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Dyslexia Help for Kids: Reading, Spelling & Handwriting — Boost Your Child's Skills & Confidence with Days with Dyslexia
The Days with Dyslexia podcast helps parents support kids with dyslexia, reading struggles, spelling challenges, and handwriting difficulties.
I’m Michelle Morgan, a mom and speech-language pathologist, and each episode shares practical, research-based tips parents can use at home and in school.
You’ll learn how to help your child improve reading, spelling, and writing skills, boost confidence, and succeed at school. We also cover advocacy strategies, ADHD, executive function, learning differences, and tools to make learning easier for kids with dyslexia.
Whether your child has dyslexia, struggles with reading or writing, or you just want guidance to help them thrive, this podcast gives clear, actionable tips, hope, and support for parents every week.
Dyslexia Help for Kids: Reading, Spelling & Handwriting — Boost Your Child's Skills & Confidence with Days with Dyslexia
Teaching Kids with Dyslexia the Difference Between Letters and Sounds
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Teaching Kids with Dyslexia The Difference Between Letters and Sounds
In this episode of Days With Dyslexia, host Michelle Morgan shares practical strategies for helping children differentiate between letters and sounds. Michelle explains how to use simple tools to create a visual and interactive learning experience. She emphasizes the importance of understanding this difference to enhance reading and spelling. Michelle also provides tips on using these techniques to teach spelling patterns and inflected endings, highlighting the need to address sounds, letters, and meanings in language instruction. A PDF resource is available for download to support parents in implementing these strategies at home.
Download free PDF for teaching letters vs. sounds HERE.
00:00 Introduction to the Podcast
00:35 Understanding Letters and Sounds
02:16 Practical Teaching Strategies
04:44 Using Index Cards for Learning
07:28 Letter and Sound Cards
11:14 Inflected Endings and Meaning
14:01 Clarifying Letters vs. Sounds
16:18 Conclusion and Next Steps