Jan 23, 2014 | DM News Blog
What makes a good book good? For me, there are three ingredients that will help guarantee my enjoyment: pace, humor, and growth. There are few things I hate more than a slow read. Are you with me? It’s fine to spend a little time building character rather than...
Jan 21, 2014 | DM News Blog
James Russell (1931) is the American inventor responsible for inventing and patenting the technology behind compact discs or CDs, called ‘optical digital recording and playback’. He produced the first operating prototype in 1973. This technology also provided the...
Jan 14, 2014 | DM News Blog
An Australian newspaper recently published a story on a severely dyslexic woman who dropped out of school at the age of 16 due to her literacy difficulties. Daniela Boutros left academia behind in favor of the cupcake business. She persevered through several business...
Jan 10, 2014 | DM News Blog
Fact: The Wellcome Trust and Education Endowment Foundation has put forward £6 million towards researching how students’ brains process learning. The Foundation has expressed concerns that many of the interventions and practices used in schools are either...
Jan 8, 2014 | Child Reviews, DM Case Studies, DM News Blog, Parent Reviews
Not being able to read forced lively Logan to go inside his shell. Mum was stumbling in the dark too with knowing how to help. But Easyread allowed them to see a light at the end of the tunnel… The Problem Despite being a late talker, Logan had always been a confident...
Dec 18, 2013 | DM Case Studies, DM News Blog, Parent Reviews
“During the summer holidays this year, we decided to arrange for Sammy to meet up with a Speech Therapist in France and Caroline Hurst a Behavioural Optometrist working in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.Both meetings confirmed that Sammy has some measurable...
Dec 17, 2013 | DM News Blog
My husband and I are seeing real improvements in Dan’s reading and writing. He attempts to read signs, packaging, texts all the time now. We went to Dubai for the weekend and Dan could read all the airport signs, water park signs, menus etc. This is the first...
Dec 13, 2013 | DM News Blog
Keanu Reeves is best known for his role in The Matrix as protagonist Neo. He also has played starring roles in the films Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures and Much Ado About Nothing. And Reeves has dyslexia. He was born to a British mother and Hawaiian...
Dec 11, 2013 | DM News Blog, Parent Reviews
“All three of my children are using Easyread as our primary reading program. All three children are both gifted and dyslexic – quite a combination. I have been amazed at the progress thus far. Agent J is in third grade this year and with Easyread his...
Dec 4, 2013 | Child Reviews, DM Case Studies, DM News Blog, Parent Reviews
Hannah was stuck in a reading rut as a self-professed non-reader before Easyread. Nowadays, she can’t get enough! The Problem Year 1 was a breeze for Hannah. She could easily devour most of the books in the classroom and the school had no concerns. Fast forward a year...
Nov 29, 2013 | DM News Blog
Jovan Haye is a NFL football player who was drafted right out of university into the Carolina Panthers. He has recently published a book about the challenges of his upbringing, including his severe dyslexia. Haye was born in Jamaica and raised in Florida, where his...
Nov 27, 2013 | DM News Blog
Reyn Guyr (1935-present) is the American toy inventor responsible for international hit games such as Twister and NERF ball. As a child, Guyr had undiagnosed dyslexia and struggled for years to master basic reading and spelling. He found out about his dyslexia only...
Nov 25, 2013 | DM News Blog
Elijah is 8 years old and has really struggled to read and write. We took him out of school to homeschool him when he was in Year 1 because he was so clearly unhappy. (One large reason for this was that he was labelling himself ‘stupid’ because he...
Nov 22, 2013 | DM News Blog
Fact: Although children do need a decreasing amount of sleep as they age, teenagers up to age 18 or so still need a few hours more than the average adult! Check out this table below. Are your kids achieving their sleep targets? Or perhaps more to the point…are...
Nov 20, 2013 | DM News Blog
The Easyread System is improving low literacy levels of children living in supported housing outside Washington DC, as a part of a Magic Johnson Community Empowerment Center initiative. The center, in Bladensburg (Maryland), launched a free comprehensive after-school...
Nov 15, 2013 | DM News Blog
Ruby Wax is an American-born comedian who has built her career in the UK over the last four decades. She is perhaps best known for her comedic television show where she interviewed celebrities. And she has dyslexia. Wax was born and raised outside of Chicago. Her...
Nov 12, 2013 | DM News Blog
1. Word flipping, like was/saw or on/no, or mirror writing, is a sure sign of dyslexia. Word flipping or mirror writing are classic “symptoms” often heralded as proof of dyslexia. But many people with reading difficulty don’t do either of these...
Nov 8, 2013 | DM News Blog
Fact: In 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics declared that exposure to screens is detrimental to children under the age of two. The Millennium Cohort Study, which tracked the development of UK children born between 2000 and 2002, found that by age five children...
Nov 4, 2013 | DM News Blog
Everything is going really well with Charlotte’s reading, she is doing awesomely well! – J
Nov 4, 2013 | DM News Blog
We are overall very pleased. Rachel still enjoys doing the lessons very much and never complains about doing her EasyRead. We skip Jungle Juggle every other day since she is a little tired of that exercise. Rachel’s ability to read and reread fluently in...
