Dyslexia and Literacy
Many children struggle to read, spell or get their ideas down onto paper in their writing work at school. Some of these children will be on a continuum of dyslexia; others may purely need a more visual and multi-sensory way of learning literacy. Either way, OUT OF THE BOX can support your child to progress in these areas.
It’s in the detail
Each child that struggles to read, spell and write will do so in their own unique way. This may include one or some of the following:
➢ Holes in the knowledge of sounds and letters.
➢ Holes in the knowledge of High Frequency words.
➢ Finding sounds tricky to distinguish (especially vowels).
➢ A lack of strategies when faced with unknown words.
➢ A lack of confidence in literacy.
At OUT OF THE BOX, your child will be assessed individually and given a learning plan. This plan will include the details of what your child needs to learn and HOW your child would learn this successfully.
At OUT OF THE BOX the following are taught in a multi-sensory, creative, exciting, playful and FUN way:
➢ Phonemes ( sounds )
➢ Phonics
➢ Phonological awareness
➢ Photo words ( high frequency words) and retaining a memory of these words
➢ Writing skills (and a passion for writing!)
➢ Reading comprehension
Dyscalculia
Some children also struggle with the learning of maths. This can be linked to dyslexia or a separate issue. Such children will be offered colourful, visual and multi-sensory ways to:
➢ Learn to count in patterns
➢ Add, subtract, multiply and divide
➢ Understand the new strategies, taught in school under the NUMPA programme
➢ Learn times tables
➢ Understand questions
TESTIMONIALS:
‘Fridays are my best day of the week as that is the day I go and see Frances. She makes me clever.’ Alfie, aged 9
‘Every child I know, whether they are 5 or 14, walks up those stairs to see Frances with a smile on their face. Not only does she teach children in a way that sees them excel and succeed really quickly, she builds up each child’s confidence in such a way that they blossom in and out of school. She is often called a treasure, a gem, a piece of gold by all the parents who take their child to see her. Our only problem really is that we really want to keep her a secret!......Tess ( Alfie’s Mum)
