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Teaching A Struggling Reader: One Mom's Experience with Dyslexia: A Guide for Parents and Teachers who Want to Start Learning about Dyslexia
This is the paperback version of the FREE e-book and PDF Bookfold available from www.dogonalogbooks.com.
In this short booklet, Pamela Brookes shares some of the basic information she wishes she'd had when she was first trying to figure out how to help her child learn to read. Teaching A Struggling One Mom's Experience with Dyslexia is filled with links to informational and product resources for parents and teachers. It is geared to people who want to educate themselves in the methods that are effective in teaching those with dyslexia. It also contains photos demonstrating basic techniques like "Tapping" (using one's fingers to aid in sounding out words) and "Making your bed" to differentiate between "b" and "d." This Edition includes new information and new links including the social and economic impacts of illiteracy. It also contains information on Early Intervention, including what parents can do if they suspect their young child may have dyslexia during the toddler and preschool years, and a section on What if It's NOT Dyslexia . This is a booklet that can be read in one sitting. However, there are ample links to provide an even greater experience. The hyperlinks are active in the e-book format. In the paperback version, URLs are included at the back of the book as endnotes. All DOG ON A LOG Books follow a systematic, structured literacy/Orton-Gillingham based phonics sequence. www.dogonalogbooks.com
In this short booklet, Pamela Brookes shares some of the basic information she wishes she'd had when she was first trying to figure out how to help her child learn to read. Teaching A Struggling One Mom's Experience with Dyslexia is filled with links to informational and product resources for parents and teachers. It is geared to people who want to educate themselves in the methods that are effective in teaching those with dyslexia. It also contains photos demonstrating basic techniques like "Tapping" (using one's fingers to aid in sounding out words) and "Making your bed" to differentiate between "b" and "d." This Edition includes new information and new links including the social and economic impacts of illiteracy. It also contains information on Early Intervention, including what parents can do if they suspect their young child may have dyslexia during the toddler and preschool years, and a section on What if It's NOT Dyslexia . This is a booklet that can be read in one sitting. However, there are ample links to provide an even greater experience. The hyperlinks are active in the e-book format. In the paperback version, URLs are included at the back of the book as endnotes. All DOG ON A LOG Books follow a systematic, structured literacy/Orton-Gillingham based phonics sequence. www.dogonalogbooks.com
90 pages, Paperback
Published August 12, 2019
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August 21, 2023
This was a quick read once I dedicated myself. It's like a brain dump from one mom to another, which is just what I needed!
April 12, 2023
I found Brookes’ information very useful in teaching a dyslexic child to read. My grandson is dyslexic so the technique in this book is very useful. He is very frustrated at times especially since his twin brother is progressing well with reading in the first grade. It is sad for me, a lover of books who reads all the time, to see this. With the help of this book and his educational specialist who knows the Orton-Gillingham approach, he has made a lot of progress in the last year.
When we found out he was dyslexic, we looked for a school with a small classroom, but structured setting so we enrolled them in the Jewish Day school, one of the best schools in town and pulled them from the Montessori school which was not structured enough since it is more self-motivating and suited for his needs. There are only 9 children in his class, and they are divided into groups of 3. He also sees the education specialist who works with him twice a week on a one-on-one basis. He is making good progress. I know he would have floundered in the public school.
This book provides a lot of sources and is comprehensive. It is an excellent source for dyslexia.
When we found out he was dyslexic, we looked for a school with a small classroom, but structured setting so we enrolled them in the Jewish Day school, one of the best schools in town and pulled them from the Montessori school which was not structured enough since it is more self-motivating and suited for his needs. There are only 9 children in his class, and they are divided into groups of 3. He also sees the education specialist who works with him twice a week on a one-on-one basis. He is making good progress. I know he would have floundered in the public school.
This book provides a lot of sources and is comprehensive. It is an excellent source for dyslexia.
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