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. […]
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 […]
Back-to-School Blues & FREE Dyspraxia Handout for Teachers
My non-SEN-parent friends seem to be a mix of ‘woo hoo’ and ‘boo hoo’ at sending their kids back to school. And it occurred to me that although I’m more ‘boo hoo’, I’m also a lot ‘uh oh’. I know I’m not alone! Back-To-School Blues Being parent to a child with dyspraxia, or any other […]
Do You Have Summer Learning Goals? Free Printables
I imagine all parents of dyspraxic kids read their child’s end of year school report with some trepidation. I’m always surprised at something in it, even though I have regular meetings and a home/school diary so I know what’s going on. I always know that I’ll see ‘not reaching expected standards’ (or whatever jargon it […]
Are You School-Holiday Ready? 5 Free (or Cheap) Activities to Save the Day
I must confess that although I have 2 magazine racks full of stuff to do in the holidays, not to mention all the stuff on our summer holiday resources article to do, I still don’t feel ready for these school holidays. I could still do with one more week. I’m not the only one am I? […]
A Mixed Week? Bien Sur!
Well, what an interesting week! Life with a dyspraxia kid is never dull is it? Our highlight and lowlight came on the same day… The Highlight The highlight was that DK’s French teacher sent a message saying that DK had worked really hard and done well in French this week. This has never happened with any […]