When writing and reading are difficult ... and remain so

If writing and reading are a torture for your child and it becomes increasingly difficult to motivate him or her to do so, parents quickly lose their nerve. Worries are added when you notice that despite much and regular practice there is no improvement.

It shows that more of the same does not lead to the goal. In the meantime, there are important insights into what it takes to learn to read, write and do arithmetic, or what the reasons are why it sometimes doesn't work as easily as it should. Practice is an important component, but not the only one.

When writing, several processes happen at the same time. Seeing, hearing and feeling. One hears the word and recites it inwardly. You see it in your 'inner eye'. A word picture is created from the auditory and visual memory. One feels and sees what the word must look like.
Since the German language is less phonetic than, for example, the Italian language, the proportion of dyslexics in this country is significantly higher.

Writing with announcement

The following example shows the challenges that our children face here:

1. Filter out the voice of the teacher
2. Understand and remember
3. Break down the sentence into individual words and the words into letters. Important here: the distinction of sounds and the rethinking and conversion into the correct letters.
4. Put letters of the respective words in the correct order
5. Recognize nouns and verbs and put them in the right relationship

If it all works out, it will be error-free. To ensure that, you need acoustic, visual and spatial and body perception skills that all have to work well together. That sounds super complicated, but it's not.

It is important to know that if more of the same does not bring improvement in your child, it is time to get into the action. This will save your child and you as a family time and nerves.

Evolutionary pedagogy creates the conditions for learning to take place without stress. However, if it is determined that this does not alleviate the problem, the next step is taken. A test procedure on the computer provides information about any deviations in sensory perceptions, which are, however, relevant for reading, writing and arithmetic. This allows an accurate identification of whether the problem is LRS (dyslexia) or dyscalculia. The distinction is important so that an individual training plan can be created. Dyslexia has many different faces and manifestations. Timely recognition and individual support enable one and together with consistent practice this leads to better school performance and thus to an easier everyday life.

There is always a solution. Let's do it:-)