Dear readers,
I am not the one who came up with this week's topic, but oh well...
Clause: The following information is from Tein Chui Shan Crystal
(S8209131I), Singapore. The following information is furbished
with readers' knowledge that she is not a trained psychologist
nor a psychology student with any educational institution.
1. A B C D E
F G H I J
K L M N O
P Q R S T
U V W X Y
Z
Ask the dyslexic person which letter comes before or after for
A, B, C, D, E, M, N,O,P then W,X,Y,Z.
Make sure he/she knows the sequence of these letters in the
alphabet and the general sequence from the first letter "A" to the last letter "Z", by singing the alphabet song or reciting the alphabet.
Then.
2. Make the dyslexic person find words in a PAPER (not electronic)
dictionary. Start with simple words like CAT, DOG, etc making
the student an alphabet card like the one in (1). Make him/her
look for the words in the PAPER dictionary using the alphabet
card. Keep prompting the student like "C" comes directly after "B"
right?
3. Keep on making the student look for words in the dictionary with
increasingly complex words. Keep the student on the alphabet card first, then make him/her look
for simple words without the alphabet card. Then do this again with the increasingly complex words. Try your best to wean him/her off the alphabet card altogether as the end result. The simple words you start with the student must be words he/she knows extremely well.
Then: play this game:
4. Rearrange these letters to form words
1. P L A E P ( Clue: fruit ) Ans: apple
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2. O B Y ( Clue: a person ) Ans: boy
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3. M A G E (Clue: something you play with ) Ans: game
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4. R S I T K ( Clue: a piece of clothing ) Ans: skirt
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6. I A D R O ( Clue: a type of
electronic device)
Ans: radio
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7. W A K E R H(Clue: a type of occupation) Ans: hawker
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Keep on doing (1) to (4) repeatedly, making it fun. Then play this
game:
5. I SAY boy, for instance, and you continue saying the next word
with the last letter of the first word.
So e.g.: boY , Yo-yO, OrangE, EgG and so on...
That's about it. In order to keep things fun, you can use colors for
the letters in the alphabet with only the letters lest pictures make
the student confused.
It would also be ideal if you invest in this card game known as "Blink". This is a card game (available in Singapore at Settler's Cafe, can be ordered), matching colors, shapes or numbers. BOGGLE (a game) is also very helpful for dyslexic
people.
Clause: No responsibility will be undertaken by Tein Chui Shan Crystal
(S8209131I) for any implementation of the procedures as stated
above. Users of this information is at the reader's own
discretion.
