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Hello, my daughter is almost 11 and has mild dyslexia. Spelling is very difficult for her. Dictation lessons don’t always seem to help. She struggles with visual memory. We have tried programs like All About Spelling, but they really don’t help either. What should I do? How do I make dictation work? I honestly don’t know how to really help her at this point.
Thank you for any suggestions.
I have been using AAS with my dyslexia son. We don’t do it as written exactly. He studies on his own 2x a week just say spell saying his words. We use the old edition. It’s slow, but it is all that’s helped him at all. Turning 12 and then 13 really helped too. It’s like his brain matured to be more ready for spelling then.
I did AAS for awhile and she could write the words with the rules while we were studying them, but she couldn’t hold onto them long term. The rules didn’t really help her visual memory.
Copywork and say spell saying the words out loud seems to help him also. His visual memory isn’t strong either but his audio memory is better. Maybe studying the words she needs to learn out loud? Also a year or 2 for her brain to mature may help a lot.
I also have an 11 year old daughter who seems somewhat dyslexic. She was stuck at a first grade reading level for four years and then finally moved up to about a 3rd grade level. But spelling is very discouraging. I’ve been using AAS and have the same issue; she might be able to recite rules when asked, but they don’t affect her spelling. Even during the same 15 minute session, she’ll spell a word wrong, I’ll help her correct it, then she’ll spell it wrong two lines later. Sometimes we’ll practice a word several times a day for five days in a row, it seems like she finally gets it, and then we move on to the next lesson and when the previous word shows up in dictation it’s totally forgotten. I’ve reached out to the company for advice and they just say to take it slow and review a lot…
Rurualmama, now that your son is a little older and doing better, does he remember and apply the rules more to his own writing? And are you able to move forward in the program at a faster pace?
Yes, say spell say! You can also incorporate physical work such as spelling each word with the ASL alphabet or forming each letter in the air with large sweeping arm motions. So will cursive, from what I’ve read! 🙂
My kids used Memoria Press spelling for a while. Some of the assignments were to color code and mark letters with diacritical marks.
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