What does Scanning Pens know about kids 'with dyslexia'

 

Yesterday, 6.9.24 I read an article on LinkedIn written by Scanning Pens entitled

‘5 Things we learned about kids with dyslexia on the first day of the new school year…’

Here are a few extracts and my comments.

Scanning Pens:

The new school year is a fresh start for everyone, but a lot of kids with dyslexia might not be able to get over a challenging report card or low results so easily, especially if the achievement has been impacted. It helps if teachers can emphasise that every assignment is a clean slate— it’s all about learning and building from last year, not letting it dictate their story.

How does a child build on something he has been taught wrongly? I have repeatedly written about kids who shut down/disengage from learning to read due to confusion. Fortunately, only about 20% of kids disengage from learning to read when what they are taught does not make sense to them. Most kids somehow figure out how to read despite being taught the wrong sounds represented by letters. LINK

In my book Shut Down Kids, I have explained why many intelligent kids quit learning to read.

Scanning Pens:

Those long, sunny days have a hidden downside: reading skills tend to degrade over summer, and when students come back to class, getting to grips with books again can be a tough process.

What downside are these people from Scanning Pens talking about when these kids have been down on the slide even before school holidays began?

Why do many intelligent kids leave school as illiterates? This is a question these people who are selling their wares should answer. Read about a famous person who left school as a functional illiterate.  LINK

Scanning Pens:

Reading struggles have a huge impact on their self-esteem and learning confidence.

Does Scanning Pens or any other educator have an answer to bringing back the lost self-esteem of these kids? Read an article on building self-esteem HERE.