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. […]
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 […]
Is The Maths Factor Any Good for Dyspraxia or Dyscalculia Kids?
My daughter is in year 4, soon to be year 5, and has maths lessons with the year 1s. That is not an easy sentence to type. She has dyspraxia and dyscalculia, and I feel like we’ve tried everything. We’re going back to basics with the Plus 1 book, which is working well, but let’s […]
Top 10 Resources for a Dyspraxic Child in the Summer Holidays
“I’M BORED!” The holidays haven’t even begun, yet I can feel the hot stress of keeping my dyspraxic kid both entertained and educated this summer. You want them to be active but you also want them to practice their handwriting, you want to try to improve their maths but don’t want the holidays to feel like […]
A Review of Harry’s Magic Tables Book
Harry’s Magic Tables is a book written by a mum who was struggling with teaching her son, Harry, his times tables. She invented these rhymes and pictures to help him remember. Apparently the little clever clogs learned them all in a week. I’m skeptical of any book that promises an improvement in x amount of […]
Best Omega 3 for Kids’ Concentration
#459948603 / gettyimages.com Just last year, Science Daily reported on a study conducted by the University of Oxford, which found that “children’s blood levels of omega-3 (DHA) ‘significantly predicted’ how well they were able to concentrate and learn.” Well, I don’t have to tell you about dyspraxic children and their lack of concentration skills, so it […]