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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 373568" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Sometimes the problem in dyslexia is that the eyes have not learned to track across the page from left to right. When we read, our eyes move in short, sharp steps from left to right. As the eye moves, we don't see. We only see when the eye stops moving. These rapid step movements are called saccades. Someone with dyslexia often can have their eye movements measured and their saccades are all over the page, not in a line as needed. Or the visual field when the eye is stationary, is too small. That would mean that the sequence of information reaching the brain is too narrow so the sequence of words makes no sense.</p><p></p><p>I have a writing exercise I developed myself when coaching dyslexic kids. The biggest expense, is you have to buy a special ball. Try to get one of those trick balls tat is really a clear plastic ball wrapped around another, weighted ball floating in water. The effect is that the ball is sliding across the table and not rolling. Most often, you buy them looking like eyeballs. So if you can, buy an eyeball ball. They should only be a dollar or two. But if you cant get an eyeball, get whatever you can, but make it distinctive. A fluro ping pong ball is good.</p><p></p><p>Next - have the child sit at the table. Have the child roll the ball from left hand to right, and keep their eyes on the ball. Let the right hand catch the ball and pass it back to the left, UNDER the table. Now repeat ten times. Do this exercise as many times in the day as the kid can stand. Tell the child that the aim of this exercise is to train the brain and the eye, to move in the right pattern to make reading easier. This kind of dyslexia is not merely inattention, it is poor brain tracking and it needs extra help. This help can work, and doesn't have to cost. </p><p></p><p>Anything you can do to make the eyes track in one direction and to concentrate, is good. repetition digs the brain pathways deeper, like water running down a mountainside. We are trying to tell the water how to run.</p><p></p><p>This is cheap and you can get the child to do it himself. Make a game of it. The funnier the ball, the more fun is the game.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 373568, member: 1991"] Sometimes the problem in dyslexia is that the eyes have not learned to track across the page from left to right. When we read, our eyes move in short, sharp steps from left to right. As the eye moves, we don't see. We only see when the eye stops moving. These rapid step movements are called saccades. Someone with dyslexia often can have their eye movements measured and their saccades are all over the page, not in a line as needed. Or the visual field when the eye is stationary, is too small. That would mean that the sequence of information reaching the brain is too narrow so the sequence of words makes no sense. I have a writing exercise I developed myself when coaching dyslexic kids. The biggest expense, is you have to buy a special ball. Try to get one of those trick balls tat is really a clear plastic ball wrapped around another, weighted ball floating in water. The effect is that the ball is sliding across the table and not rolling. Most often, you buy them looking like eyeballs. So if you can, buy an eyeball ball. They should only be a dollar or two. But if you cant get an eyeball, get whatever you can, but make it distinctive. A fluro ping pong ball is good. Next - have the child sit at the table. Have the child roll the ball from left hand to right, and keep their eyes on the ball. Let the right hand catch the ball and pass it back to the left, UNDER the table. Now repeat ten times. Do this exercise as many times in the day as the kid can stand. Tell the child that the aim of this exercise is to train the brain and the eye, to move in the right pattern to make reading easier. This kind of dyslexia is not merely inattention, it is poor brain tracking and it needs extra help. This help can work, and doesn't have to cost. Anything you can do to make the eyes track in one direction and to concentrate, is good. repetition digs the brain pathways deeper, like water running down a mountainside. We are trying to tell the water how to run. This is cheap and you can get the child to do it himself. Make a game of it. The funnier the ball, the more fun is the game. Marg [/QUOTE]
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