Just sharing, we have a daughter with dyslexia, and she struggles to retain information for more than a week. This causes her to do poorly in spelling, maths, and basically all subjects. Through research, we realised that children with learning difficulties often need time, patience, and the opportunity to go through the same story again and again until the words finally sink in.

Thankfully, we discovered that reading books really helps her. But the challenge was that she needed us to read the same storybook over and over, many, many times. Sometimes until we were completely drained.

Then we came across OtterCanRead. If you search for their website on Google, you can read that the founder’s daughter also has learning difficulties, and that’s why he created this web-app. It’s filled with storybooks designed for repetition learning.
When using the web-app, our daughter can revisit books endlessly and slowly build vocabulary at their own pace. (without our constant help). Isn’t that a godsend? Its really good for parents to have tools to reduce their loads.

Now, our daughter has improved so much that she is being recognised for her leadership. She went into the best class of her primary school. Still, she struggles with her math, but our effort is getting lesser by the year. For her spelling, we used to give her spelling daily, til now, once weekly. Sometimes she can handle school’s spelling totally without us.
We believe the long term building on reading and repetition learning do helps.
Do give it a try — it’s free to use. Hope it can bring your child the same small victories and slowly builds their confidence.
Just search OtterCanRead on Google.
Cheers,
​Jas

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‘It was really tough’: Actress Evelyn Tan on raising three dyslexic sons

https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/it-was-really-tough-actress-evelyn-tan-on-raising-three-dyslexic-sons[/quote]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2131989\" time=\"1712153014\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2131989 time=1712153014 user_id=53606]
‘It was really tough’: Actress Evelyn Tan on raising three dyslexic sons

https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/it-was-really-tough-actress-evelyn-tan-on-raising-three-dyslexic-sons[/quote]

miley\" post_id=\"2120764\" time=\"1697376845\" user_id=\"203013:

In fact, it is a very common disease now. I'm sorry to hear about it!

00skyblue00\" post_id=\"2077574\" time=\"1659824971\" user_id=\"143605:

Maybe the author's objective is to bring us to the world of theirs. For parents and teachers etc.

My child first found this book, in NLB recommended booklist, she read it and recommended it to me. There on, it was pass on to more parents, and even teachers who read it were thankful. An extract was even used in her school exam, she was the only one who read the book prior to exam, sadly.

Pass it on.

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2077023\" time=\"1659344240\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2077023 time=1659344240 user_id=53606]
Thx for the book recommendation. Have borrowed the ebook from NLB and reading it now.

The irony is that they dont have an audiobook version, which would probably help dyslexic readers :whut:[/quote]

00skyblue00\" post_id=\"2076620\" time=\"1659061629\" user_id=\"143605:

Dyslexia is a learning difference. Not directly link to social skills or lacking.

However, not everyone understands about such learning differences, including dyslexia, dycalculia, dysgraphia etc. Hence it is tougher for them to be understood and make friends. Very often they tend to respond (weirdly) according to the needs of situations for self preservation or defence.

Fish in a Tree is recommended if you have not read it.

I call it learning difference, not disabilities or difficulties, because we don't call people who are not creative any lesser names too. Dyslexic tend to be more creative.

Now, we have better technology, can use tech to work around such differences. Eg. Convert text to audio, expanding font size etc. Make the words more spaced out.
Reading out loud is one way for them to learn.

Jubilong\" post_id=\"2076450\" time=\"1658973514\" user_id=\"93608:

Hi all,

My daughter is diagnosed with Dyslexia when she was in P5. Now she is in sec 2 and attending mainstream school and also DAS for intervention. I have noticed that she has difficulties making and keeping friends as it seems to be one of the traits of dyslexia.

I am told there are social skills training available out there and have done a search of a few centres offering such courses. May I ask if anyone have had their kids gone through this before and if there are any good recommendations?

Thanks.

A desperate parent.