Learn new spellings, help dyslexic child in 10 minutes

August 23, 2024

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Bootcamps and courses, Courses for parents and carers, Dyslexia, Learn at home, Learn spellings

Welcome to the “Learn new spelling” course.

Try 3 activities, they each take only 10 minutes a day.

This course will help you support a dyslexic child to read, write and spell new words.

How to learn new spellings

Dyslexic children learn best by using all their senses.

Dyslexic children can need to learn a new word up to 10 x times.

Multi-sensory learning can help a child learn the same word in ten different ways by engaging all their senses. These include:

Hearing
Seeing
Moving Body
Touching
Speaking
Smelling

The image below features an illustration of the senses used in multi-sensory learning.

About learn new spellings activities

Talking about dyslexia can help a child understand how it will affect them and relieve anxiety.

The activities below are designed to help you do this.

The three activities take just 10 minutes per day. They can be completed using the links to the activities taken from Mooki cards.

Follow the top tips below when completing the activities with a dyslexic child:

Aim to try all three quizzes in 1 week, what days will you do the tasks?
Do them with the child in a quiet place with no distractions.
Do each quiz on different days to stop the child becoming overwhelmed.

Start by choosing 3 new words to learn!

Choose 3 new words from the list below for the child to learn, as taken from the 100 crucial word list.

the
she
said
down
three
today
little
because

If you can teach a child to learn just 3 new words, you will have the tools to help them learn more.

If the child can already read, write, and spell these words, use more from the ‘100 words every child needs to learn‘ list.

Learn more by watching the clickable video ‘100 common words’.

Task 1 – Rule of 10 Game

This activity will help the child to practise spelling new words 10 times using multi-sensory learning.

Use Rule of 10 Game card to complete this activity, click on the card below to learn more.

Ask the child to practise spelling the new words, using “Rule of 10”.
Ask the child if they have any other ideas for spelling the word using their body.
Then ask the child to try to write the correct spellings on a piece of paper.

Task 2 – Muscle Memory

This activity will help the child to practise writing the words in joined-up writing, to help them remember word spellings.

Use Muscle Memory Card to complete this activity, click on the card below to learn more.

Ask the child to practise writing the new words, using joined-up writing. For example see “Muscle Memory Card”.‍
Then ask the child to trace the words in joined-up writing 5-10 times, on a piece of paper.
Ask the child to write the words without tracing them, did they spell them right?

Try using multi-sensory learning to help the child by using different coloured pens to write the words, as shown in the image below.

Activity 3: Memory Tags

This activity will help the child use memory rhymes to remember new word spellings.

Use Memory Tags Card to complete this activity, click on the card below to learn more.

Ask the child to make up a rhyme to remember how to spell the new words. For example, see “Memory Tags Card”.‍
Sing or say the rhymes 5-10 times to help the child remember the word spellings. You can do this over a couple of days.

How did the course help?

Answer the questions below to help you understand how helpful the course has been:

At the end of the week, can the child spell the three new words?
Can they correctly spell the words out loud and write them down?
Which activity helped the child best learn the new spellings?

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