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The Dyslexia Shop is aimed primarily at the parents of dyslexic children.  However, if you are an adult with dyslexia, a learning support teacher or otherwise responsible for the development of people with special educational needs, then you are sure to find something of interest here.

New Arrivals and Featured Products

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New Maths Books

An updated and extended range of basic numeracy teaching books from Steve Chinn offering a fresh approach to developing core mathematical skills.

The What to do when you can't... series of books are written for parents, teachers or students to use and contain clear explanations of how to build key skills. They use effective learning methods, often involving multi-sensory ideas. Students are encouraged to use speaking, listening, writing and seeing to build knowledge of these core mathematical skills.

Chinn, S., What to do when you can't add and subtract - £11.50
Chinn, S., What to do when you can't do fractions, decimals and percentages - £11.50
Chinn, S., What to do when you can't learn the times tables - £11.50
Chinn, S., What to do when you can't multiply and divide - £11.50
Chinn, S., What to do when you can't tell the time - £11.50

Whitelines Paper

Whitelines Paper

Whitelines is a new generation of writing paper.

The concept is patented and yet very simple. On traditional lined papers, the dark guidelines can confuse and obscure the similarly dark markings from pens and pencils (particularly on gridded paper).

Whitelines addresses this by making the background paper colour a very light grey with white guidelines so that when you write or draw on Whitelines paper there are three very distinct levels of colour tone; the white guidelines, the light grey background colour and the pen colour. There is no visual competition between the guidelines and the pen markings, so your writing and sketches stand out clearly.

In addition, the not-quite-white paper benefits the user with less glare than pure white paper in strong light. Another advantage is that the white lines disappear easily when using a photocopier, fax or scanner, to leave a clear image.

Formats available ...

Whitelines A5 Exercise Book (lined or 5mm grid) - £1.99 each

Whitelines A4 Pad (lined or 5mm grid) - £1.99 each

Nessy Tales

Nessy Tales - Animated Children's Stories on CD

A fun new way to improve children's reading, vocabulary and listening skills at home. Nessy Tales are animated reading books, structured with a limited vocabulary whilst retaining a vivid storyline. The careful choice of graded words provides vital reading practice at the beginning stages of reading, but the story content is suitable for a slightly older age group who may have fallen behind.

These interactive books can act as a vital bridge between listening and reading. The animations provide visual entertainment and motivation.

Nessy Tales - Animated Children's Stories on CD - £11.50 each

 

Nessy Tales - Set of 5 Printed Books

The 5 animated stories from the Nessy Tales CD have also been developed as a series of printed books. The printed books are an ideal companion to the animated Tales. Once familiar with the animated story this gives the confidence and motivation to read the paper versions.

Nessy Tales - Set of 5 Printed Books - £9.95 per set

What is Dyslexia?

What is Dyslexia? - Alan M. Hultquist

This book is designed to help adults explain dyslexia to children aged 8 to 11.

The book provides useful information about the most common types of dyslexia: trouble with sounds, trouble remembering how letters and words look, trouble finding words, and mixed dyslexia.

The author deals with the basic facts and adopts a style that is accessible to children without talking down to them. He provides clear examples that children will understand, as well as interactive activities for parents and children to do together.

What is Dyslexia?  - £9.99

Reading Booster

Reading Booster

Reading Booster is a new CD-based program for ages 7 to 14, that enables children to improve their reading and listening comprehension, and much more besides!

Reading Booster not only gives lots of enjoyable practice in working with texts of varying content and complexity, it also includes question formats that specifically focus children’s strategic attention on key text content.

Reading Booster is very easy to use in the classroom or at home, and requires minimal supervision. It also features a Listen Only Mode which is particularly useful for children with auditory processing difficulties, semantic language disorders, and general language delay.

There is also an Expansion Pack of non-fiction for the Reading Booster program. The Expansion Pack is not a stand-alone product, it requires Reading Booster to run.

Reading Booster - £66.00

Reading Booster Expansion Pack - £23.00

Crossbow Visual Stress Assessment Pack

Crossbow Visual Stress Assessment Pack

The usefulness of the Crossbow range of reading rulers and overlays has been significantly enhanced by the addition of this convenient and comprehensive Visual Stress Assessment pack based around the 10 Crossbow overlay and reading ruler colours. It contains everything you will need to properly assess the colour overlay needs of individuals.

It also includes an at-a-glance colour preference chart for wall display, background information and research references for those new to Visual Stress interventions, and follow-up material that ensures parents and others can be easily and fully informed of assessment results and recommended further action.

Crossbow Visual Stress Assessment Pack - £53.84 each

New Barrington-Stoke Titles

New Barrington-Stoke Titles

New additions to our extensive coverage of the Barrington-Stoke range of fiction and non-fiction books specifically developed for dyslexic and struggling readers.

Solo - Interest Age 10-13, Reading Age 6½

gr8reads - Interest Age 12-16, Reading Age <8

FYI - Interest Age 8-12, Reading Age 8+

Reality Check - Interest Age 8-12, Reading Age 8+

Reloaded - Interest Age 10-14, Reading Age 8+

Fiction - Interest Age Various, Reading Age 8+

Twist'n'Write Pencils

PenAgain Twist'n'Write Pencils (set of 4)

A pack of four colourful propelling pencils. The novel PenAgain design forces the correct tri-pod grip and may be just the thing to encourage a reluctant child to start writing.

The pencils are slightly smaller than the original PenAgain so they are ideal for small hands (but would be uncomfortably small for larger adult fingers.)

They are intended to be disposable (there is about 3cm of usable lead in each one). The lead is advanced by turning the "nose cone" and there is an eraser incorporated into each branch of the wishbone handle.

 

Twist'n'Write Pencils (set of 4) - £4.95