Resources for Dyslexic Students

I did some digging and found several highly recommended resources to use when teaching dyslexic students. I decided to gather them and put together this handy list for those of you who are dealing with dyslexia.

1. Lexia Learning’s Strategies for Older Students. You can do this daily for approximately 20 minutes. It is targeted toward children ages 9 and up. This is a computer program that is interactive and helps dyslexic students learn to read. The price is approximately $159.
2. Lindamood-Bell “Seeing Stars” book helps with learning sight words The teacher’s manual is approximately $45.
3. The Language Tool Kit from EPS Books. This is an instruction manual with flash cards. It goes for approximately $39.
4. McGraw-Hill Spectrum Word Study (available through Christian Books, but not a Christian curriculum). You can do a workbook page every day. There is also one called Spectrum Word Study and Phonics (available through Amazon too). These are great reinforcement as a supplemental curriculum, but not enough to use as a stand-alone curriculum. They are around $8.
5. Sonlight’s American History. There is a lot of reading involved in the Sonlight curriculum, which gives the dyslexic student lots of practice developing reading skills. The books used in the Sonlight curriculum are very engaging, and children usually enjoy reading them. The teacher’s guide is around $59. Then you can purchase reading books one by one as you need them. They range from $3.99 to $30.99 each. You also might be able to find them in the library at no cost to you.
6. The Gift of Dyslexia (Paperback) by Ronald D. Davis, Eldon M. Braun I have read some great reviews on this book about dramatic changes that took place when the techniques mentioned where implemented. I have also read that the exercises in this book are fun to do.
7. Lindamood-Bell: www.lindamoodbell.org. I have read of great results following this program as well.
8. “Reading Reflex” by McGuinness. Read the first three chapters and then give your child the tests in the book.
9. Sound Reading CD from http://www.soundreading.com. This computer CD is about $60, and it is a great supplement for any reading program. The students can do it on their own once they understand the program. This CD starts at a pre-K level and works up to about a middle-third grade level.
10. To help with memorizing math facts, Math Facts the Fun Way would be good. You can follow this up with the software you can find at
    theQuarterMile Math.com
    . Using this for 10 minutes a day (preferably with you doing the keyboarding so more practice is packed into that ten minutes) is very helpful for most kids to practice math facts.