• Jul. 24, 2008
Dyslexia -Memory Strategies
If you haven't done some research on dyslexia
you may not realize that another big block for a
dylexic person is memory. Most people think of it
more as a writing issue or reading. That letters and numbers
are reversed, backwords, or missing. Which is all true but
there is more. A child with dyslexia my struggle with
remembering math facts, remembering more than one chore,
where their belongs are, the name of simple ojects or
even direction or where they are.
In the past my princess had called tissues--
Those things you wipe your nose with. She often
Reverses the names of two objects if they are similar
such as up and down, or back and forth. She has on
occation even been confused about our location.
We travel through the same area daily but one day I
assume her thoughts were on something else . When
she looked around she thought she was at a local tourist
location that we often visit. Instead we were only about
5 miles from our home. These types of things often scare
me. I worry that one day when she is old enough to drive she
will lose her baring and not know where she is.
And so we work toward helping her memory.....
Here are some techniques I have found to help
a childs memory. You wouldnt have to be dyslexic to
use any of these just a person wishing to improve on
their memory.
1. Use the first letter of the word to create
a silly rhyme,sentence or made up name.. Such as learning
the colors of the rainbow..
Roy G. BIV
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
2. Story Strategy- Make up a silly story with
all the words you want to remember.
example..
Bird, seed, Corn, nest
The red bird sat smiling in his next
eaching seed and corn.
3. Grouping-
Group words that are similar together.
Animals, kitchen items, etc... When you try
to recall them you can think of the group they were
located in .
4. Images - Draw pictures to go with a word
to help you remember. You can also try highlighting
that particular word for awhile in your writing.
You mind will remember the color then remember
the word and its spelling.
5. Location- Do this exercise. Close your
eyes and imagine your church. Going through the
doors and any details you can remember along the
way. This one is an exercise in improving your memory.
6. List - If you have to remember a list of 10 items.
Associate the word with the number. 1 - bear
2- dog etc..
7. Visualize - Say the word, look up close your
eyes and picture the word, Write it in the air
and then write it on paper. Visualize what it means
a picture or action.
If you happen to have any other ideas
for helping improve memory please share them.
Nikki
Comments
• Jul. 25, 2008
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Posted by Anonymous
We hope to be able to determine after I return from my trip with my daughter if our son has a vision problem or if it is something more like dyslexia. He's always been straight A's but has a real tough time reading so we just aren't sure..
God bless,
Sallie
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• Jul. 25, 2008
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Posted by http://fourlittlepenguins.blogspot.com
You might research this to make sure it is true, but I have always heard that using your left hand improves your memory.
If it is accurate, there are lots of fun things she can do lefthanded! coloring, scribbling, cutting with scissors, painting.
I hope this helps. :)
• Jul. 29, 2008
dyslexia
Posted by Heather Anne
I could read so much on your blog -- finding all kinds of great resources. Thanks for sharing! :-) I especially love this post as I have dyslexia and can totally relate to your princess experiences. It appears that with at least our middle child, we might be dealing with this as well so I'm going to keep your tips close by and use them! Thanks so much!
