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What is an activity I do in order to teach my classmates about dyslexia?
Now I have to do a project and I would like an activity, they are more about teaching as dyslexia. A dyslexia test, or suggestions contact thing?
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#3 written by Georgie 2 years ago
To do this you will need to do a bit of research and reading, so I have given you a few links to help.
I would start by giving everyone a list of some of the signs and symptoms of dyslexia, then maybe give them a test as set out below, (but make sure you tell them that this test etc is no way conclusive of having dyslexia), and whom they would need to see for a formal diagnoses, a Educational Psychologist, and I would then explain how dyslexia can affect a person, even showing them what a dyslexic may see when trying to read. I would then finish off with some strategies on how to support and manage dyslexia, I can give you a fairly comprehensive list if you need it.
Dyslexia affects people differently, and can vary in its severity. There is three types of dyslexia, and dyslexia does not affect a persons intelligence, in fact many dyslexics are highly intelligent people.
Dyslexia – causes problems with reading letters, words, number, symbols and spelling.
Dyscalculia – causes problems with doing maths.
Dysgraphia – causes problems with writing, spelling etc.Dyslexia can be managed if we learn how it affects our ability to read, write and spell etc, parents and teachers can help by utilizing a number of strategies to assist their child/student both in the classroom and at home, such as having a list of spelling rules, homophones etc, or when writing on the board each paragraph is written in a different colour, coloured overlays may help with reading and so much more.
Both my daughter and I are both dyslexic, my daughter can read better than I, she learnt to read about 3, I learnt to read at 14, strangely I can write quite well, but my daughter has problems with writing (looks like a spider crawled across the page), we both have trouble with spelling especially similar sounding words, and we both have dyscalculia.
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#5 written by dojotz 2 years ago
Since the problem with dyslexia is a problem with interpretation of symbols, why not try something as simple as writing a message using “windings” or one of your other fonts that would require the “reader” to have to learn a new way to interpret symbols to get the message? Another method might be to challenge them to re-think by showing math done in different bases. For instance they all know base 10 and some know about computers using a binary system, but how about 8 as a number base? Showing how to re-interpret things is an excellent way to explain dyslexia.
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look up FAT CITY–its a video that simulates learning disabilities..
you can write a paragraph–leaving out letters, reversing letters, etc and have the people read it and answer questions–give a time limit –and fail them for not completing it..
I saw this activity in a childrens museum-place a simple maze (from a childrens activity book) in front of a mirror–instruct the class to complete the maze by only looking in the mirror–not at the paper