Dyslexia teaching, visual stress, and phonics resources  

Dyslexia and visual stress support for education and the workplace:
coloured overlays for reading;  multisensory teaching resources;
books, spelling games and other phonics activities; sand timers and behaviour management;
handwriting aids.

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Coloured overlays and reading rulers help with visual stress (irlen syndrome) and dyslexia.

1 in 20 people are severely affected by Visual Stress (also called Irlen syndrome) that is often, though not always, associated with dyslexia.

Crossbow Visual Stress products 
are now used in 

50%
of all UK schools


"In contrast to many purveyors of solutions to Dyslexic type problems, whoever designed these and those who are marketing them are saints." Read  the rest of this  teacher's comment

Click or scroll down to see our exciting range of multisensory teaching resources and games.

 Dyslexia and Visual Stress in the Workplace

Maths for dyslexia and dyscalculia

dyslexia and Visual Stress in the Workplace

Maths teaching for dyslexia and dyscalculia
   
   

Visual StressPhonic GamesPhonic ReadersPhonics resourcesLetters and SoundsWriting and LanguageHandwritingWord FamiliesBehaviourStudy skills and memoryLiteracy SoftwareScreening software
TimersReading and ComprehensionMagnetic ResourcesPhotocopiable Activities
Games to DownloadMake Your Own GamesFamily learning and themed games

Dyslexia and learning resources links  Click here for links to more sites, from
assessment centres to Driving Lesson support!

New for 2009

Literacy Software from the Dyslexia Unit, University of Wales, Bangor, and from Smart Kids UK.
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Bananagrams spelling game Brainbox memory games    First Hundred Words write-on wipe off cards
           
+ Lots more games and other multisensory resources for  reading, phonics, comprehension and language.
Sounds & RhymesPunctuate Magic E
Punctuate
Sounds and rhymes
Magic -E 
Soapbox Spelling
Suffixing 
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CVC Wordbuilder Literacy Games chunk Stacker

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New synthetic phonics resources!

The Synthetic Phonics Toolkit dandelion decodable phonic readers Sam Dandelion Readers: decodable phonic readers.

 

Visual Stress

 

Coloured overlay solutions for home, school and the workplace: now used by 50% of UK schools.

                For Print

 For Screening
Irlen syndrome support - the reading ruler colored overlay can help dyslexia problems Irlen syndrome and dyslexia reading support with colored overlays. Lucid ViSS - comprehensive reports
"Eye Level" Tinted Reading Ruler A4 Overlays Visual Stress Screener Visual Stress Assessment pack 

For The Classroom

For The Computer

For Writing 

For the Workplace
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 Tinted Dri-wipe boards

 Monitor overlays The Virtual Reading Ruler Tinted pads
and exercise books
 
Employee and employer pack

 

Phonic games

A great selection of phonic games for reading and spelling

phonic game for dyslexics for spelling final consonant blends
Initial Blends Final Blends Vowel Digraphs

Whole word chunks

Short and Long Vowels

Vowels, blends and digraphs

CVC/CVCC board games Level 2 spelling Board games Level 3 Spelling board games

8 Spelling board games

Syllabification

Prefixes and Suffixes

  Inexpensive double sided board games 
TRUGS  structured phonic games packs Snap it up card games Phonic games to download

Go Phonic  board game

Pick-up-a-Vowel phonic board game Go Plural spelling board game

 

Phonics resources
Other multisensory resources for  reading and spelling.

Phonic Readers

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Dandelion Readers
Decodable Phonic Readers

Vowel Sound directory

Reading rods

Magnetic foam Letters

Photocopiable activities

Hot Dots phonic
flashcards

Modular Phonic Flipcharts

44 sounds desktops and wallcharts

Foam Cubes
set

 

Word Families

Many dyslexics find word families easier than synthetic phonics

Dyslexics often find onset and rime easier than synthetic phonics.

SPINGOES Phonological awareness games

RIME READ books

Chunk Stacker Game

Chunk Stacker CD ROM

Foam Cubes

Reading Rods

Spinner/Bingo/
Dominoes
games

 

Letters and Sounds
Multisensory resources for  phonemic awareness.

