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por Marco Bertolini 6 anos atrás

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Tools to compensate

Certain tools and resources can significantly aid dyslexic children in reading and writing. Special fonts, such as Open Dyslexic, have been designed to improve readability by enhancing the contrast between similar letters like '

Tools to compensate

Tools to compensate

Shoestrings

How to

For dyspraxic children, it is often very difficult to tie shoestrings.


Here are some tips that can help your child to cope with this somewhat challenging task.

Article on Dyspraxia Kids

This web page shows different methods to tie your shoelace when you are a dyspraxic child.


But those tips can help other children as well.

Video

Mathematics

House of numbers

For dyspraxic or dyscalculic children, it is difficult to understand that the value of a number varies according to its position.


The house of numbers helps the children understand what is the real value of a number.

Geometry

Geometry requires some movement precision and coordination, which is a real problem for dyspraxic children.


A geometry program can help your child to better understand and be active in this important subject.

Geogebra

Geogebra is a mathematics application available in different languages.


It can be used on a computer but also on a smartphone or a tablet.

Writing

Special sheets

Those sheets cannot "cure" dyspraxia: they constitute a support for the children to write and to participate to school activities.

Paper sheets generator

This paper sheets generator has been created by a French blogger.

It generates paper sheets for dyspraxic children, with a number of coloured lines, etc.

Special fonts

For dyslexic children, some fonts are more readable than others.


Some special fonts have also been created to match the Dys children special needs. Those fonts have a better contrast between b and d, for instance, and that helps the dyslexic persons to distinguish more easily those letters.

Open Dyslexic for Chrome

If you use the Chrome browser, you can add this extension and read all the web pages with that special font.

Open Dyslexic

Open Dyslexic is an open source font designed by Abelardo Gonzalez and based on the font Bitstream Vera Sans.


This font is free and can be used at home, for school and even for business.

Reading

Reading rulers

The reading rulers are small bands of paper or of cardboard with a hole in shape of a text line in the middle.


Children can read a line at a time with those rulers, but some dyspraxic children can have difficulties to manipulate the ruler along the page.

Cartable fantastique

Le Cartable fantastique is a French website dedicated to dyspraxic children.


It offers a lot of resources to help children, families and teachers alike.

Landscape rulers

You can download, print and cut out those rulers in landscape format.

Portrait rulers

You can download, print and cut out those rulers in portrait format.


Aidodys Free for Chrome

Aidodys is a Chrome extension that allows you to adapt any text to dys children by changing the colours, the fonts, the space between the letters, etc.

Voice over

Those programs read the text for your child.

Instead of struggling to read his or her course, your child can listen to the text through an electronic voice that sounds like a human one.

Claro Read Chrome

This Chrome extension reads out loud all the Web pages you explore with your favorite browser.

iPad reader

You can adjust the settings of your iPad so a voice reads all the texts on your tablet.


You can also use the voice over feature to read the ebooks in iBooks.

Natural Reader

Natural Reader is also a text to speech application.

But some of its features are paying options.

Very complete application but with a limited free version.

Balabolka

Balabolka is a Russian word that means "word mill".

This little programme allows you to listen to any written text on a Microsoft computer.


It is the most complete free vocal reader.


It can work not only with English but with a lot of languages including Russia, Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, French, Chinese, etc.