Tag Archives: wordrecognition

Visual Thinking 101_19 Does this made sense?

Here is the paradox: There are many mysteries and other seeming contradictions in the world of learning differences, which don’t make any logical sense and all too often, are seldom noticed.  Neurodiversity has benefitted much from recent neuroscience, which doesn’t … Continue reading

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Visual Thinking 101_18 Losing my visual pictures

My real passion is to alleviate and prevent much of the confusion that threatens to overwhelm students. Teachers and parents of children under 7 years old need to incorporate visualisation into any and all forms of teaching and learning, especially … Continue reading

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Visual Thinking 101_17 Why do letters move?

How do letters move on the page? How do letters move in your mind’s eye? Maybe only visual thinkers have got the skill to do this. But why do they do it? When I first started working with dyslexic students … Continue reading

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Visual Thinking 101_16 How not to teach word recognition

Word recognition is essential for fluent reading.  But with an emphasis on phonics ONLY, word recognition is left either left to chance or not being taught in school, as few educationalists have ever discovered how a child develops word recognition. Empowering … Continue reading

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Dyslexia assessment is fine but prevention is so much better

Dyslexia assessment is fine but prevention is so much better Continue reading

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Let’s avoid Dyslexia: Simple ways parents could help

Children who learn to visualise words don’t develop Dyslexia. So how do we encourage young children to visualise words, even before school and any formal teaching. The Word Form Area (WFA) is an area in their brain that has mental … Continue reading

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Changing Dyslexia for a new decade

. Whilst so many children are being home schooled parents are having all sorts of challenges and are often realising just how much their children are struggling with literacy. This is an offer to you to take a different perspective … Continue reading

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Reducing the stress of reading: it’s magic

Last week I talked about simple word recognition of short object words, this week I am going to talk, in 10 mins, about: 1. Banishing the stress of reading 2. The position of the book 3. Recognising known words. A … Continue reading

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7 poor processes for teaching word recognition

Word recognition is necessary for fluent reading.  But with an emphasis on phonics ONLY, word recognition is left either left to chance or not being taught well in school.  One of the first words you can be expected to read … Continue reading

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