Category Archives: Dyslexia
Using an Orton Gillingham Approach in the Home
If you have a child who struggles with reading you will do everything you can to understand the reasons for your child’s difficulties. You have seen your child’s frustration and have suffered alongside them as you yourself struggle to understand …
YouTube Videos that Instruct & Inspire!
A good majority of us would say that we are visual people. It is a safe assumption to make when statistics say that on average you will spend 2 minutes longer on this post because it has viewable video on …
Multi-Sensory Instruction: Use it Effectively
There are two great blog posts Reading Horizons has that explain the reason for multi-sensory instruction and how to properly apply a multi-sensory approach to teaching reading. Those two posts are: The Connection Between Vocabulary and Reading Skills and A …
The Literacy Key
I was born in Canada in 1967 when dyslexia was almost unheard of and autism was yet to be classified as a disability. So although I was a child struggling with both of these, there were no neat sets of …
Why Should Parents Care About Phonics Instruction?
Experience teaches us to be skeptical when things seem too good to be true, and it seems like 98% of the time an opportunity appears too amazing, something surely is amiss. But sometimes you find a wonderful thing that doesn’t …
10 Ways Parents Can Grow Their Child’s Reading Skills
One major and important skill that children need for a happy and healthy life is the ability to become a fluent reader. Reading isn’t a skill that develops naturally – it is a learned ability. Even though reading may not occur naturally, …
Take a Bite Out of Evertaster: A Brand New Book Series for Picky Eaters…I Mean Kids
Are you looking for something yummy…to read? A new novel by up-and-coming author Adam Glendon Sidwell will give you just that – a tasty treat for your imagination. Evertaster is set to be released on June 14, 2012, so kids …
Which Math Methods Work Best for Dyslexics?
Here is Reading Horizons Teacher Trainer and Dyslexia Specialist, Shantell Berrett, discussing what methods and programs work best for those that struggle with math because of dyslexia or other learning disabilities: Some specific programs Shantell has heard mentioned at dyslexia …
Dyslexia Research: Can Dyslexia Be Diagnosed in Younger Children?
One major concern many parents have is that they can’t get their child a formal diagnosis for dyslexia until their child is in the third grade. Many parents start to see their child struggling with reading long before this, but …
Are Colored Lenses an Effective Solution for Dyslexia?
Despite the many gifts that come along with dyslexia, so do many challenges. As a parent of a dyslexic child you are always looking for ways to better assist your child and minimize the challenges that are associated with dyslexia. …
What Every Parent Should Know About RTI
Before 2004, children who were struggling in school or had any type of learning disability, were automatically relegated to a “wait to fail before we intercede” philosophy. But that all changed with IDEA 2004 which required schools to implement Response to Intervention (RTI). …
Top 10 Reading Horizons At Home Blog Posts of 2011
Here are the top 10 most viewed blog posts from the Reading Horizons At Home Blog during the year 2011: Top 10 Reading Apps for Children Games that Improve Phonics Development 18 POSITIVE Dyslexia Symptoms How to Get a Professional …
50 Interesting Facts About Dyslexia
What is Dyslexia? Dyslexia is a learning disability that includes difficulty in the use and processing of linguistic and symbolic codes, alphabetic letters representing speech sounds or numeric representing numbers or quantities. The first description of dyslexia appeared in 1896 by Dr. …
The D Word: Understanding Dyslexia
Reading Horizons is located in Salt Lake City- the heart of Utah. But about 30 miles east of Salt Lake City (a 40-minute drive through a vast canyon and an increase of elevation of about 3500 feet) you enter Park …
At What Age Should Your Child Be Able To Read?
Are you wondering if your child is “on time” when it comes to reading? According to the U.S. Department of Education, here are the language milestones your child should reach at each age: CHILDREN AGES 0-3: Imitate some of the sounds …
Boys – A Literacy Crisis
Academic underachievement for boys is gaining significant attention in the media lately. Boys are underperforming girls on benchmark and standardized tests, and this is a major concern for both educators and parents. Following the wave of the women’s rights movement in the late …
Can a Font Really Help Dyslexic Readers?
A graphic designer by the name of Christian Boer had developed a font to aid his own dyslexia and he has released it to be available for purchase online. But can a font really help dyslexic readers? Acocrding to an article …
Dogs May Help Your Child Read Better
You may already know that the presence of animals (dogs in particular) has been proven to provide health benefits for humans. Pets can both lower blood pressure and reduce stress. However, one benefit you may not have heard of, is …
Dyslexia & Reading Difficulties Independent of Other Cognitive Abilities
When you were (or still are) in school was there ever a concept that seemed impossible to grasp? Regardless of the effort you exerted it never seemed to come together for you. This is the case for the 10% of …
Is Poor Vision the Cause of Your Child’s Reading Problem?
If your child struggles with reading it may not be solely a skill-based problem, more and more vision problems are being contributed to poor school performance. According to See to Learn, 20% of kindergarten students have vision problems, rising to 30-40% …
