Using Help Them Read

To maximise the learning from our system, we would recommend that where possible the following guidelines should be adopted.

• A maximum of 20 minutes per day should be spent on the learning process. Where set work is completed it can be continued the next day.
• A daily routine, 5 or 6 days per week is recommended. It is best if the routine can be maintained during holiday periods.
• The learning period should be set aside as a private time, with no distractions or interruptions, if at all possible. Try and ensure that the same place is used each day. Follow the instructions closely, for each exercise – avoid the temptation to take short cuts!
• Whilst the greatest reward will be the achievement to read, do give yourself and the learner permission to celebrate when you both feel that something significant has been achieved!

• Delay in speaking, creating sentences and/or pronouncing words
• Poor eyesight and hearing
• Difficulty with spelling
• Difficulty in kicking and/or catching a ball
• Difficulty in tying shoe laces or getting dressed
• Writing figures and/or letters the wrong way round (e.g. 15 instead of 51) and/or confusing “b’s” and “d’s”
• Reversing words when writing and reading (e.g. “was” for “saw”)
• Confusing left from right
• Difficulty in remembering the order of days, months, telephone numbers and simple instructions
• Consistently making simple spelling mistakes (e.g. “wos” instead of “was”)
• Problems understanding what they read or is read to them
• Taking longer than average to perform written work
• Lack of self confidence and low self esteem