At Aulexic, we love books. We love reading. And we love sharing stories with others. We are strong advocates for providing emergent readers with a solid foundation in the love of story, because we feel from that comes the ability for anyone to learn to read for themselves. Children are born with innate curiosity and...
Category: Language and Literacy Development
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Why Phonics Isn’t A Cure For Dyslexia
I’m going to say something kind of controversial in the dyslexia support industry. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I’m not a fan of phonics. This funny (not suitable for kids), two minute video from teacher-turned-comedian, Ben Knight, gives a great example of why phonics really is difficult. It’s not just hard...
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How can reading ever compete with video gaming?
With summer vacation well underway in many parts of the world, parents — especially those with limited means to send their children to camps or other summer programs — may be anxious about how to make sure boredom doesn’t inspire the kids to come up with less than ideal forms of entertainment. These may include...
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Does dyslexia exist in languages other than English?
When I first returned to Russian language studies after nearly 20 years away, one of the first things I realized I needed to do–because writing helps me to slow down and focus on how words and sentences are constructed–was to remind myself how to write in Cyrillic. Of course, one of the things I found...
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Fascinating New eBook Research For Primary School Children
It’s wonderful to see new eBook research looking at Australian children’s reading habits, especially in our growing digital age. New research out of Murdoch and Edith Cowan Universities in Western Australia has been released in a report published in Computers & Education, Volume 109, June 2017, Pages 187–196. This latest report sheds more light on...
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Space To Discover Story
It seemed to take me a very long time to read. I wasn’t exceptionally bright at school and it was hard to turn letters into words and words into sentences. I grew up in London in the 1970s and learnt to read with the Dick and Jane Readers. Dick and Jane were the main characters...
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Children’s Books To Movies
A great way to encourage an interest in books is to expose our kids to movies and to look at the changes made from one media to another. Children who are very visually dominant might engage with movies more readily than with literature, so watching a movie and then reading the book, or reading a...
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How Can Speech Therapy Help Children Learn to Read?
When a child is diagnosed with a reading disability, they can benefit from speech therapy services. Children with speech delays are usually at a higher risk of having a reading deficiency or disability later on. Sometimes, even if speech has not been affected, the tools and resources that aid language development can positively influence the...
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For Dyslexic Readers: Why Aulexic?
If you’re the parent of a dyslexic child, you know well the struggles of reading time. For dyslexic readers, it can be a torturous struggle, requiring exhaustive effort and frustration. Often, by the time a dyslexic reader has unravelled the text on the page the story is lost. As a parent or teacher, you may...
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The Brain And Language Development: How to Support Your Child’s Early Literacy
A recent post on the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators website discusses the importance of reading to young children to encourage the healthy development of their brain and language development, and their imaginations. There’s fantastic science that examines the positive correlation between early exposure to stories and language and neural development. Research has...