Best Resources on Dyslexia
Teaching children with dyslexia? Our dyslexia resources for parents and teachers will help you introduce the joys of reading to children who have this learning difficulty.
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Kids with dyslexia needs to have confidence in order to learn and overcome their difficulties. Because they have experienced failure, deep down they don’t believe they are capable of learning. Few tips to the readers are help them to re-establish their self-confidence, provide them the opportunity to succeed and praise them for small achievements.
If you are the parent or teacher of a child with dyslexia, or are dyslexic yourself, you are probably already aware that there is no shortage of information, advice and apps claiming to be useful to people with dyslexia. We've included some resources below that we hope you will find useful when supporting children with dyslexia or dysgraphia.
Intro to Letters is designed to help kids learn letters and letter sounds and also learn to trace, read, write, and record letter sounds, names, and phonograms, based on the proven methodology of Montessori. It's particularly useful for kids who need extra help, such as special needs students. Designed to help kids learn letters and letter sounds, Intro to Letters, by Montessorium is focused and clean, without animation, rewards, or other gimmicks. Kids trace letters with their fingers and hear the letter names and sounds in an activity that mimics Montessori sandpaper letters. The app includes upper and lower case letters, as well as 15 two-letter phonograms. Kids can also record the letter sounds and names if their devices are equipped with microphones.
Devices: iPhone, iPad
Starfall ABC is a free alphabet app for teaching young children the alphabet and letter sounds. It includes educational games, ABC animations, animated interactive books and other reading exercises. Starfall's ABC section teaches letter-sound relationships by providing a kid-friendly navigation system that explicitly focuses on each letter of the alphabet. Starfall ABC is available via a desktop browser and also available for iOS (iPad and iPhone) and for Android devices.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
Dyslexia Gold improves reading fluency, speed and comprehension. It increases reading age by over 12 months. Their fun, effective & unique programs help children learn to improve: Reading with Engaging Eyes and Fluency Builder, master Spelling and Times Tables. Dyslexia Gold addresses underlying problems that cause reading difficulties. We address vision problems to stop your child from skipping lines and words. And auditory problems so your child can hear that goat is made up of 3 sounds g - oa – t. The program is suitable for children aged 6-15. You can choose US or UK spelling and works on any PC or laptop with sound - Windows or Mac. Dyslexia Gold is used in over 250 schools and by thousands of parents.
Devices: Web
Dyslexic students (and adults) use Omoguru to make the text more readable and decode words with ease.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
Dyslexia Quest is a game-based quest designed to help assess your child's memory and listening skills. It helps point parents in the right direction since it serves as a basic skills screener to identify strengths and weaknesses. It uses games to assess a child's strengths and weakness in the following areas: working memory, phonological awareness, processing speed, visual sequential order, auditory sequential memory, and visual memory. Alternative to Dyslexia Quest Dyslexia Gold goes Beyond Phonics to address the real reason children struggle with reading.
Devices: iPhone, iPad
BlockStarPlanet is like Minecraft meets RPG meets social networking app. Players fight each other in arenas with a variety of weapons, but there's no blood or gore. Chat is filtered, but players can get around filters with some creativity. BlockStarPlanet is available to download on iOS and Android devices.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
Easy Dyslexia Aid is a dyslexia only version of the Easy Spelling Aid application. The app helps with the spelling of problematic words with the aid of special dyslexic font options and background colour combinations.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
Dyslexia Test & Tips is an app that helps you quickly identify dyslexia and create a profile of the person being tested. This app is meant for children, students and adults either with dyslexia or where there is a chance of dyslexia. You can take the test yourself or as a teacher, parent, family member or colleague, help someone you think could possibly be dyslexic to take the test.
Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad
Dyslexia Tool Kit offers tricks, tips and stories that will inspire and help people with Dyslexia. It is also a great tool for parents and teachers with dyslexic children. Written by a dyslexic for the dyslexic student. Dyslexia Tool Kit is for ages 10 -21 years old. It is designed by a dyslexic for a dyslexic. Dyslexia Tool Kit is broken into two parts – emotional side and tricks and tools. The app is tailored for the audio, visual and kinaesthetic learner. This app provides many options and personal stories to motivate the dyslexic child. The app is also very interactive to keep his or her attention.
Devices: iPhone, iPad
Phonics Genius is a customizable flashcard-style app designed to help kids identify letter sounds and their relationship to words. Phonics Genius is an educational app that aims at assisting the early elementary students to learn letter sounds and blends. Phonics Genius is a great resource for building phonemic awareness and is best for kids who are emergent readers with previous reading experience.
Devices: iPhone, iPad