A volunteer-run media and advocacy group dedicated to helping parents focus on strengths of their child while helping the family learn along the way.
01/25/2025
Not the first school for dyslexic kids but the first one for public school NYC kids. 😊👏👏👏
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Influencers impact the world by integrating and normalizing as a skill. It's about time, especially when this is something that at least a fifth of the population experiences. Thank you Sir Richard Branson.
03/04/2021
Made By Dyslexia has a super insightful Dyslexia Awareness Part 1 & 2 available for all on the Microsoft Educator Center that helps explain learning differences and give tips to educators on how to create supportive environments and engaged lesson plans.
Earn your badge or share with your kids' school teachers and administrators today!
https://education.microsoft.com/en-us/course/4acb190d/overview via Microsoft Education
11/06/2020
It took some serious courage for young middle school boy to share how his brain excels and struggles at different pieces of academic learning. Well done, Jacob!
We need more everyday heroes like Mr. Povey in the world, i.e. teachers who can see kids gifts and coach them through mindset shifts and better understanding of themselves so they can learn and grow into their full potential.
PREMIERE: Schoolboy Realises Dyslexia is a Superpower and Not a Disability | Yearbook - YouTube Year 7 Jacob feels different to everyone else because of his dyslexia. After talking to headteacher Mr. Povey, he realises that he doesn’t have a disability, bu...
11/04/2020
Did you know your fingers can act as a calculator to count from 0 to 99 using a Korean developed method called Chisenbop?
Empower kids who have yet to be allowed to use a calculator in class(es) with this technique. The more they practice, the better they calculate! 😊
Chisenbop addition and subtraction Elementary school teacher in training, Cindy Edwards, demonstrates how to add and subtract with Chisenbop. Her enthusiasm and clarity make it easy to learn t...
09/11/2020
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This looks like a great film about one family's experience with dyslexia and how they chose to address it within existing education systems.
https://m.facebook.com/events/256210232167246
08/12/2020
Minute 14:00 is priceless where Comedian Liz Miele talks about a desire to teach Creative Spelling, feel free to checkout entire talk where she shares a deep feeling dyslexics can relate to and a recurring experience of approaching life when compared with neurotypicals.
Dyslexia and Comedy - Liz Miele http://dyslexicadvantage.org Comedian Liz Miele talks dyslexia and thinking different in this inspirational talk at the Dyslexic Advantage Conference on Dysl...
04/18/2020
The guy who shared the joys of reading back in the day when the television was part of children's daily rhythm and not on demand.
'Reading Rainbow's' Levar Burton To Livestream Readings Every Friday He'll livestream readings on Twitter
09/26/2019
Bringing giggles to you and your's with this book that makes light of spelling certain words with infamous silent letters.
Worst. Alphabet Book. Ever.
09/18/2019
What a great gift! Schwab changed investing and now he's bringing hope to a fifth of our learners who show up daily to a system that struggles to use resources to help dyslexics succeed.
Charles Schwab donates $20M for UCSF, Berkeley work with dyslexia - San Francisco Business Times Diagnosed with dyslexia at 40, Charles Schwab's $20 million gift to UCSF and UC Berkeley will help researchers and educators make new discoveries and boost learning.
08/09/2019
Learning and connecting the sounds is the key... and sometimes it takes grit, time, practice and love, sweat and tears along the way.