In this post, I would like to share some thoughts about reading together at home and encourage you to support your child if they struggle with reading. I want to reiterate that you can do much more for your child’s reading than the school, even if you’re not a professional. Children spend six hours a… read more.

hwo – this is how a 15-year-old dyslexic student of mine spelt ‘who’. Non-dyslexic people can start thinking: How on earth is that possible? First, there aren’t any words in the English language that start with ‘hw’, and they’ve seen and written the word ‘who’ countless times […] read more.

Although dyslexia very often runs in the family it can also ‘strike’ without any suggestion of a dyslexic background. It is fairly common, about 1 in 10 people have dyslexia. It isn’t a disease and so it cannot be ‘cured’, as a matter of fact, it’s a life-long condition, and this means if you are dyslexic, you… read more.