by Kate Murray | May 13, 2019 | Dyslexia, literacy, Reading, strategies
Knowing your syllables is a great strategy to develop reading confidence. In a really wonderful parent/child workshop this weekend we worked out empowering strategies to boost our young reader’s confidence. Confidence is everything to young readers. But you need...
by Kate Murray | Mar 24, 2019 | Dyslexia, joy of learning, self esteem, strategies
Believing in one's self is the key to opening all the doors In our workshops, we love to chunk up words, and pebbles are a fantastic sensory and visual object to root your memories within. We have learnt that every syllable has a vowel in it – that can really...
by Kate Murray | Sep 11, 2018 | Dyslexia, literacy, Reading, self esteem, Spelling, strategies, young readers
Animal super-power reading cards These hand-drawn, hand-painted A5 animal cards are designed especially for young and developing readers to use as strategy and skill building cards, every time they read. Each animal in the set has its own unique super-power (just like...
by Kate Murray | Sep 10, 2018 | Dyslexia, literacy, Reading, self esteem, Spelling, strategies, young readers
An emotional world Learning to read is a highly emotional journey for young children. The emotionality – and its impact – are often over-looked as we assume our child tells us everything they are feeling. My research project for my MA in Special and...
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