I hear from so many parents of children with Dyslexia that their child has tunnel vision for one subject and one subject only. My son and daughter both fell into this category as well. For Ava it was all things animals. For Ryker is was his dog, Faith.
Research shows that children with Dyslexia have a tendency to be more hyper-focused on one subject more so than non-dyslexic children. Whether it’s their dog, a horse, golf, animals, Legos or something else, there is evidence to help explain why this may be the case. For children with learning disabilities, academics are often hard, overwhelming and they know early-on their skills don’t match their peers. So children run with their passion in order to become an expert and build self-esteem about their passion. They can be looked to by their peers as someone who knows a lot about this subject to become a resource for other students. Studies also show students who have a specific interest develop their lexicon faster (the words within an interest), build their written and verbal vocabularies, and increase their independent reading skills-reading to learn, not just learning to read. Finding a life’s passion early in life is a GIFT, it took me into my 40’s to figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up! Nurture it for your children, find ways to extend horizons with interests.
One thing we did for my son, who was and still is obsessed with his dog, Faith, is to find books about Border Collie’s, then moved to books about caring for dogs, then onto books about dog true stories-- all to feed his passion, build his vocabulary, build his reading skills and his reading to learn skills. Feed your children’s passions and build their skills at the same time. Contact me today www.mylearningfarm.com or saramattia1313@gmail.com
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