I have been working with a gorgeous boy who is Dyspraxic (one weekend a month). So far we have had two weekends and in the meantime his mum is doing a great job to continue the work at home. She wrote the following about his spelling:
“Thursday afternoon he comes back from school and tells me that he had only one mistake in all the words (before only 1 or 2 words correct, sometimes none). He forgot the s from swimming. I had given him the s and he found the other letters himself. He was very motivated to do the words again on Thursday night and I went happily along. You should have seen in what a speed he picked up the right letters and put them down with ease. It was like a machine…. so quick and with so much ease…He got all spelling words right at school for the first time in his life! ”
Additionally, we are looking at his focus and co-ordination, reading and maths:
“He joined in this morning to do the balls. Yesterday night we did three spelling words in clay and all his homework. In maths I used the clay as well. I can really see already an improvement in maths. Before everything was just a blur for him now he is starting to realise what it all means and you only did a small fraction of maths with him. He really wants to do maths with you over the next weekend.”