Books to encourage dyslexic DD7

[farmerslife]

Dd is 7, she is dyslexic she wants to read by herself but obviously about things she is interested in not blooming biff chip and kipper we read them for school every day but want to give her something she can manage but also interests her ! Any ideas she is prob at reception level.

Try books by Barrington Stokes publishers - they are really good for dyslexic DCs who still want age appropriate reading material.

What about comics and magazines? You could get a subscription that she receives in the post. It really doesn't matter what she read as long as she keeps loving it and you have an ethos of reading at home. The back of cereal packets, road signs, making names from car number plates. Also, don't forget audio books. They are just as valuable for keeping that love of stories.

My son is 7 an dyslexic and has just finished all the Tom Gates books, they are really funny and the type and illustrations break up the text a lot.

Thanks all will investigate those, Juni she has always loved audio books she listens night after night, we are working through The naughtiest girl in school series at the moment by Enid blyton, they are fantastic for keeping her interested in the written word. She is so keen though so anything that keeps her that way is a godsend.

I was a primary TA for twenty years, and this was a technique I used with reluctant/less able readers. I won't give specific books, and this advice was originally for a boy, so just swap any gender references:

?When reading harder books with a child, get him to point to words as he goes along. If he knows the word, or can sound it out, he can say it. If he doesn't know the word, he can hover his finger over it, and YOU say the word for him. Don't stop to analyse or discuss the word at this stage, but try and keep the 'flow' of reading going. Review difficulties at the end, if you wish to.

This way, he has the satisfaction of reading more difficult books, without the fear of getting 'stuck' on words.

You could also try interesting non-fiction books this way.

Thanks ferguson I will try that , I am currently reading some Jacqueline Wilson to her, I was worried that if the girls chat about books at school she would feel left out and , school is hard enough for dd without it feeling not part of the crowd !

Phonics books do a couple of series books for older beginner readers.
listening books and calibre are audio book libraries aimed at people who struggle with reading.

Kat that's a good idea re listening books my grannie had listening books I remember taking the packages back to the post office ! But great idea for dd she gets bored of listening to the same ones over and over and they are very expensive on iTunes!

Kat thank you . I have joined listening books, looks fab and she will be so happy to be able to join in discussions at school x

Thats ok I'm glad to help my 10 year old dyslexic DD loves audio books.