10/18/2017 0 Comments Dyslexia.... 1. Dyslexia is a difficulty with reading . 2. Why is learning to read different than learning to talk? About every person starts to talk without having to be taught how to do it. By just being around people who were talking was enough to get you started talking. Reading is different because no one is born knowing how to read, you have to be taught. 3. What does your brain have to connect to allow you to read? When you read, your brain has to do a lot of things at once. It has to connect letters with sounds and put those sounds together in the right order. Then it has to help you put letters, words, and paragraphs together in ways that let you read them quickly and understand what they mean. It also has to connect words and sentences with other kinds of knowledge. When you see “c-a-t” on a piece of paper, your brain doesn’t just have to read the word “cat,” it also has to make the connection that “cat" means a furry, four-legged animal that meows. 4. What does it mean that dyslexia is an “invisible problem”? It’s not an illness like chicken pox or a cold. In school your teachers can see you working hard, but they can’t see all the steps your brain has to take to make sense of the words on the worksheet she gave you to do. 5. Is a dyslexia brain normal and healthy? YES or NO Many kids with dyslexia worry that there is something wrong with their brain. That’s a pretty scary thought. Thanks to recent research, though, we have lots of scientific proof that a dyslexic person’s brain is normal and healthy, so YES! 6. A dyslexic brain takes longer to do what? When you have dyslexia, your brain takes longer to make some of the connections like that let you read words quickly and understand what they mean. It also has to connect words and sentences with other kinds of knowledge. and does it in more steps. It especially has trouble matching the letters you see on the page with the sounds those letters and combinations of letters make. And when you have trouble with that step, it makes all the other steps harder. 7. Is dyslexia rare? YES or NO
NO, dyslexia isn’t rare. You might know other kids in your school who have dyslexia, too. Although dyslexia isn’t contagious, sometimes several people in the same family have dyslexia. Older kids and adults can also have dyslexia. 8. Do you outgrow dyslexia as you get older? YES or NO NO 9. Why is it good to find out you are dyslexic at a young age? It’s actually lucky that you’ve already found out you have dyslexia. The younger you are when you figure out that reading is tough for you, the sooner you—with the help of your teachers and parent—can find ways to learn that make it easier. 10. What are three tricks/skills that people with dyslexia use to help them read? Kids with dyslexia often learn to use other skills to help them make sense of what they’re reading or studying. You might already be especially good at: Observing—looking for clues in pictures or other kinds of illustrations Listening—paying attention to what your teacher is saying or what other kids are reading out loud Memorizing—remembering what you hear as someone reads or talks to you
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