Best of RAR: Is My Child Dyslexic?

Read-Aloud Revival ®

Sarah Mackenzie

Books, Homeschool, How To, Read-aloud, Kids & Family, Teaching From Rest, Reading, Education, Parenting

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

On today’s Best of Read Aloud Revival episode, I’m replaying one of our most popular episodes.

Without fail, at every homeschool conference, at least one person comes up to me and says, “Dyslexia was not even on my radar until I listened to the episode with Marianne Sunderland.”

And that’s because most of us don’t understand what dyslexia really is and the signals to look for in our kids. And we don’t know what to do when they do show signs of having a dyslexic brain.

It’s important to remember that a dyslexic brain is not a disorder. Nothing needs to be fixed. It’s the way God made your child’s brain. And it’s genetic, so it’s the way God made your brain or your husband’s brain too.

Dyslexia means your child processes language differently, which means we need to teach dyslexic brains in a way that makes sense to dyslexic brains.

If you have any academic frustrations with your kids of any age, listen to this episode. Even if dyslexia is nowhere on your radar, I encourage you to listen. You might be surprised.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

Dispelling myths about dyslexia as a learning disability or sign of low intelligence
Signs and signals to look out for beyond difficulties with reading
How homeschooling can provide better support for dyslexic kids than traditional schools

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Find the rest of the show notes at: readaloudrevival.com/is-my-child-dyslexic/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, Sarah McKinsey here and this is the Read-A-Loud Revival, the podcast that helps your kids fall in love with books and helps you fall in love with
0:15.3	homeschooling. Today on the podcast I'm sharing one of our more popular episodes.
0:21.8	I hear about this episode every time I travel to a
0:25.2	homeschool conference without fail. At least one person comes up to me and says
0:30.7	dyslexia was not even on my radar and then I listened to your
0:34.1	podcast episode with Mary Ann Sunderland. Here's the deal. Most of us don't
0:39.7	really understand what dyslexia is or what it
0:43.0	it looks like. So we don't know the signals to look for. We don't know what to do if
0:47.3	our kids do show those signs of having a dyslexic brain. So today I'm
0:51.8	replaying that infamous episode with Mary Ann because it is so so good.
0:57.0	Way more kids are dyslexic than we previously knew.
1:01.0	And this is not bad news, Because what we know is that a
1:04.4	dyslexic brain is not a disorder. We used to think of it as a learning disability
1:08.9	or a learning disorder. Dyslexia is no such thing. Nothing needs fixing. It means God made your kids brain and very likely
1:16.9	your brain or your husband's brain because dyslexia is genetic. So God made that brain, a dyslexic brain in a way that processes language differently.
1:27.0	And what that means is that we should be teaching dyslexic brains in a way that makes sense to dyslexic brains, right?
1:35.1	We should be teaching this child the way God made their brain, and so this is really good
1:39.2	news.
1:40.2	I cannot emphasize enough that if you have any academic frustrations with your child of any age
1:48.0	that you listen through this episode, even if dyslexia is currently nowhere on your radar,
1:52.3	even if you're like, well my kid can read.
1:54.6	Listen anyway.
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