Learn to Read for Kids with Dyslexia: 101 Games and Activities to Teach Your Child to Read (Phonics Makes Readers)

Worth it my 8 year old loves this book

This book is very handy, teaches me how to help my grandson, whom has ADHD, AND Dyslexic.

As a teacher who has worked with young students with dyslexia issues for over 10 years, I recommend this workbook. Wow. It is excellent!

I definitely think this can be helpful. I'd like a whole series though. Id also like them to release a practice worksheet with all the letters only.Id also think a black and white option would be very helpful. I found some of the activities were too colorful and made my son have a hard time. He sees all the stuff and gets overwhelmed and immediately thinks he cant do it.We've switched to a different method once my son understands a bit better el go back to this.

Really helped my grandson. Good advice his mom told me

My child and I have not done any of the activities. I just wanted to add pictures of the inside of the book to help the next parent or teacher who might be considering it. The pages are thick (good quality) and the illustrations look great. I'll update the review after we have worked on the activities. My child is in first grade (6 years old).

Right off the bat with lessons 1 and 2, words should have accompanied the corresponding graphics as it’s very open to interpretation what you think it’s called. For example, a picture of clouds is actually “sky.” Frustratingly, if the parent or child sees it as clouds then you have unanswered, non rhyming segments and a pause occurs which can be upsetting as these kids already feel confused or “less than.” Activity 2 repeats this frustrating issue as it has a thermometer above a man running- but the words needed are “hot” and “runner.” Also a purple circle is “dot.” Strawberry jam is actually “jar.” Parents likely need to review the lesson ahead of time so both of them don’t feel frustrated with it. It’s not pick up and go either. There are lessons that require tools. They might be basic but a parent needs to look ahead and have those on hand. We didn’t have paper clips for example and that was required for the spinner in a game.

Update:I began this with a student and they absolutely love it! It’s very interactive and engaging. The student asked to do multiple pages a day (and this is a child who does not enjoy school). Can’t recommend enough!Original review: The activities in this workbook look engaging and align with what we know about the science of reading. I think this particular workbook would greatly benefit a child when paired with a systematic phonics book called “Phonics Parhways” or the free program Treasure Hunt Reading by Prenda (a program designed especially for those with dyslexia). I don’t think this workbook, by itself would be enough for a parent working with a child after school to correct reading struggles. But the two programs I mention are either very low cost or free and when paired with this workbook, could really help a child who is struggling. All that being said, this is a really fantastic workbook & it is very evident the author has done a lot of research on the science of reading.