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We all see our children get overwhelmed and grind to a halt.  For some lucky parents it’s at the end of each term, for us it’s more likely to be … Read More

For those of you with a child loving lockdown learning, I am genuinely happy for you.  But if they aren’t, then here are my top 7 questions to ask…   … Read More

Carving out time to keep working on kids/teens’ reading and spelling accuracy can feel overwhelming.  A huge number of dyslexics struggle with forgetting the phonic patterns/common letter strings.   Things … Read More

Want something to brighten up rainy days?  Try a reading card game! This kind of targeted practice is much more fun and productive than yet more guessy reading and should … Read More

RNIB Bookshare is a brilliant venture which provides free access to an amazing collection of ebooks for those who struggle to read conventional print. That includes ASD, ADD, dyslexia, blind, … Read More

With emergency home-schooling being brought in once again… Do you need an easy 5-point plan that tells everyone exactly what they now need to focus on to support your child/teen?  … Read More

If you’ve never come across an ACE spelling dictionary, it is a weird thing. ACE stands for Aurally Coded, so each word is grouped according to sound, so gnome and … Read More

One of the secrets of success of a programme like Toe By Toe is that it teaches kids to split up words. This is something which often gets either neglected … Read More

Dyslexics tend to be great guessers.  That’s a good coping strategy but it often means that reading stalls at that of an 11-year-old, unless you do a little bit of … Read More

More than a decade of tutoring adults, kids and teens (with dyslexia, dyspraxia/DCD, dyscalculia, ADHD, ASD, OCD, anxiety, Asperger’s, 2E, school phobia, sensory processing, auditory processing and normal, boring neurotypical … Read More