by Jenny Edgar | Oct 8, 2025 | Dyslexia
What Are Blending Skills? Blending is one of the most important early literacy skills for children learning to read. It means combining individual speech sounds (phonemes) to form whole words. For example, recognising that /c/ – /a/ – /t/ blends into “cat.” This skill...
by Jenny Edgar | Sep 11, 2025 | Dyslexia, Literacy
Does your child struggle to recognise letters, match sounds to words, or avoid reading altogether? 📚If they get frustrated with homework or show low confidence in writing tasks, they may be experiencing early literacy difficulties. Literacy is more than reading and...
by Jenny Edgar | Jul 1, 2025 | Dyslexia, Language Development
Title: Why Expressive Language Can Be a Challenge for Children with Dyslexia — And How a Speech Pathologist Can Help When most people think of dyslexia, reading and spelling struggles are usually the first things that come to mind. But what’s less commonly known is...
by Jenny Edgar | Nov 27, 2024 | Dyslexia
Helping children with dyslexia learn to read requires a thoughtful, supportive approach, combining structured reading strategies with patient, positive reinforcement. Dyslexia is a language-based learning difficulty that primarily affects the ability to decode words,...
by Jenny Edgar | Nov 23, 2024 | Dyslexia
Where Should My Child Be in Literacy by the End of Kindergarten? As parents, we all want to ensure that our children are progressing well in their early education, especially in key areas like literacy. Kindergarten years are formative in developing the foundational...
by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Dyslexia
What is dyslexia? The word ‘Dyslexia’ means ‘difficulty with words’. Dyslexia is considered to be a neurological disorder where a person may have difficulty with all or some of the following: spelling reading writing comprehension What are typical signs that a child...
