Learning how to tie shoelaces is one of those little things in life that seem easy to other children but to our dyspraxic kids it’s a huge challenge. But never fear, there are more ways to deal with this problem than you probably think. We’ll take a look at five different ways to teach shoe tying […]
Software to Help With Typing and Spelling Skills
I’ve been in contact with the lovely Sarah at Operation Diversity, who has offered all Dyspraxia Kids readers a free 1-month trial to TTRS software. “Well, that’s great,” you say, “but what on earth is it?” TTRS stands for Touch, Typing, Reading, Spelling. Here is a YouTube video to tell you a bit more. […]
The School Run Review
We’ve been lucky enough to have a good few months of trialling the School Run website, and seeing how it can help dyspraxic kids. It’s a subscription-based website aimed at parents to help their kids with school work. There’s tons of stuff on there to help with homework, handwriting, maths, science… You get the idea. […]
Help with Number Bonds to Ten and Up: Games and Tips
“Help!!! Number bonds to ten are driving me crazy!” You aren’t alone 🙂 On the face of it, remembering all the number combinations that add up to ten shouldn’t really be that hard. But for a child with dyspraxia or dyscalculia (or both), how do you get those numbers to stick? As my daughter put […]
5 Tips to Help With Spelling for Dyspraxics and Dyslexics
A spelling test is one of those big things at school that almost all dyspraxics and dyslexics dread. Our neurodiverse kids just do not process information in an ordered way so remembering the order of certain letters? Forget it! But there are some methods that can improve spelling skills, and it’s definitely one of […]
10 Tips on Handling Homework Time, and Physio, and OT, and…
Apart from sleep deprivation, I think finding time to do homework and physio and everything else you have to do with your child, is one of the hardest issues to deal with on a daily basis. By the time my daughter gets home at the end of a school day she does not want to […]
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