Dyslexia

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“The secret life of the dyslexic child”

14 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

  My professional responsibilities are overflowing, so I did the most sensible thing today: take a step back from work and just read. It was a way to address my instinct: to not be perpetually glued to my phone for a day at least.   I was drawn to...

“At home with dyslexia”

13 Mar 2025 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei

True to what its title might suggest, this book was dyslexia-friendly. Just what does “dyslexia-friendly” mean? It means that reading it was a breeze because it conveyed information in bulleted lists, featured eye-catching illustrations and showcased...

Book impressions: dyslexic and un-stoppable

15 Feb 2024 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Just wanted to post my impressions and learnings from this book so that I don’t forget what I read: Thanks to Richard Branson, LinkedIn has added Dyslexic Thinking to its list of approved skills. It’s heartening to see how dyslexia is increasing...

Book Review: Coping with Learning Disability

16 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

  I teach English at a school, where students have failed the Primary School Leaving Examination. Bottom 200 children of the cohort. Where 12-year-old kids come to me, not knowing how to spell words like family, friend and nervous. It’s a testament...

Leveraging Colour to Help Our Students With Dyslexia

8 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Wrote the below email to the entire school staff. Thought I would post it here because this is useful information. Thanks for reading. Any feedback and tips will be greatly appreciated. 😃   Title: Leveraging Colour to Help Our Students With Dyslexia...

Book Review: “The Secret Life of the Dyslexic Child”

13 Oct 2023 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei

My professional responsibilities are overflowing, so I did the most sensible thing today: take a step back from work and just read. It was a way to address my instinct: to not be perpetually glued to my phone for a day at least. I was drawn to this...

An article inspired by Sugarfix

18 Feb 2023 1 minute read 3 comments cryotosensei

Sugarfix isn’t only just knowledgeable about potentially profitable moonshot coins, but is also conversant about dyslexia. Here’s an article inspired by one of his comments. —- Recently, a friend whom I consider to be knowledgeable about all things d...

My Takeaways from Undergoing the School-based Dyslexia Remediation Programme 2.0 Workshop

4 Nov 2022 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Right off the bat, the trainers introduced a term that I had never heard of in my life: clunk word. So I asked what the difference between a spelling word and a clunk word was. The trainer explained that a clunk word is one that the student doesn’t u...

My Dyslexia Presentation #2: Building Students’ Self Confidence

24 May 2022 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

So we must begin to think differently about dyslexia. We must help students recognise that they come in a package. That being dyslexic doesn’t mean that they are less worthy as individuals. That being dyslexic helps them be creative and visualise thi...

My Dyslexia Presentation #1

21 May 2022 3 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

I volunteered to give a schoolwide presentation on dyslexia. I’m feeling inspired and nervous, so I decided to prepare a speech in advance. I hope you will find it useful. Enhancing Students’ Self-Belief Usually, I wear a suit for presentations becau...