“But I can’t remember how to spell it!” This is a phrase I often hear learners say or “I can’t remember anything!” Recently, I had a lesson with a teenager who earlier in the day had been upset in school. I wasn’t aware of...
Today, one of my learners really struggled to recall the difference between the spellings ‘when’ and ‘went’ when writing a sentence. I developed a method to show him how to know when to use ‘wh’ in words. First of all,...
The Write Offs, is a programme on Channel 4 made by Shine TV. It focuses on adults with Dyslexia and poor literacy skills, demonstrating how this impacts individuals, their strategies and need for support and help, to manage everyday tasks in life and work, which...
April 2019 saw the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) meet and discuss the Human Cost of Dyslexia. It made stark reading for many. I’m sure the comments and anecdotal evidence were no surprise, in a climate where schools lack funding to be able to provide...
If you’ve ever considered helping your own child with reading and spelling at home you’ll know there are a multitude of programmes out there and knowing which to chose is difficult. Recently a parent bought CodeBreakers, here’s her view of how...