Dyslexia Learning Games & Activities

Learning resources and activities

Use a small Whiteboard with coloured markers or a chalkboard. (You can buy them at Officeworks (Australia). Use the board to practise writing the alphabet, sounds, words or sentences. You can play games such as hangman or word bingo etc
Use Bananagram letters or tiles. Make up words, or jumble up the letters to make words
Put the tiles into alphabetical order. Say 4 letters, ask them to repeat it and find the tiles in the correct order. This will help them with remembering multiple information. Remove a letter while their eyes are closed
Write sounds in different colours
Find the vowels (a e i o u and sometimes y) and consonants (all the other letters) in the alphabet
Use a Tile board (Purchased from SPELD SA) to revise sounds and vowels. You can make words using the sounds
Use coloured paper and pen/textas/markers to write words, sounds etc
Use plastic alphabet letters or digraph sounds (2 letter sounds eg sh, ea) to make words
When teaching and reinforcing the alphabet, use movement or different rhythm to help students remember

Use flash cards (Use the template, or cut paper or card into squares. Cards can also be bought precut – SPELD SA)

Write their words on them, the alphabet or sounds
Play memory games, snap games
Turn the cards over and say the sound or words
Play bingo using sounds and words (Use the template or draw a grid on the whiteboard)
Place all the cards down and say a word and get them to find it
Play rhyming games. (Orally or with picture or word cards)
Play I spy. Find objects they see that start with that letter. For digraphs (2 letters e.g. sh, ou) have pictures of things that have that sound in them
Charades
Write words on the whiteboard and they rub out the sounds or words, as you say them.
What am I? Give clues for an object that starts with a sound.
Make up sentences using a word. Write each word on a piece of paper and jumble them up. Make up the sentence again. Remove a word and get them to read the sentence and work out the missing word
Find words with sounds in their reader E.g. sh words or words starting with g
Clap the syllables in a word or use a drum or musical instrument. This will help with the spelling of a word when it is broken into parts. E.g. to-get-her, Mon-day. Find the word, which has so many syllables
Put their words in alphabetical order using cards
Puzzles based on sounds
Think of as many words that start with a sound or have a sound in it. E.g. words that starts with s or ch. Make it a game with a time limit.

Put plastic letters of the alphabet in a bag. Students feel them and guess what they are
Make the letters or sounds out of play dough
Paint the letters on paper
Place sounds in a tray of rice, sugar or salt. Students find them and say what they are and think of a word that has that sound. They can also write them with their finger or use shaving cream
Students can write a sound on their backs
Make sounds/letters that have sand, bubble wrap or other materials on them for them to touch and say
Use sensory materials- e.g. sand, different types of textured paper or card to wite sounds or words on with their fingers
Practise handwriting sheets using cursive letters with dots. Encourage correct posture and letter formation. Check when practising using sheets from the Internet, as they may write letters differently and each state has their own handwriting style. See handwriting formats in the resource section for each state
Make flashcards with the sound on the front and a word and picture on the back
Look in a mirror while saying vowels and consonants

For more tips and ideas on how to support your student contact me.