The Open Door Blog
Welcome to our blog! Here is where you can read articles by our Open Door admin, tutors, and guest writers too. You’ll find tips and tricks, event and book reviews, inspirational stories, and the occasional exciting announcement too!
The Open Door Blog
Welcome to our blog! Here is where you can read articles by our Open Door admin, tutors, and guest writers too. You’ll find tips and tricks, event and book reviews, inspirational stories, and the occasional exciting announcement too!
October is Dyslexia Awareness Month—Understand the challenges of dyslexia
With October being Dyslexia Awareness Month you may be asking what you can do to be more aware about dyslexia. To start with, aware means: knowing, realizing, and conscious. So, I take it as a quest to understand how dyslexia impacts the day-to-day lives of people who have it.
Inspiring reading confidence in a reluctant reader
Identifying a child with reading difficulty early on, pinpointing the reason for the difficulty, and getting appropriate help are essential to sustaining the child’s confidence and instilling a sense of reading enjoyment. A child who is reluctant to read and left without a diagnosis and interventions will become resistant to reading altogether, saying things like “I hate reading” or “I can’t read” or “that’s too hard for me.”
Approaching the teacher about your child’s dyslexia
By Marion May, Blog Curator and Content Creator for The Open Door Educational Services Scenario of a child struggling with dyslexia It’s mid-September and your seven year old child has been professionally assessed and diagnosed with dyslexia. They* are feeling...
Ideas and Resources: Turn Rainy Days in to Learning Opportunities to Help Your Child Bloom
When your child has a learning disability, you want to make the most of every chance to help your youngster prosper. Rainy days don’t have to be written off as boring or unproductive. Thanks to the Internet, you can capitalize on time indoors. Turn rainy days into...
Summer Writing Workshop
A student stares at a blank page, several thoughts running through her head. “Where do I start?” “I hate writing.” “This is so difficult.” “What should I write about?” “My writing is terrible.” “Why even try?” For a student with learning differences, the task of...
Make Your Mornings Less Stressful with a Good Starting Routine
Are your mornings hectic? Does anyone in your family have a learning disability? Do you have trouble getting everyone out of bed and ready for school and work? If the answer to any of these is yes, then these tips are for you. Here are ways to organize your mornings...
Five Tips for Helping with Attention
Approximately 40% of kids who have dyslexia will have some form of ADHD/ADD. This means that if you work in this field, there is a pretty good chance that you will have students with some attention issues. As a parent, even if your child does not have ADHD, homework...
Meet Gerald & Piggie – a Book Review
Meet Gerald & Piggie: Lovable, unusual best friends with a funny bone! The Elephant and Piggie Series by children’s author and illustrator Mo Willems A book review by Marion May As a reading and spelling remediation tutor for young students, I like to find out...
Looking Beyond the “Dis” in Learning Disabilities
Finding out that your child has a learning disability can be a very overwhelming experience. All too often doctors, teachers and family members focus on the ‘dis’ability. The list of what a child cannot do becomes long - read, write, spell, learn the times tables,...
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