Tabla de contenidos para August 2024 en Brain Train

Welcome to Brain Train! We're thrilled to have you with us as we embark on this exciting journey to support and empower individuals with dyslexia. Our team of experts has carefully curated each issue of our monthly magazine to offer practical, playful, and engaging activities that will enrich your life and help you gain a better understanding of your unique strengths and abilities. With our love of learning and illustration, we've created fun and interactive activities for all ages, from children to adults. We hope to inspire new generations and help individuals with dyslexia feel more confident and in control. We're passionate about taking a strength-based approach to dyslexia, and our goal is to help you discover the simple things you can do to feel more empowered and in control…

1. Re-read what you just read. Don't just keep reading. 2. Read out loud. Say the words out loud. 3. Use context clues. Use the words around it to figure out a word or its meaning. 4. Look up a word you don't know. Use a computer or dictiona1y to find out what it means. 5. Ask questions. Ask yourself questions such as, "What did that just say?" 6. Think about what you've already read. Put together what you just read with what you've already read. 7. Make connections. Think about what you know. Can you connect with it? 8. Slow down. Don't rush it. Understanding takes time. 9. Think about the author's purpose. What is the author trying to tell you? 10. Pay attention to what you're thinking. Don't…

1 The Orton-Gillingham Approach The Orton-Gillingham approach helps take the mystery out of reading and spelling by focusing on why words are spelled the way they are. Although the English language contains just 26 letters, these letters combine to create 44 speech sounds, and there are over 250 ways to spell those sounds. That makes it very hard for some children to comprehend and learn. But the Orton-Gillingham approach condenses the spelling of these sounds into phonograms (letters or combinations of letters, such as SH or IGH), which accelerates the process of learning to read and spell. Students are taught rules and generalizations that help make reading and spelling much easier. The Orton-Gillingham approach makes reading and spelling easier for all children, including those with dyslexia and other learning challenges.…

Actress Keira Knightley said she owes much of her professional success to an unexpected source: author Jane Austen. As a girl, Knightley struggled with reading due to her dyslexia, but it was a screenplay written by Emma Thompson of Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility” that helped the actress push through the challenges. “My mum got me a copy of the screenplay Emma had written,” Knightley told The Guardian. “And I was – am -dyslexic, and the way she got me over it was to say: ‘If Emma Thompson couldn’t read, she’d make sure she’d get over it, so you have to start reading, because that’s what Emma Thompson would do.'”…