Andy works hard at his reading which never gets any easier. Andy knows he

is smart but why is he unable to read like the other children? It is because he is one of the dyslexia kids around.

Dyslexia is the name of the learning problem many kids have – making it tough for them to spell and read. The problem is with the child’s brain, but that does not make the child dumb. As a matter of fact, many talented people struggle with the problem of dyslexia.

But dyslexia need not hold down a child. With enough hard work and some help, dyslexia kids can learn to spell and read.
How do people read?

To understand dyslexia kids and their problem, it helps to know how reading takes place. Reading is a proper exercise for a child’s brain, and the following steps have to be performed, all at once:

- A child has to understand how speech sounds make up the words

- Focus on printed marks which are letters and words

- He has to connect the speech sounds to the letters

- He has to blend the letter sounds into words

- He has to control his eye movement right across the page

- He has to build up ideas and images

- He has to store the ideas in his memory

Dyslexia kids have to struggle with the early steps, so it is even harder for them to attempt the steps lower down. So it is hardly surprising that attempting to read and having to deal with so many problems tires out the dyslexia kids’ brain really fast.