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 […]
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How Does the Mind of a Dyspraxic Child Work?
#90797751 / gettyimages.com “I Can’t Help it! It’s Just the Way My Brain Works!” Sometimes it’s difficult for us to understand just what goes through the mind of a dyspraxic child and how their brain works. We know we have to be patient, that they can’t help their handwriting/memory/falling over and bumping into things because […]
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 […]
GCHQ Employs Dyspraxic and Dyslexic Spies for their Spiky Skills
Well, isn’t it nice to have something positive to write about! The story that GCHQ employs around 120 dyspraxic and dyslexic spies was big news in the Sunday papers yesterday. The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, and the Daily Mail all reported on the story–although the Daily Mail chose to ignore dyspraxics in its story: a […]
Learning Times Tables: Help for Kids with Dyspraxia
There’s no getting around the fact that learning times tables is especially difficult for kids with dyspraxia. The mind of a dyspraxic child (or indeed adult) doesn’t sort things in an ordered way, so maths is usually a tricky subject. The good news with times tables is that it’s really just a case of […]
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