World Book Day (6th March 2025) World Book Day encourages more children and families to find fun and enjoyment in reading because reading for pleasure changes lives. Read our Impact Report to...
Annual Dyslexia Awareness Dates in 2025
Annual Dyslexia Dates 2025 Helping to Raise Understanding & Awareness of Dyslexia. Each year, organisations, charities, campaigners, and schools participate in various activities to raise awareness of this learning difficulty. ...
Why Should We Bother Learning to Write by Hand?
Why should we bother learning to write by hand? Should we use digital devices, such as laptops, computers, etc.? Does what we use matter as long as a child can...
Annual Dyslexia Dates 2024 Helping to Raise Understanding & Awareness of Dyslexia. Each year, organisations, charities, campaigners, and schools participate in various activities to raise awareness of this learning difficulty. ...
Richard Branson’s top three tips for children with dyslexia
Richard Branson's top three tips for children with dyslexia Branson has developed some excellent practical strategies to help children with dyslexia. 1. Find your passions and pursue them doggedly. 2. ...
Eye Tests & Visual Stress (blurred text & jumping letters)
This blurred text is an excellent representation of how some people with dyslexia see the written word. This problem is called Visual Stress. The problem is that the child thinks...
Dyslexia Awareness Dates 2023 to help raise understanding & awareness of dyslexia. The Dyslexia awareness Dates in 2023 encourage organisations, charities, campaigners, and schools to participate in various activities to...
Are Eye Tests Necessary for Children? Eye tests are essential for all of us but even more critical for our children. Yes, Yes and Yes, again! Many parents tell me...
Dysgraphia / Handwriting Problems – Try these ideas
There are over 25 muscles in the hand and fingers, so you can see why it is essential to have strong muscles, leading to good handwriting and drawing. You will...
It’s the holidays, let’s teach children to touch-type!
Should Children learn to Touch-Type? With the Easter holidays upon us, it would be a good time for children to touch type. Two of my favourite programmes are KAZ –...