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Reading aloud to children helps them increase their vocabulary and knowledge of the world and gives them an incredible advantage when they begin to learn to read. In this photo, a mother and father read with their two young children. Don M. Winn's new book Raising a Child with Dyslexia: What Every Parent Needs to Know discusses vital tools every parent can use with every child to help them become readers.

Shared Reading and Parental Vocabulary as Preliteracy Tools

By: Don M. Winn September 17, 2019 dyslexia, education, parentingDon M. Winn, dyslexia, learning, learning differences, preliteracy, Raising a Child With Dyslexia What Every Parent Needs to Know, toddler, vocabulary

In my last blog I mentioned how recent scientific findings can be used to increase awareness of just how early a child’s brain begins to learn. Amazingly, babies begin to learn even before birth. The earlier a parent starts to share reading with their child, the better. And since literacy requires a foundation, it’s helpful…

Preliteracy includes valuable skills that prepare children to learn to read. In this photo, a mother reads aloud to her two young children. Don M. Winn's new book Raising a Child with Dyslexia: What Every Parent Needs to Know discusses vital tools every parent can use with every child to help them become readers.

What Is Preliteracy, and When Can Parents Begin to Build It?

By: Don M. Winn September 10, 2019 dyslexia, education, parentingDon M. Winn, dyslexia, helping kids read, learning in the womb, preliteracy, Raising a Child With Dyslexia What Every Parent Needs to Know, reading, special needs

Life is funny sometimes; when we start a conversation about a topic, it can be interesting to see what ideas the masses have embraced. Groupthink is a term that means that a group of well-intentioned people have decided that a matter or task should be handled a certain way, often because that’s the way it…

Helping Your Child Understand Dyslexia

By: Don M. Winn August 28, 2019 dyslexia, parentingADD, ADHD, coping with dyslexia, explaining dyslexia to kids, how to explain dyslexia to kids, kids, learning challenges, talking about dyslexia, teaching kids about dyslexia

There are times in every parent’s life when they need to help their child understand a difficult concept. It could be something like the reason for someone’s emotional outburst, the illness or loss of a pet, an upcoming move, or something more abstract. When a child is struggling with dyslexia or some other learning difficulty,…

Dyslexia: Before and After

By: Don M. Winn July 29, 2019August 11, 2019 childrens education, dyslexia, parentingbook, Don M. Winn, dyslexia museum exhibit, famous dyslexics, how to help dyslexic kids, Oklahoma City Science Museum, Raising a Child with Dyslexia, what is dyslexia

It’s nothing short of arresting to consider the fact that even though dyslexia was identified about 150 years ago, there’s still a lot of misunderstanding and outright prejudice about it, even among some highly trained educators. Indeed, countless dyslexia sufferers are discriminated against and repeatedly told that they’re not trying hard enough or that they’re…

Photo of the exhibit at the African Burial Ground National Monument depicting five mourners gathered around two coffins.

A Trip in Time: African Burial Ground National Monument

By: Don M. Winn February 5, 2019February 19, 2019 education, historyAfrican National Burial Ground Monument, author, Don M. Winn, museum visit, Trip in Time

Last October, my wife and I were profoundly moved and sobered by a day at the African Burial Ground National Monument in lower Manhattan. I offer this report to my readers, not to politicize or create polarity, but in the spirit of remembering an important (and often unrecognized) part of this nation’s history, and to…

Screen Time Vs. Creativity: Finding the Balance for Growing Children

By: Don M. Winn September 18, 2018July 5, 2019 parentingcell phones, creativity, iPads, iPhone, is it bad for little kids to use phones, kids, nurturing creativity, screen time

It’s hard to believe, but the iPad has only been part of our world for 8 years. And the iPhone has been around just a little longer—a mere 11 years. During that tiny slice of human history, people everywhere have become lit up by glowing screens. I’m no exception, and certainly no Luddite: I have…

Distraction vs. Happiness

By: Don M. Winn June 27, 2018July 5, 2019 parentingimmersion, mindfulness, multitasking, unhappiness3 Comments

How skilled are you at multitasking? Many of us think we’re pretty good at it, but truth be told, the human mind is not wired to multitask. What we call multitasking is actually a shifting of our focus from one task to another, like channel surfing on your TV. It’s simply not possible to receive…

Living with an Adult with Dyslexia

By: Don M. Winn September 19, 2017July 5, 2019 dyslexiadyslexia, help, marriage2 Comments

In my last blog, I talked about 5 hallmarks of being an adult with undiagnosed or misunderstood dyslexia. In my youth and well into adulthood, I knew I was dyslexic, but it was just a label, nothing more. I was ignorant about dyslexia and its many implications. When I met my wife and we got…

Dyslexia Articles

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Chapter Books

The Sir Kaye the Boy Knight series by Don M. Winn is an award-winning four-book series for middle readers about the adventures of a twelve-year-old knight.

Picture Books

Don M. Winn is the author of 12 picture books designed to help parents instill great literacy habits in their children. Click here to learn more!

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2020: A Cautionary Tale?

By: Don M. Winn January 7, 2020

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A mere hundred years ago, after the somber shock of the first world war, mankind was about to enter an era known as “The Roaring Twenties.” And they really roared! With more disposable income than ever before, folks in First World countries had options their grandparents could never have even imagined. Everything changed in a…

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