Many students in the United States today are struggling readers. The U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics evaluates reading comprehension every two …
Spelling analysis is a powerful tool for helping students master decoding and spelling. Spelling patterns are like little lights illuminating how the student’s brain has …
Dyslexic Students Can Become Proficient Readers and Writers In our recent series on the building blocks for language and literacy, we looked at two foundational …
Emergent Literacy Skills The goal of literacy, like language itself, is communication. In our previous post, we introduced comprehensible input – the way, through a …
The Importance of Early Literacy As we begin the new year (and, by the way, Happy New Year!) we’d like to do all we can …
Here at Lexercise, we make a special effort to express gratitude. It takes just a moment to say Thank you, but the benefits can be …
In a recent “Best of NPR” newsletter, Christopher Dean Hopkins writes about helping young students cope with unusual conditions as they return to school. He …
As we move into another school year, parents everywhere are scrambling for resources and examining the “lessons” of last year’s experience. Whether the local school …
Swimsuits? Check. Sunscreen? Check. Snacks? Check. Lexercise Summer JOLT? Check. Wait. What was that? If your summer plans—far-flung or close to home—could include a guarantee …
January 23 is National Handwriting Day, established in 1977 by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association to encourage people to buy pens and pencils. Today, it …
Try Our Fun Online Dyslexia Games Here! Thanks to the proliferation of games, films, phones, and other digital media, today’s school-age children are already visually …