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Reading difficulties are more common than you may think

According to the Department of Education, up to 27% of 11 year-olds are reading at below expected proficiency level* for their age group and it’s estimated that language-based learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, can affect up to 10% of the world’s population.

Plus, English is no easy language when you’re learning to read and write! It’s considered highly opaque, meaning you can’t always know which sounds map to which letters.

*Source: www.independent.co.uk
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Spelling difficulties are more common than you may think

According to the Department of Education, a fourth of all 11 year-olds struggle with spelling* and it’s estimated that language-based learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, can affect up to 10% of the world’s population.

Moreover, English is no easy language when you’re learning to spell! It’s considered highly opaque, meaning you can’t always know which sounds map to which letters.

*Source: www.gov.uk
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Reading and spelling difficulties are more common than you may think

According to the Department of Education, up to 27% of 11 year-olds are reading at below expected proficiency level for their age group and one fourth struggle with spelling.* It’s also estimated that language-based learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, affect 10% of the world’s population.**

Moreover, English is no easy language when you’re learning to read and write! It’s considered highly opaque, meaning you can’t always know which sounds map to which letters.

*Source: www.independent.co.uk
*Source: www.gov.uk
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Can they recognize similar sounds in words and play rhyming games?

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When a child experiences reading or spelling difficulties the root cause can sometimes be traced back to poor phonemic awareness

If you can’t split words into their component sounds or blend phonemes together to form words, you will likely struggle to sound them out and spell them.

Phonemes are the smallest units of sound in speech. Phonetics is the study of these sounds and phonemic awareness is the ability to hear how they make up words. Children who have strong phonemic awareness are able to identify similar sounds in words, complete rhyming tasks, and pick up on substitution patterns like in the song Apples and Bananas.

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How does the Orton-Gillingham approach help with phonemic awareness?

Phonemic awareness is something that can be enhanced through targeted practice and understanding how sounds pair with letters through phonics focused tuition. This is one of the main goals of Orton-Gillingham based instruction.

Based on the work of Dr. Samuel Orton and Anna Gillingham who pioneered new approaches to teaching dyslexic learners in the 1930s, Orton Gillingham approaches to literacy look at common language patterns in English. They help children experiment with blending sounds, examining letters and word parts in isolation and in various configurations, and studying language features.

*Source: www.ortonacademy.org
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Is your child better at learning when auditory prompts are provided, they have a visual reference, or movement is involved?

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Multi-sensory learning involves more than one sense and can help learners make connections and retain new information

In multi-sensory learning, students use more than one sense at a time, which can facilitate learning and retention. Reading and writing is commonly taught through pen and paper-based activities, but integrating more auditory and kinesthetic components to support learning has long been considered a helpful approach for students who are struggling.

Typing can be a multi-sensory activity when a word is shown on screen, read out loud and students must type the matching keys. This kind of activity can support decoding, sight-reading and spelling skills.

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Results are in! An Orton-Gillingham based approach may benefit your child!

Every learner who struggles with literacy skills is unique and there is no one size fits all approach to solving reading and spelling difficulties. Nonetheless, a structured, sequential, and multi-sensory approach to literacy tuition may provide the right kind of support for your child.

With an Orton-GIllingham approach, they will be learning the most common sounds in the English language and understanding how these sounds come together to form words. Phonics focused lessons build on what a student has already learned and proceed at a learner driven pace from the beginning, so challenge levels increase gradually, and your child never feels overwhelmed.

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Are you worried your child may reject a phonics focused approach or perceive it as too baby-ish a solution for their age?

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A multi-sensory touch-typing course can teach phonics through typing exercises for learners aged 7+

Typingallows children who need extra literacy support to practise with language they can see, hear and through the keyboard, touch. Phonics lessons are delivered in the form of typing exercises and when the curriculum is structured, sequential, and avoids nonsense key combinations, your child will be enhancing phonemic awareness and strengthening reading and spelling skills at the same time. They’ll also be gaining typing skills which are invaluable for writing and completing schoolwork on the computer.

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A multi-sensory touch-typing course can teach phonics through typing exercises

Typing is the perfect solution. It allows learners to practise with language they can see, hear and through the keyboard, touch, while also delivering phonics lessons in the form of typing exercises. When the curriculum is structured, sequential, and avoids nonsense key combinations, they’ll be enhancing phonemic awareness and strengthening reading and spelling skills at the same time.

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Touch-type Read and Spell (TTRS) has been teaching typing for over 30 years

The TTRS modules and lessons follow the Orton-Gillingham “Alpha to Omega” phonics curriculum and provide groups of words for the student to type, to help them see, hear, and recognise common English sounds.

Additional lessons introduce sight words and the self-driven approach to study ensures learners build confidence and motivation while working at a pace that’s right for them. Children as young as 7 can learn to type, as long as their hands fit comfortably on the keyboard.

Use code ORTGIL24 at checkout to get 15% off your first subscription to TTRS. Give an Orton-Gillingham based approach a try today!

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Touch-type Read and Spell (TTRS) has been teaching typing for over 30 years

The TTRS modules and lessons follow the Orton-Gillingham Alpha to Omega phonics curriculum and provide groups of words for the student to type, to help them see, hear, and recognise common English sounds.

Additional lessons introduce sight words and the self-driven approach to study ensures learners build confidence and motivation while working at a pace that’s right for them. There are no baby-ish graphics and the program looks and feels like a typing course, not a literacy tool.

Use code ORTGIL24 at checkout to get 15% off your first subscription to TTRS. Give an Orton-Gillingham based approach a try today!

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