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 | Mar 19, 2019 | Reading, strategies
Did you know the Bald Eagle’s eye-sight is four times sharper than a human’s? So, soar above it all with your Eagle-eyes scanning for clues! Use the Eagle’s super-power to help your child develop their clue-searching skills. Look for clues within: the...
by Kate Murray | Jan 22, 2019 | joy of learning, literacy, Reading, strategies
#inspiration Meet Finn. Finn is the inspiration behind the Aplhabeasts. He found reading very difficult when he was six and seven. We had to find multi-sensory and kinaesthetic approaches to teach him to read all of the tricky sight words. We used sensory materials to...
by Kate Murray | Oct 22, 2018 | literacy, Reading, self esteem, Spelling, strategies, young readers
Learning with pleasure allows children to begin to read for pleasure In every one of my reading workshops, I am always joyfully staggered at the brilliance of muscle memory and multi-sensory learning. Significant and rapid progress is made with both the reading and...
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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