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...
Teaching writing to my kids with dyslexia has always been a struggle in the elementary years. Their difficulties with reading and writing have a huge impact on their ability to write sentences, paragraphs, and stories. My goal for teaching writing to my dyslexic...
WriteShop is full of hands-on projects and interactive activities that both hold my son's attention and encourage this reluctant writer to write. This post is a sponsored conversation on behalf of WriteShop. Â All opinions are my own. I've been in a mini crisis over...
There are an abundance of theories about how to teach writing. Â There is also a ton of research about effective methods of teaching writing. But somehow, when the rubber hits the road, teaching a child with dyslexia and dysgraphia to write can get a bit, pardon the...
Teaching handwriting to kids with dysgraphia involves modification, remediation, and accommodations. This is how I teach my kids with dysgraphia handwriting. I should have known something was wrong when my 6-year old struggled for weeks to scratch out the 3 letters...
The longer I teach my kids with dyslexia, the more I understand the many areas that are affected by this subtle wiring difference in the brain. Â Take handwriting for example. Â Just as kids with dyslexia have unexpected trouble with reading, kids with dysgraphia have...
As with reading and spelling, teaching writing to kids with dyslexia can be done and done well with the right methods! I get a lot of questions from readers asking how to teach writing skills to kids with dyslexia. Â I have had quite a bit of experience with this, in...
Dyslexia is known as a reading disability but it also impacts writing ability. Let's look at some ways we can teach writing to the dyslexic student. Before we look at how to find a good writing curriculum for the dyslexic student, we need to identify the areas of...
Over and over again we are hearing about high school graduates who are leaving school with poor writing skills. Learn how to homeschool high school composition in an easier way! The more I homeschool, the more confidence I have in my abilities to teach my kids at...
All dyslexics can learn to read, write and spell. Here is how we teach language arts to our dyslexic kids. Thank you for joining me for this 5-day series on homeschooling with dyslexia. Through the course of this week, we will be covering how our family teaches...