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The Dyslexia and Learning Music Connection
Does dyslexia affect a child’s ability to read and perform music? This question was recently asked by a music education pre-service...
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Oct 30, 20234 min read


“My Brother Doesn’t Read, Because He’s Dyslexic,” and Other Excuses Siblings Give - Rose Valdez
This month begins a short series featuring interviews with neurotypical siblings of dyslexic individuals. Quite a bit of time is spent...
huntsvilletutoring
Oct 30, 20234 min read


Building Skilled Writers Step-by-Step: One Page Papers and Beyond
Over the past two months, the writing focus has expanded from writing single sentences to writing a basic and an expanded paragraph....

Cindy Hall
Oct 11, 20234 min read


Cueing Students to Observe Punctuation Marks
What a difference punctuation makes. Every grandmother is thankful for the tiny comma in the following sentence, “Let’s eat, Grandma.”...

Cindy Hall
Aug 25, 20232 min read


Spelling List Practice Strategies
With a new school year, comes new weekly spelling words to learn. For mainstream learners, weekly spelling lists are an effective way to...

Cindy Hall
Aug 25, 20233 min read


Building Skilled Writers Step-by-Step: The Paragraph
Last month’s writing focus was on writing single sentences. This month we move on to writing a paragraph. A paragraph planning...

Cindy Hall
Aug 25, 20234 min read


Student Dossiers: Introducing Your Child to a New Teacher/Understanding Your New Students
Both parents and teachers work hard on many tasks at the beginning of each school year. A high-priority task for both sides of the...

Cindy Hall
Jul 26, 20233 min read


Building Skilled Writers Step-by-Step: The Sentence
For the child who struggles with expressing themself on paper, the barriers to filling the lines on a blank sheet of paper may feel...

Cindy Hall
Jul 26, 20234 min read


Ten Homework Habits to Cultivate for the New School Year
With the new school year comes new opportunities to evaluate what went well last school year, and what areas could use some improvement....

Cindy Hall
Jul 26, 20233 min read


August Educator’s Reading List
I hope you devoured at least one of the books on the July reading list. Whether you picked up a copy of Miss Pell Never Misspells, went...

Cindy Hall
Jul 26, 20232 min read


Crossing a Finish Line
Completing any big task is exciting. The thrill of putting one’s entire effort into crossing a finish line and then stepping across it...

Cindy Hall
Jun 28, 20232 min read


Why Is Writing a Struggle for a Person with Dyslexia?
A complex diagnosis Dyslexia is a very individualized condition. The severity goes from mild to severe, and within those bands, there...

Cindy Hall
Jun 28, 20232 min read


July Educator’s Reading List
July seems to be a month made for reading. The first crazy weeks of summer break are past, and the household has settled into a summer...

Cindy Hall
Jun 28, 20232 min read


Accommodations
Summer is a great time to think about what worked and what didn’t work last school year. Teachers, parents, and students can all take...

Cindy Hall
Jun 28, 20233 min read


June Educator’s Reading List
Summer is a great time for educators (and interested parents) to read a few deep-dive books on topics related to dyslexia. Here are a...

Cindy Hall
May 23, 20232 min read


Boredom Busters (that secretly promote language enrichment)
Ball Park Words It is surprising to children that special vocabulary exists just for baseball. You could introduce the word, “jargon,”...

Cindy Hall
May 23, 20233 min read


Tye's Success Story
Tye’s bright smile and winning ways make him a favorite with everyone he meets. Tye is the fourth of five siblings and had his mom’s...

Cindy Hall
Apr 25, 20233 min read


What is a Dyslexia Friendly Classroom Summit?
The role of the classroom teacher looms large in the lives of the students who fill the desks of his or her classroom for the 180 school...

Cindy Hall
Apr 25, 20233 min read


Is Teaching Cursive Writing Worth the Time?
We live in a time where the art of cursive writing is frequently set aside with the disclaimer that it is too time consuming to teach....

Cindy Hall
Apr 25, 20233 min read


How to Find a Tutor for Your Dyslexic Child
In this month’s Student Story, you read about how getting tutoring from Mrs. K was a huge turning point for Luke. In the story, it is...

Cindy Hall
Mar 20, 20233 min read
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