Case Study: Poor decoding, no progress, shyness
From losing streak to winning streak: last year 10 year old Nathan was unable to decode even single words. After a few months of using The Easyread System, he is happily reading entire chapters! The Problem Nathan had always been a shy child, and so starting school...
read moreMulti-Tasking is A Myth
Fact: The human mind is not designed for heavy-duty multitasking. We can only fully focus on one thing at a time. Psychological research over the years has shown that we are far worse at multi-tasking than we think we are. What we call "multi-tasking" is usually...
read moreBook Review: The Woman Who Changed Her Brain
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain By Barbara Arrowsmith-Young It is a common belief that once a person is diagnosed with a learning disability, they are stuck with that challenge for life. Barbara Arrowsmith-Young had a profound set of deficits that labeled her with...
read moreFamous Dyslexics: The Jagger Clan
Jerry Hall, the former wife of Rolling Stones legend Mick Jagger, has publicly acknowledged the fact that she and all four of her children have dyslexia. Hall and Jagger have four children, Elizabeth, James, Georgia May and Gabriel, all of whom have received help for...
read moreCase Study: ADHD, dyslexia, low confidence
Having ADHD, dyslexia and chronic low confidence, Cameron had the odds stacked against him when it came to reading and spelling. With Easyread he was finally able to begin closing the gap… The Problem Cameron was a bright toddler and reached all his speech milestones...
read moreDecoding Dyslexia: Sweeping the Nation
Do you have a smart and creative child that has trouble reading, writing and/or spelling? Do you know what dyslexia is? Is there a Decoding Dyslexia Movement in your state? The Decoding Dyslexia Movement started with a group of parents from New Jersey who came...
read moreFactoid Friday: Famous Authors Book Outlines
Fact: Did you know that most authors outline their books visually before beginning to write them? Through Easyread, we work with many visual learners who have headed down a guessing and sight-reading strategy with their reading rather than learning phonics. This has...
read moreDyslexic Inventions: Fastest Ever Motorcycle
John Britten (1950-1995) was a New Zealander mechanical engineer who invented the fastest motorcycle in the world. From a young age, he struggled with dyslexia and school was more difficulty because of that. He often had both a reader for questions and a scribe for...
read moreShort and Sweet
Sometimes, no matter what great books we try to coax children into reading, they just can't get through a chapter book. Struggling readers can be overwhelmed by the length of longer reading selections, and they need materials that can be completed in one session....
read moreFamous Dyslexics: Guy Ritchie
Guy Ritchie is a British filmmaker most famous for his decade-long marriage to Madonna. He directed the hits Snatch and Sherlock Holmes, and has an ongoing fascination with making films about street violence. And he has dyslexia. Ritchie struggled with schoolwork from...
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