidentally, I have stacks of books around our house that have been recommended to me as a dyslexia tutor/advocate. I’m plowing through some of these now by...
by Marianne | Encouragement
I read a beautiful blog post last week from Sara at Classically Homeschooling that really got me thinking. Sara is a classical educator (as is my family) and was writing about homeschooling ‘non academic’ kids with the classical method. The classical model...
by Marianne | Resources, Teaching Tips
Parents can struggle teaching writing to kids with dyslexia because although our kids usually have lots of creative ideas and could talk all day about them, the ability to write and spell those amazing words is often limited. Personally, I have often struggled...
by Marianne | Teaching Tips
You’ve done the research. You’ve chosen your homeschool reading curriculum. How can you best prepare to use the information and tools you’ve acquired to have a great year of reading? Teaching reading to kids with dyslexia isn’t exactly easy,...
