It's so frustrating

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Tea was late tonight was late because my dyslexic Y9 DD1 was excitedly and very eruditely telling me all about the complicated causes of WW1. She'd spent this morning doing HW about it.
She was all bouncy and interested and we went off onto the web and looked up all sorts of stuff.
Tomorrow she'll hand in her HW and get scowled at because she's not written as much as the others, the writings not neat and her spellings crap.

We had a similar problem. DS now in last year of sixth form. He learned to touch type. It was hard work. It took time. He is a very quick touch typist now. It transformed his academic life. He was suddenly able to demonstrate all he knew. It still takes him longer than others but the quality is excellent. It has helped him improve his spelling because the keystroke memory works like a biofeed back loop - he remembers his spelling by finger movement rather than simply by visualising the words. I can only encourage you to do this immediately before your daughter develops a sense of inadequacy based on the scowls of others that does not represent her true ability or potential.

Thanks,the SEN department did try and get her to learn to type, but she didn't persevere. Won't practice at home. She has some dictation software for long projects, but that spells for you so it doesn't help.
Fortunately she isn't one to take her history teachers comments to heart. In fact it might be better if she did. It might motivate her to at least try and remember a few spellings.

I agree with Thereitis, I would definitely encourage your DD1 to persevere with the typing.

Perhaps she could try another software program? Typequick for Students is an excellent course and would keep her engaged and motivated. It?s quite addictive as you follow the character on his travels and before you know, you are typing without thinking where the keys are.

My niece learnt and it really helped with her spelling. It?s a motor skill. Actually it?s a useful life skill! You can get Typequick from Amazon or trade in some Tescos Clubcard vouchers.