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…
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…
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…
Flipping the Education Paradigm – Part One
Each of you are reading this blog because you have a connection to dyslexia. For some of you that is professional, and some of you it is family related. But…
Flipping the Education Paradigm – Intro
My name is Megan McDonald. I am in my eighteenth year of home education and I have ten children, eight of whom have dyslexia. Here is what I want you…