The American Dyslexia Association offers more than 1500 free worksheets on its website. The worksheets follow the AFS-method , a very successful method to help children with dyslexia and dyscalculia. If a child has dyslexia or dyscalculia, it is not enough to work on the mistakes. The child also has to learn to be attentive all the time when reading, writing, and calculating. Furthermore, it is important to train the child’s perception to improve reading, writing, and calculating skills.
Today’s freebie is monster reading puzzles. First, the children cut out the pictures. Then, they read the instructions and place the images in the correct place. This trains attention, visual and spatial perception, and accurate reading. Cutting and gluing the pictures is good for fine motor skills. An alternative is to read the instructions to the children. This trains careful listening.
We like these reading puzzles a lot, because children practice different perceptions and accurate reading or listening. Also, the children have great fun and are happy when all the pictures are in the correct place.
Visual sequencing is the ability to organize visual impressions in a certain order. This is an important prerequisite for good writing, reading and arithmetic. Children who have difficulties with visual sequencing often exchange letters while writing or have difficulties with writing down numbers. Today we are offering a freebie containing various exercises to train visual sequencing.
Today’s freebie offers you lots and lots of worksheets to practice letters. Print out the worksheets, and if you feel like it, cut out the cards and laminate them. Children can practice all upper-case and lower-case letters. They have to recognize which letters are correct. Sometimes the letters are mirrored or standing upside down. These exercises will help your child to better recognize single letters, which helps them become a better reader.
Today’s freebie contains 3 worksheets. Children have to find a given shape. They can color or circle the shape. These exercises train attention and visual perception – important skills for good reading, writing, and calculating.
Today’s freebie offers you various robots and a spacecraft. Children have to draw these into the grid, mirror them or make them smaller or bigger. Children are counting, comparing up and down and left and right. This trains attention, eye-hand-coordination and visual and spatial perception – important skills for reading, writing and calculating.
Today’s freebie contains tracing and pattern exercises. Children can either trace the shapes or they can trace the shapes and complete the pattern. Let them use different pens and colors. You can also laminate the exercises. Children can do the tracing with a dry-erase pen. This is a good alternative for children who have difficulties with tracing. Knowing that they can erase their tracing seems helpful for them. Tracing and pattern exercises train attention and visual and spatial perception – important skills for reading, writing, and calculating.
Monday’s freebie was quite a success on Pinterest, so we decided to offer some more picture chaos. This time, we used black-and-white graphics from Cre8tiveHands. Again, children have to order the mixed-up pictures. This trains attention and visual and spatial perception – important skills for reading, writing, and calculating.
Over at openclipart.org, we have seen a nice penguin that has been waiting for an appearance in our worksheets for a while. The penguin, with all its disguises, is perfect for today’s freebie Picture chaos. The pictures are mixed up, and children have to put the numbers in the correct order. The penguins are also added as a template for those who have great difficulty with this kind of exercise. You can use the templates as memory cards. These exercises train attention and visual and spatial perception – important skills for reading, writing, and calculating.
