Some guidance for home schoolers

The key is using a structured literacy approach tailored to your child's needs, providing ample practice opportunities, and creating a supportive, multisensory learning environment.

With patience and the right methods, you can equip your dyslexic child with the reading skills they need to succeed.

The 12 little Mog books could be the key to finally unlocking your child's reading potential and setting them on a path to literacy success - a path that every child deserves.

With these supportive decodable books, a journey of confident learning awaits, full of reading possibilities.

Some guidelines to home schooling children with reading difficulties:

1. Use a structured, multisensory phonics program: Dyslexic children often struggle with mapping sounds to letters, so a systematic phonics program that incorporates visual, auditory, and kinesthetic elements is crucial.
2. Go step-by-step: Break down the learning process into small, manageable steps. Introduce new phonics concepts gradually (i.e one Mog book at a time) and ensure your child has fully mastered each book before moving to the next. Frequent review and repetition are key.
3. Utilise the Mog series decodable books: They focus on words made up of the sound-letter correspondences sounds they've learned. This allows them to practice blending sounds into words without getting overwhelmed.
4. Incorporate multisensory techniques: Use a variety of materials like letter tiles, sand trays, or wikki sticks to reinforce phonics concepts. Having your child trace letters or words while saying the sounds out loud can help cement the connections. The clapping rhyme in each book also reinforces the sound letter combination in the book.
5. Read aloud regularly: Despite their reading difficulties, it's important to continue exposing your child to rich literature and vocabulary by reading aloud to them from engaging books above their current reading level.
6. Be patient and positive: Learning to read with dyslexia can be frustrating, so remain patient, encouraging, and celebrate small victories along the way. Boost their confidence by focusing on their strengths.
7. Provide accommodations: Allow your child to use assistive technology like text-to-speech software or audiobooks when needed to reduce barriers to accessing content.
8. Seek support: Connect with other homeschooling families who have dyslexic children, join support groups, and don't hesitate to consult reading specialists or tutors if you need additional guidance.