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Orton-Gillingham tutor, and mom to an amazing dyslexic daughter, Tracy Young, pulls back the curtain on the world of literacy. She shares essential “keys” to unlocking reading success through a mix of practical, evidence-based strategies, inspiring success stories, sprinkled with “war accounts” from the front lines of parenting and tutoring. Some people like to read and some people prefer to listen so we’ve offered both. Choose which format works best for your lifestyle.
It's the information she needed when her daughter was a struggling reader
The Podcast
Join your host, Tracy Young —a trained Orton-Gillingham tutor and mom to an amazing dyslexic daughter—as she pulls back the curtain on the world of literacy. It’s a podcast dedicated to empowering parents of struggling readers and kids with dyslexia.
If you’re raising a child with dyslexia or a kid who’s struggling to read, write, and spell, stop guessing what to do next. I’m Tracy Young, a certified Orton-Gillingham tutor, dyslexia specialist, and this podcast will empower you to unlock reading, writing, and spelling success for your child. You’ll uncover structured literacy tips and practical advice about dyslexia (in plain English) to help you turn I can’t into I can.
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Picture your child at the table, counting a small handful of coins for the third time while telling time on the clock is a total mystery. You’re concerned but aren’t sure why.
Let me share that dyscalculia symptoms rarely announce themselves in one dramatic moment. By the end of this episode, you'll know nine signs to look for; understand what is dyscalculia in plain language and discover five books that will make your journey feel a lot less lonely.
A while back, a family asked if I could help their dyslexic son with math. I said yes, and then went straight down the research rabbit hole. Dyslexia and dyscalculia travel together far more often than parents are told. Roughly 30% of kids who have dyslexia will also have dyscalculia. That doesn’t mean that you need to have dyslexia to have dyscalculia.
Here's what this episode hands you:
Recognize the nine dyscalculia symptoms parents and teachers miss: from telling time on an analog clock, to retrieving basic math facts. This will help you explain: “what is dyscalculia?” to your child's teacher, without any clinical jargon. Then discover 5 must-have books on the subject.
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Key Points
(00:00) What is dyscalculia?
(06:42) Recognizing signs of dyscalculia
(13:07) Dyscalculia challenges
(15:39) Recommended books on dyscalculia
The Blog
Dyscalculia Symptoms: 5 books on what is dyscalculia
Before exploring dyscalculia symptoms, you’ll need to understand that dyscalculia is a specific neurological learning difference that affects the brain’s ability to understand, process, and work with numbers. Research shows differences in the part of the brain that gives people an innate “number sense” (an automatic sense for quantities, relationships between numbers, estimating, and spatial […]
2e Kids: When Too Smart Provides An Excuse
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Read Alouds: An Essential Safety Net At Any Age
Read alouds are one of those things almost every family does beautifully for a few years and then quietly stops. Your child learns to read a little. You get busy. Bedtime gets later. The ritual stops. This post shares why stopping was a mistake, along with the benefits to your child at any age. […]
Discover Why Robots for Education Are On Pause
A school district in New York just spent $57,590 on a humanoid robot named Sally, then hit pause days before the robot reached the classroom. The story behind robots for education is messy, and a lot more revealing than the headlines. Robots for Education: It Happened in New York A small, rural school district in […]