Somebody asked me if I could go back and start again with a different brain, would I. Years ago I thought yes, I would, and now I know I wouldn’t. Because whatever challenges I had in school, I guess they forced me to where I am today. So I now see them as an asset

- Henry Winkler: actor, director

Hello! I’m Trisha from Dyslexia Hope Tutoring!

Here’s a simple game you can play with your beginning reader to help them improve their phonemic awareness skills - which is essential to becoming a successful reader!

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Blends and Digraphs

A lot of parents may have forgotten what blends and digraphs are, I know I had until I started helping my daughter to read!

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They thought I was lazy, so they put me in the slow class. But my mom was a Head Start teacher, and she told me, ‘You’re not slow, you’re just different.'

- Whoopi Goldberg, award-winning actress and comedian

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If your child struggles with reading or spelling, they could be dyslexic. Here are some signs to look for:

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Open Syllables

Open syllables have just one vowel and it’s at the end of the syllable and it says its own name (they are long vowels).

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I think if you can show a kid that reading can actually be fun, it can make you laugh, inspire imagination - that can make a huge difference.

Dav Pilkey - author of the Captain Underpants series (Dav is also dyslexic)

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Hello! I’m Trisha from Dyslexia Hope Tutoring!

Today I’ll show you a little bit about the Barton Reading and Spelling system I use for tutoring kids and adults with dyslexia.

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You are not alone, and while you will have dyslexia for the rest of your life, you can dart between the raindrops to get where you want to go. It will not hold you back

- Steven Spielberg, award-winning director

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If the vowel after the /k/ sound is an e or i, the use a k but if it’s a - u, o or a - then spell it with a C.

(Words like kangaroo and koala are derived from Australian aboriginal languages and so don’t follow this English spelling rule.)

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If your child can’t remember if a word should be spelled with a C or a K if it starts with /k/ sound - here’s a cute way to help them remember:

Keep the kitten and cuddle with the cozy cat

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It's because if there is a consonant before the /ch/ sound, we spell it with ch. But, if there is a short vowel right before the /ch/, we spell it as tch.

Consonant before the /ch/ --> spell as ch

Short vowel before the /ch/ --> spell as tch

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Words that end in ch and tch
In one syllable words like patch, fetch, crunch and grinch, the tch and ch at the end of the words sound the same, like /ch/.

Why do we spell them differently?

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Richard Branson is a very successful British entrepreneur who founded a multinational conglomerate of over 400 companies. He is also dyslexic.
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One way to help your child learn sight words is to write the words on an index card. Then have them draw a picture to help remember the word. Then start practicing reading the words on their cards, eventually they can cover up the picture and read them without looking. #dyslexia #dyslexiatutor

These are units, sometimes called glued sounds. They are groups of 3 letters that are pronounced a little differently than expected. They are used at the ends of words. In the Barton Reading and Spelling System they are introduced in Level 3.
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When a fan asked Cher, “If you could turn back time and change one thing, would it be to not have dyslexia?” Cher replied: “No! It caused pain, but it’s me!” #dyslexia #dyslexiatutor

I tutor kids with dyslexia, in person and online.