Erin Maurer’s Story
Erin Maurer, Homeschool Mom of Two Both of my children were diagnosed with dyslexia; my oldest in 5th grade and my youngest in 2nd grade. Homeschooling two children with different…
Dyslexic creativity
Eavan wrote a sensational, creative, complex story with word choices that blew me away. Because she can listen to books at 8x the speed, audio books are her happy place. …
Writing with Dyslexia
In 1990, I graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law, where a heavy, heavy emphasis was placed on writing. My first “real job” was to clerk for a…
Reading with Dyslexia
So now back to our story: I had been homeschooling for ten years with the goal to produce a child that was well-read. At this point, let’s stir in a…
Dyslexia
The Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Method, a sequential reading and spelling system developed in the early 1930s, was the first program to explain how sounds and letters were related, how sounds and…
The Dyslexic Difference
“Given appropriate instruction meeting very specific science-based criteria, our dyslexic students can absolutely learn to read and to write, to pass the threshold into the game. I have seen this…
The Academic Planner Instruction Manual
See my video series on The Academic Planner: Each column of lines across the top of each planner page in The Academic Planner will represent sections of your life. If…
Maggie’s Story
Maggie McDonald November, 2016 Frustration was normal, struggling was expected, low grades were customary, and stunted self esteem was routine. In my eyes, my grades were the determinants of my…
Can’t This Wait?
Approximately 80% of people with learning disabilities have dyslexia, which makes it the most common learning disability https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/127/3/e818#ref-35 Studies have shown that 74 percent of children who display reading problems…