Dealing with Dyslexia: Reading Skills
How can you help dyslexic children with their reading skills? And how old should children be when they learn to read? We chatted to Annelize Clark OT and Teacher at Bellavista SHARE, a remedial school in Johannesburg for her insights.
Here’s Hank and Hank Zipzer are a series of books about a young boy with dyslexia, featuring easy-to-read font, simple funny stories, and memorable characters. Hank finds school a challenge but he always tries his hardest, whether he’s helping out his younger sister, standing up to the class bully, or getting into—and out of!—trouble with his two best friends.
Anna Liza likes helping her psychiatrist mother’s patients. When a little boy says he is sad because his dad is sad now that his mum is gone, she cooks up a hare-brained scheme to get him moving again. A sweet story of mental healing and empathy.
‘I think I can, I think I can, I know I can!’ Were more encouraging words ever spoken to a child? This childhood classic is still just as powerful, 70 years on after children first read about the little steam engine that got stuck and couldn’t get over the mountain.
A little girl grows up with huge excitement about learning to read. When she gets to grade 1 though, she is puzzled that the other children move on to bigger readers while she stays stuck on the beginning. With undiagnosed dyslexia her early school years are tough and challenging. It’s not until Grade 5 that a special teacher changes her life.
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