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Fun Games and Activities for Children with Dyslexia
More Fun Games and Activities for Children with Dyslexia
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How to Learn Smarter with a Dyslexic Brain Alais Winton
How to Learn Smarter with a Dyslexic Brain Alais Winton
Illustrated by Joe Salerno
Illustrated by Hannah Millard
Fun, creative strategies to help with literacy and numeracy for children aged 7+ with dyslexia.
Dyslexic teacher Alais Winton is back with all-new games and activities to make learning simple and fun.
Mar 2018 | £13.99 | 7–13 years | 136pp | PB | 10 B&W cartoon illustrations | World rights available | ISBN-9781785922923
This inventive and practical workbook is packed with triedand-tested games and activities to help children aged 7–13 who have dyslexia. It is ideally suited to home-schooling, independent learning, or classroom or small group setting, and includes activities such as The Multiply Matrix Game, Drop the Ball and Number Tag.
A Very Special Letter Fun Games and Activities for Children with
Dyslexia
Musical (music thinker) – best games and activities found in Chapter 5
Physical (movement thinker) – best games and activities found in Chapters 2 and 4
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You prefer PE and practical lessons.
you can.
You play an instrument or sing.
You find it difficult to sit still in class and other people have described you as a ‘fidget’.
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The book is packed with cartoons, and there’s a quiz at the start to help you discover whether you learn best from pictures, movement, socially or through music. You can use this book to find the strategies and activities you enjoy the most, and that support you to learn most effectively. If you have ideas about how you would like to add to the games or invent your own, go for it!
You wouldn’t want to think about a world without music.
walking or running.
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You listen to music on your MP3 player or phone whenever
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You like to think about things whilst doing something physical, such as
You often find yourself thinking of music from TV programmes
IT I LIkE TO MOVE
or adverts. WITH DYSLEXIA You take part in a sport or exercise S FOR CHILDREN AND ACTIVITIE MORE FUN GAMES ACTING OUT outside of school time. When you listen to music you find
. that they don’t overlap
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One player will read out loud. Fun Games and Activities
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play
How to yourself tapping out the beat. up If you are learning something new, an adult for help setting You may want to ask you prefer to do this in an active this activity. ‘hands on’ way, rather than read ations on A4 size combin letter four a book or follow written or verbal Write three or sheet of card. each on ation card, one combin instructions. sure on the floor, making Place your card sheets the first word on the
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the ball onto the letter Player two must drop for that they think is correct Shake It! combination that ay for the word say. word, for example
for Children with Dyslexia
Games and Activities for Cthey then swap over. hildren are only two players If there with D yslexia (a title). If there are more than
two players each player to drop
Miss Thomas guessing where or T misses her etley tea. takes turns at reading ball. themeet If you the Queen you
With even more engaging activities and updated advice for parents and carers, this is another essential tool for making learning simple and enjoyable.
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call her and the player point Ma’am; ball drop scores a correct if you Each write to her you call herwinner. the end is the Your Mwith the most points at ajesty.
A judge is Your Honour, and a duke is Your Grace. A member of parliament is known as an MP and a doctor is a GP (genera 42 l practitioner).
You will need ‣ two sheets of paper ‣ pens 43
Some words can be
a real challenge, as sometimes they need a capital letter and sometimes they don’t. For example, in the sentence ‘She was a prettyDyslexia lady’, you don’t need a capital letter for lady as this could be sent a very ago I was Some timeabout any woman. special letter. It was written by Hannah, letter. Howeve she r,wrote in thethe who was ten when sentenc e ‘It was kind of Lady Felicia to invite us’, you I had spoken to Hannah’s mum on the phone and she told me that Hannah was finding spelling tests and
“Congratulations Alais Winton on yet another super activity book! Lively, entertaining and informative. Full of useful advice for all those with Dyslexia, and parents too. Another treasure trove – easy to read and an invaluable source of support and encouragement for all with dyslexia.”
A Very Special Letter
Fun Games and Activities for Children with
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reading in school hard.
Hannah wanted to write me a letter to tell me what being dyslexic was like for her. This is what she wrote:
Dear Alais Winton, I find Dyslexia as a good thing but then also a bad thing. One good thing is I get a lot of support in 45
my class. My mum says that people who are dyslexic succeed and I believe her. My teacher tries to teach me but in writing and reading I sometimes don’t get it. One bad thing is in class I feel like I’m not as good as other people. Some teachers just make me do easy work.
– Dr. Gavin Reid, Independent Psychologist and co-author of Practical Activities and Ideas for Parents of Dyslexic Kids and Teens (JKP)
Sometimes I have to move away from my friends, which makes me feel sad as I have no support from the other children on that table.
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Mar 2022 | £13.99 | 7–13 years | 160pp | PB | 8 B&W cartoon illustrations | ISBN-9781787754478
200 Tricky Spellings in Cartoons
Visual Mnemonics for Everyone - UK edition Lidia Stanton A collection of 200 memorable mnemonics to help students actively learn and effortlessly recall tricky spellings. Jan 2021 | £13.99 | 7–99 years | 272pp | PB | 240+ brand new cartoon B&W illustrations | ISBN-9781787755420
Tricky Punctuation in Cartoons Lidia Stanton Fun cartoons for learning tricky punctuation for kids aged 9+ (Key Stage 2 and up) from the bestselling author of Tricky Spellings in Cartoons. May 2020 | £12.99 | 9–15 years | 272pp | PB | illustrated with B&W cartoons | ISBN-9781787754027
