Dyslexia - Dawn Matthews

ISBN – 0-9758438-1-8

Downloadable   AU$ 8.00

 

This educational book is included in Dead Easy Phonics, do not buy this is you have already bought Dead Easy Phonics.

 

If you have already read Dyslexia – How to Win there is not much point in also buying this book. Dyslexia –How to Win is much more comprehensive. This is more of a beginners guide.

 

It you think one of your children might be dyslexic then reading this book will help you to ascertain if s/he is or not. It s also a really useful educational book to give to relatives to help them understand your dyslexic kid. It's short and succinct so they are likely to read it all.

 

An introduction guide to dyslexia in plain English. You will understand your dyslexic kids or spouses problems way better once you have read this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Understanding dyslexia

 

You may have noticed that your dyslexic child has difficulty remembering abstract facts, names, numbers and the instructions that you have just given to him/her. You probably find this frustrating and you may have complained that he/she is not trying, not concentrating or even deliberately tying to annoy you.

 

What you have to remember is that however frustrating you find this, the dyslexic, your son or daughter, finds it much more frustrating. He/she is certainly not doing this deliberately.

 

What your child has is described as a “short-term memory problem”.  He/she is hearing what you say but his/her brain is not “hearing” it. The phrase “straight into one ear and out of the other” describes dyslexics so well.  Our ears hear it but we do not retain all the information because our short-term memories are not large enough to hold it all.

 

“Ah”, but you say, “my son/daughter can remember some things but not others.” It is this apparent anomaly that generates the greatest scepticism or confusion amongst non-dyslexics. For example the dyslexic may be able to describe events at a party he/she has attended in great detail but fail to remember the name of the person who held the party.

 

This is because memory comes in different forms.

 

 

Memory

 

Memory is linked to the senses. We have five basic senses – sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. Information taken in from these five senses can be stored or remembered in different ways.

 

The brain cannot remember everything that we see, hear, taste, touch and feel so it has to decide which to remember and which to forget or, you could say, it has to decide which to store long term.

It is in how it prioritizes these memories that dyslexics become different from other people.

 

The dyslexics’ brain stores predominantly what the dyslexic feels and smells rather than what we see or hear. The memory of what we feel is called our kinaesthetic memory. Because most people remember best what they see or hear these senses are used primarily in most education systems that teach our children. Many of the dyslexics that I teach have very vivid memories recalled by the smell of things but this is used very little in education.

 

Let me talk about this a bit more.

 

This book contains information on:

• Short term auditory memory

• Short term visual memory

• Multi sensory teaching

• Help for the classroom

• Presenting worksheets

• Help with maths

• Spelling rules

• Styles of learning

• Assessment for learning

• Spelling

• Mutli-sensory

• Auditory processing

• Learning games

• English learning

• Learning disability

• Literacy activities

• Teaching literacy

• Language and literacy

• Reading comprehension

• Reading strategies

• Reading worksheets

• Learn to read

• Classroom

• Classroom activities

• Activities for the classroom

• Learning differences

 

All in plain English.

 

 

ISBN – 0-9758438-1-8

Downloadable   AU$ 8.00

Please email dawn@dawnmatthews.com with the book title and ISBN to purchase a copy.