Factoid Friday: Reading To Kids Changes Their Lives
From the moment a child is born (or even before, some scientists have argued), he is absorbing information like a sponge absorbs water. The things that babies see, touch, taste and hear as they explore the big bright world around them build out the neural pathways in...
read moreHow Music Lessons Can Help Your Child
For children who struggle academically – whether through widely recognised conditions like dyslexia, or lesser known ones such as Auditory Processing Disorder – their time at school can often seem frustrating and unfulfilling. Teaching styles are highly generalised as...
read moreHow Do You Know if You Have Irlen Syndrome?
At Easyread we know that Irlen Syndrome is one of the main causes of reading difficulty. Yet so few know about this syndrome. Irlen Syndrome is a disorder of the way the brain interprets light signals…
read moreTerrifying Data from Washington State
Here are some very sobering statistics from Washington State: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2017345662_justfixit29.html?cmpid=2628 One in three of the children in 3rd grade are seriously behind in literacy! The brutal reality is that most will...
read moreFamous Dyslexics: Tommy Hilfiger
Tommy Hilfiger is one of the world’s premier fashion designers. His labels can be found in high street stores everywhere. He has amassed huge personal wealth after building his company from the ground up at age 18. And he has dyslexia. New York born and raised,...
read moreDyslexia Test for Babies?
Researchers have continued their hunt for early signs of dyslexia: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/01/23/children-brain-changes-may-detect-dyslexia/ What they are asking is really a statement of the obvious: if a child finds auditory processing of sounds hard,...
read more5 Tips for Improving Self-Esteem in Children with Learning Disabilities
Literacy issues don’t just affect kids in the classroom. They can have a wide-spread - and painful - impact on children. Research shows that children with learning disabilities are especially likely to suffer from self-esteem issues. As parents, we all want to be...
read moreChildren’s Memory: Friends and Foes
Dear Drs. Carol and Joe Utay, I can understand my memory becoming less reliable, but not my son’s. I have to re-teach what his math teacher teaches him. He is constantly forgetting what books he needs. I know he is smart, but I am noticing his poor memory affecting...
read moreGUEST POST: How To Cope With Dyslexia As An Adult
My Story I didn’t discover I was dyslexic until I was 35 years old – that’s when I went back to college to get the education I missed out on as a child, spurred on by the realisation that as my kids grew up I couldn't help them with their homework. My...
read moreFactoid Fridays: Switch-Up Reading Material for Better Grades
Students who reported having all four types of reading materials (books, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias) in their home scored, on average, higher than those who reporter having fewer reading materials. - The Nation's Report Card: Fourth-Grade Reading 2000, April...
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