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Reading resources for child with dyspraxia of speech and phonological disorder.

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Florencelady Sun 10-Apr-22 00:23:14

There is also some games called Swap..card games. Each set focuses on different sounds and they are highlighted in various colours. Each person says the word as they play so it helps them remember the words. The children l taught loved it and were learning while playing.
I have also used Toe by Toe a lot and it's excellent. My biggest tip would be ..only do 5 minutes a day as any more from that book is too much.
I have also found with children with such profound needs that moving away from phonics and focusing on what they are interested in helps. I usually made my own books , learning some sight words first and starting with simple sentences building it up. Does he have a particular interest? ..l would begin there. I found this especially appeals to children with autism as they engage better as they have no idea where you are going with too much phonics . Might seem unorthodox but l have taught for 40 years ..many with children with reading difficulties and you do what works and each child is different.

MiniMoon Thu 07-Apr-22 15:04:09

She is looking for colour coded graphemes perhaps, if there is anything available.
I have sent her a link to Toe by Toe as she hasn't mentioned it before.

kittylester Thu 07-Apr-22 14:51:50

DD3 was diagnosed as being dyslexic at primary school. She used Toe by Toe and says it still helps her to break down odd words.

But, it isn't colour coded - or wasn't.

GagaJo Thu 07-Apr-22 14:23:33

There is an excellent book called (I think) Toe by Toe reading. I know a couple of people that have used it with their children.

MiniMoon Thu 07-Apr-22 14:01:51

I wonder if there are any retired educators who might be able to help my daughter find a reading scheme to help her 11 year old son. He has complex problems with speech is finding learning to read extremely difficult.
He has autism, dyspraxia of speech and phonological disorder.
My daughter is looking for a reading scheme which is colour coded as she thinks that visual prompts may help him remember the sounds that the letters make. For example words with ie, and how to remember what they sound like in a word, piece, quiet could be coloured differently to emphasise the sound.
I hope you can understand what I'm trying to find. My daughter teaches her son at home as the primary school had no idea how to teach him.