Do you know that there are 65 different printable and no-prep resources related to the Orton-Gillingham red words in my TPT store? How were these printable no-prep worksheets and activities created? You will not believe it, but it took me eight months to finish 20 packets of these worksheets. What are irregular or red words? […]
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Dyslexia is a neurological disorder that affects reading skills. Unfortunately, people with dyslexia have difficulty reading words accurately and fluently. This disorder can of course impact writing, spelling, reading comprehension, and other activities that involve reading. Therefore, there are dyslexia fonts that can effectively help struggling students and emerging readers improve their academic performance! However,
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Dyslexia is the most common learning disability. It runs around various misconceptions. The first misconception is that people with dyslexia are stupid or below average intelligence. That is not true, as they are intelligent and creative people. Another misconception is that people with dyslexia can only read or write words backward. It can sometimes happen,
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Dyslexia is one of the most common learning disabilities to affect children. In the United States, NIH research has shown that dyslexia affects 20%, or 1 in every five people. The International Dyslexia Foundation states that between 15% and 20% of the population have a language-based learning disability, dyslexia being the most common learning disability.
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Learning disabilities are one of the most common types of disabilities. Approximately 5% of children in the United States have a learning disability. Learning difficulties arise from many factors. Though some students have intellectual, vision, and hearing abilities, they fail to perform well in school curricula and studies. But not all these difficulties are because
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Most educators usually use Rainbow Arc Mats for special education, early intervention, and occupational therapy classrooms. Undoubtedly, Rainbow Arc Mats are great for alphabet sequencing activities for dyslexic students. As I have said, it is a powerful hands-on tool for kids with special educational needs. How does rainbow arc work? Basically, a student gets a
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What are Red Words? Orton-Gillingham Red Words are certain words that are phonetically irregular or non-decodable. Students have to memorize these words by heart. There are around 500 red words in English. In K-2 texts, students can find up to 200 non-decodable words. Some educators and curriculum creators call these words ‘unfair’. As these words
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The history of Fry words Fry’s Words is a list of 1,000 high-frequency words collected by Dr. Edward Fry back in 1957. However, this list was a version of the Dolch Words list created in the 1930s and published in 1936 for the first time. Even now, English-speaking schools around the world still use both
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Everyone’s journey in life and career is different. Once I worked at a university where I taught the Finnish language. My students were fresh school graduates, a bit younger than me at that time! Finnish is a very difficult language with massively complicated grammar (especially on advanced levels when students study complex syntax, participles, and
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