Lois Letchford, author of Reversed: A Memoir, shares personal accounts of her son’s struggles with learning how to read as well as her own in school with dyslexia. After being told by a teacher that her son was “the worst child [she’s] ever seen in [her] 25 years of teaching,” she persisted with endless patience to help her son and began writing poems to pique his interest in reading. What is he doing now? Was she successful?**Quote: **“Believe in your child, believe they are capable of anything--and tell them that.”
Resources:
Reversed: A Memoir) by Lois Letchford
Poetry for kids) by Lois Letchford
Website with articles and blog: https://www.loisletchford.com/)
Twitter: @LetchfordLois)Want to discuss the episode? Join our Facebook group Science of Reading: The Community).
