Dyslexia Resources
What Students with Dyslexia Can Do At Home
Welcome to the Dyslexia Support Resources Page
Online Resources
Keyboarding :
- Dance Mat Typing: https://www.dancemattypingguide.com/
- Typing Club: https://www.typingclub.com/
Online Audiobooks:
- MyOn: https://www.garlandisd.net/content/myon
- Learning Ally: https://learningally.org/
- Storyline Online: https://www.storylineonline.net/
- Bookshare: https://www.bookshare.org/cms/
- Spy Sam Reading Books: http://www.spysam.com/
Spelling and Vocabulary:
- Vocabulary Spelling City: https://www.spellingcity.com/spelling-games-vocabulary-games.html
- PBS Kids https://pbskids.org/games/vocabulary/
Greek and Latin
It's Greek to Me: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/athens_games/gameGreekToMe.htm
Comprehension:
- Read Theory: https://readtheory.org/
Other Dyslexia Friendly Learning Sites:
Nessy: https://www.nessy.com/us/virtualschool/
A-Z Learning: https://www.learninga-z.com/
Get Epic: https://www.getepic.com/educators
There's an App for That!
Other At-Home Things to Do That Do Not Require Technology
Dice Dots for Sight Words, Comprehension and Vocabulary
Using Dice to practice vocabulary words or unknown words from a story:
1 dot= draw the word
2 dots= write meaning
3 dots= use in a sentence
4 dots= write a synonym for the word
5 dots= write an antonym for the word
6 dots= write it in cursive
or to practice sight words:
1 dot= write the word using other hand
2 dots= write the word fast
3 dots= write the word with eyes closed
4 dots= write the word with color or in a fancy way
5 dots= write the word using all capitals
6 dots= write the word using tiny letters
Phonics Piles
"Phonics Piles"- Make piles or use baskets to gather items that begin/end with the same sound (ex: items that begin with (sh) or (k))
Comprehension Activity
Illustrate your favorite part of a book.
Use "Somebody/Wanted/But/So/Then" to retell a story.
Rewrite or illustrate the ending to the story in your own way.
Sight Words
Sight Word Practice (would need to provide sight word list): write with sand/salt, shaving program, paint, etc. or make a mini book of sight words (write the word and illustrate it on each page), time yourself reading a list of sight words and try to beat your own time & make a bar graph of your times
What Do You See?
Rhyming, Blending, Segmenting
Practice blending words. What word does this make? Sun-shine, sunshine! (b) (a) (t) is bat!
Segmenting words. What is the word flake without the (f) sound? Lake!
Read, Read, Read!
Have children read to you!
Flash Cards
Play Games
Puzzles and memory games
Games that support Sequencing..."What comes first".