Dyslexia Tips

February 25, 2016

How to deal with Sight (Dolch) Words when Learning to Read

In 1948, Edward William Dolch PhD, of the University of Illinois, in his book ‘Problems in Reading’ identified a list of words that he believed to […]
October 22, 2015

Dyslexia & Me: Richard Branson

At Hummingbird Learning Centre we always say that dyslexia is a wonderful thing – it’s just that it needs a different strategy for reading & writing. […]
October 13, 2015
Dyslexia Awareness Month

You are not Dyslexic

Whenever someone tells me that they are dyslexic, I always say ‘Hi Dyslexic, I’m Elaine’.  Usually they’ll look at me quizzically and say ‘no – I […]
August 6, 2015

Why Meaning is so important for Spelling

When my boys were in primary school, they had an English book that was used for reading and spelling.  It was different to the type of […]
July 9, 2015

Use your Brain for a Change

One of my favourite quotes is by Dr Richard Bandler and it is “When you want new results, it requires new thinking”.  Thinking is just something […]
April 22, 2015
Hummingbird Learning Method - not just for school

Make daily life easier with the Hummingbird Learning Method® (it’s not just for school-work!!)

The Hummingbird Learning Method® certainly works for what we could collectively call ‘school work’ but did you know that you can use all of our essential […]