Your Local Dyslexia Tutor - Rolleston - Christchurch

14/05/2026

Today is our day to STAND UP and STAND OUT!!!! 🏋‍♂️👨‍👦🏋‍♂️👨‍👦

Equip our children, especially our dyslexic children with resilience against bullying.

Boost self-esteem through their strengths.

Validate their feelings.

Build an "army of allies" (friends).

Challenges can build their confidence and let them SHINE!! 🩷🩵

19/04/2026

Tomorrow is a BIG day for our young ones!

Returning to school can be tough for many, so a calm morning is a win 💜

Pack a fidget toy, a healthy lunch, the right equipment for class...and any overdue library books, this is a real stress moment, especially for our Dyslexic kids! 📚

Validating their feelings is powerful for them.

Buddy them up with classmate if possible, it helps them SHINE! 💛

10am
Time for a coffee!

08/04/2026

It may not be Dyslexia Awareness Month just yet, but how awesome is this! 💜💛

22/03/2026

School's almost out! 🤾‍♂️

Our kids learn differently, the holidays are their time to reset, simply having their time, in their own rhythm ⏰️

Calendars are a great holiday activity to teach what we take for granted....
Each and every month we turn the calendar page over, and over again until we have turned all twelve pages.
For our kids, they need to see all twelve months on one page to visualize where in the year they are 📅

Understanding the date is also quite a concept to grasp....
24.03.26 is simply a bunch of numbers - transferring it on to a 12 month calendar shifts every into 24th day of the third month, March, of the year 2026 - then add the day of the week.

Most of all, let them be free in the holidays, free to explore, to make, to create, to break, to be inventors 🔭

Let them shine...and let them teach us!! 💜💛

Dyslexia tutoring using multisensory programme. Dyslexics succeed in reading, writing, and spelling as shown in standardised tests given by registered psychologists

19/01/2026

SCHOOL IS ABOUT TO START FOR 2026 - returning can be tough for dyslexic kids! 🤸‍♀️

They're not being 'naughty' their anxiety is building....

Hear their story, remind them how much GRIT they do have and they are not alone at school - there will possibly be another two or three kids in their class with the same learning difference - a great opportunity for a new buddy!

Remind them of their strengths and let them SHINE too! 💜💛

07/10/2025

OCTOBER is DYSLEXIA AWARENESS MONTH and it's time to celebrate the incredible strengths and abilities of individuals with Dyslexia!

'LEFT TO WRITE' is a powerful documentary that shines a light on their experiences.

'LEFT BEHIND' is another must-watch that will leave you feeling inspired and empowered.

I found both of these online - enjoy and....

Let our Kids Shine too 💙🩷

16/09/2025

School's Almost Out! 🚴🤸‍♂️⛹️

'GIRAFFES CAN'T DANCE'

is an awesome story of Gerald the Giraffe who wants just wants to dance!

He just wants to be like everyone else but is v.e.r.y clumsy until he finds his own unique rhythm and learns he too has Greatness!! 🦒🦒🦒🦒

Self esteem is tough for our kids - let them explore this story over the holidays - our kids can SHINE and show their smile too!! 💙 🩵 💙 🩵

12/09/2025

This is why our kids Shine!!

12/08/2025

From Every Child Seen....

If you hear about Dyslexia or a child struggling at school, remember this boy.

Fortunately NZ schools are doing their best to support our students in the best way they can.

Remember, our kids learn very differently to mainstream and need to be taught the way 'they' learn to unlock their brilliance and reach their potential 🥇

This is Cameron, my gorgeous nephew.
He was diagnosed with dyslexia and dyspraxia in Year 7. He’s now 16 and has just finished his GCSEs.

From the very start, the school failed him.
They diagnosed him themselves, yet “lost” his paperwork. And because of that, they claimed they couldn’t put any adjustments in place.

So Cameron went through his entire school life with no help, no support, and no understanding.
He would sit in lessons unable to read or understand the work in front of him and not one teacher noticed, or acted.

By Year 10, frustration and anxiety had taken over. Cameron began to believe his dyslexia meant he was “stupid.” His confidence shattered, he gave up on school. He was labelled as “naughty,” constantly sent to reset, when in truth, he was a child who had been failed by the very people who should have helped him.

By the start of his final year, Cameron had completely given up on school, worn down and broken by the way the system had treated him.
Time and time again, he came home in tears, begging his mum to take him out.

This was not the Cameron his mum knew, not the bright, funny, kind boy she saw every day. School had stripped away his confidence, his spark… it had almost destroyed him.

When GCSEs came, Cameron sat in those exams and wrote nothing, not because he didn’t care but because he couldn’t read or write the papers in front of him.

This is unacceptable. This is one story but it’s not the only one.
How many more children will be failed before the education system understands that not all children learn the same, and that provisions are not optional, they are essential?

Every child deserves to be seen.

Every child deserves to be supported.

17/06/2025

School's almost out!

Here's some helpful holiday reading and resources for our kids (if they are keen!)

🤸‍♂️ For our kids - High Interest Low Level quick reads are key! Libraries often have a rotating stand for them.

👥️ For Parents and Carers - here are some great titles along with many others

🏆 The Dyslexic Advantage - Brock Eide and Fernette Eide

🏆 Inside The Dyslexic Mind - Laughton King (NZ)

🏆 Overcoming Dyslexia - Jonathan Shaywitz and Sally Shaywitz

🏆 The Mislabelled Child - Brock Eide and Fernette Eide

🏆 The Dyslexia Checklist - The Dyslexia Checklist - Judith Stern and Sandra F Rief

🏆 Dyslexia Wonders - Understanding the Daily Life of Dyslexic from a Child's Point of View - Jennifer Smith

Holiday Tip - Keep them creative, active and their tanks full 💯 💥