Learning With a Divergent Mind
February 21, 2019
If you have a child who is having difficulty learning to read, you’ll easily recognize this frustration! Your child has successfully (although perhaps slowly) read a new word. Then on the next day, or on the next page, or even Read more…
February 21, 2019
In my last post I talked about the value of teaching reading with whole words along with Orton-Gillingham phonic instruction. I am not interested in engaging in the reading wars, I just want to make people aware that there is Read more…
February 25, 2019
Many people who teach children with dyslexia will be quick to respond that phonics, specifically Orton-Gillingham based phonics, is the only way to effectively teach reading. It is effective in the long term, which is backed by multiple studies, but Read more…
February 15, 2019
How many times has your child spent well over an hour completing a task that should at most have taken them 15 – 30 minutes? My personal favourite is 3 hours for what should have been a 20 minute math Read more…
February 12, 2019
Depending on your situation a formal psychological assessment of your child may or may not be worth the money. You need to first decide what you expect to gain from an assessment. Here are the things that come to mind Read more…