Mnemonics 

Decoding    

Alternative Spelling Puzzles

Phoneme Fans: simple and harder phonemes

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Hunt the Letter (Older students)

Bumper Resource Kits

 

Photocopiable Activities

Including a wide range of resources for older students

  
SPELLING AND PHONICS BOOK 2LEVEL - SAM
For Older Students For KS 1-2 For KS 1-Adult
How to Dazzle at...
(grammar, reading, spelling)
Rime Read   Structured reading activities through word families Limericks, Laughs and Vowel Digraphs
Vowel Digraph activities.
Phonic Wordsearch Coded wordsearches for phonics reinforcement. Literacy for Life Workbook series Yrs 1-6  Phonc "Box Dictations"
Structured visual dictation series.

 

Magnetic Resources

Magnetic resources for multisensory spelling support

Foam letters Phoneme Frames Rainbow Arc Wipe-clean boards Double-sided spelling strips

 

Handwriting

Handwriting and
letter formation resources.

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Pencil grips in ten styles Letter formation whiteboards Desktop writing slope Wikki-Stix:  fun, tactile letter formation Award-winning handwriting activities book

 

Writing and Language

Games and other multisensory resources for  creative writing,  grammar and language support.


New! Creative Writing for Reluctant Writers

Proofreading

Language Board Games

Parts of Speech

 Verb tenses

Sentence substitution

Writing and Language Prompts Writer's Directory Sentence Building Rods

 

Create Letter Shapes

Visual Spelling Support with Letter Shapes

See also SOAPBOX

High Frequency words:the first hundred

Spelling for dyslexics with Boses letter shapes

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First hundred high frequency words 
Now available

Deebees and Queen Peas: board games for letter reversals

The Boxes Font Letter-shape utility

"Box Dictations" structured phonic dictations from CVC to silent letters, with visual support.

 

Timers

Make Your Own Games

Behaviour

Time management, behaviour support and games accessories.

Sand timers for varied activities behaviour support handbooks behaviour support
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Electronic timers and sand timers Make your own games:
materials and book

Behaviour support  material from leading consultants  Finton O'Regan and Rob Long

 

Screening software Study skills and memory Reading and Comprehension
 Dyslexia

 Lucid Rapid Dyslexia Screening - Phonic Decoding Test

 

 

 

Visual Stress

Lucid ViSS - comprehensive reports



Memory Booster - The game room


Brainbos memory games study skills: a multisensory guide reading and comprehension software comprehension games

Comprehension games

Reading riddle Maze
Memory Booster Software  "Brainbox" memory games Study Skills, a Multisensory Guide Reading_Booster Software
      Reading to learn.

"Barrier Buster": reading to learn.
 
comprehension cubes
Comprehension Cubes

Class Reader  Generic Board Game
comprehension cards
Comprehension Cards

 

Teacher's Books

The Dyslexia Friendly Schools tookit

Dynamic Assessment  tookit

The Neuroscience of Reading

  

"The Eye Level Reading Ruler is particularly wonderful."    Anne-Marie Higginson, Gwent, UK.
"Thank you!  The rulers are really helping my son with his reading.  Thanks again.  A happy customer," M. Hummer
"The games are fantastic. I love your products. Thanks for making them!"  Mary Ward, Penge, London. More testimonials
 

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DYSLEXIA (AND RELATED) ARTICLES
 
Adhd and reading  Onset and Rime (analytic phonics)  Dyslexia and Reading Rulers  (Extract from UK Newspaper article)
At Home with a Specific Learning Difficulty The Power of the Visual Memory
Sightword spelling,  why it works "The myth of Dyslexia" debate: the response of the ADO
Racing Demon: a game for many skills.    "Game for Anything"    Using games for learning
Phonic Worksheets with visual support  Sand timers, concentration and behaviour 
Dyslexia and Vision  Irlen syndrome  Is my child dyslexic? Dyslexia recognition checklist.
Visual Stress F.A.Q. Dyslexia, Coloured Overlays and Irlen Syndrome Coloured Overlays: their care and use Coloured Overlays: How big does a coloured overlay have to be?
Dyslexia and the Music Student

 

 NEW! Lesson plan site links:      Phonics lesson plans    Free lesson plans   (general subjects)

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