Where Differences are Strengths and Every Child Belongs
DYSLEXIA WHISPERERS: Specialists in Identifying, Supporting and Celebrating Learning Differences in Toddlers. Dyslexia Re-RoutED!
Ask Emma Hartnell-Baker, The Neurodivergent Reading Whisperer® about Dyslexia! Email MissEmma@DyslexiaWhisperer.com
The Dyslexia Baby Project
Dyslexia Re-Routed
Why Screen Todders for Dyslexia Risk Factors?
Every child deserves the chance to read and spell with ease without losing their identity or the strengths often associated with being neurodivergent. Through early screening to identify learning needs and targeted teaching that matches how each child learns best, we are re-routing literacy learning difficulties before they start school. The Dyslexia Baby Project celebrates linguistic and neurodiversity and champions true acceptance of uniqueness and inclusion.
It starts with early dyslexia screening checks for two-year-olds: toddler dyslexia testing through speech sound play.
By re-routing dyslexia, we are not taking away the strengths. We are removing the difficulties by embracing learning differences. Prevention is key. We take care of the roots, so barriers to learning never take hold. This is how we avoid the dyslexia paradox. Get involved with the Dyslexia Baby Project and let's celebrate linguistic and neurodiversity!
We facilitate early dyslexia screening - get involved with the Toddler Dyslexia Screening - spread the word about the Toddler Dyslexia Test.
MyWordz® delivers Discovery Word Mapping for all words. Word Mapping Mastery® by The Reading Hut Ltd.
Play-based Discovery Learning meets action, from birth…children need more than a phonic programme. They need Mapped Words®, explored with parents and teachers who are Dyslexia Whisperers! Let's focus on understanding Dyslexic Brains.
Ask about Face to Face Early Dyslexia Screening in Dorset with Emma Hartnell-Baker, The Neurodivergent Reading Whisperer® Also offering online support. Join the Learning to Listen Parent Hub
Instead of just saying something, type it in speech sounds. The words will appear, bridging speech and print while also preparing the dyslexic brain for spelling.
You can also say or type a word to see the mapping, showing which letters go together and which sounds they represent.
There are many ways to see how very young children process language and to consider how we can best help them understand written English. To read and spell, they need to connect speech sounds to letters. This connection is the foundation of all language and literacy learning.
Even at a very young age, children can begin to isolate, blend, and segment sounds without thinking about letters, building the foundations they need to be ready.
Some children, like Claire, can show they are able to blend sounds by giving us the spoken word. We know Claire will not struggle to read and spell, regardless of how taught at school. But not all can, or choose to, speak. We must therefore learn how they process language in other ways.
Through play, we can help you understand your child’s entry points and how they are learning.
We screen babies and toddlers to identify children at risk of reading difficulties before formal instruction begins. We’ve set up a CIC to raise funding to offer this service free to parents and to scale it nationally.
Children do not need to be speaking, and no letters are involved.
Early screening is critical because failure, frustration, and long-term harm often stem from being taught in ways that do not align with how a child learns. One-size-fits-all synthetic phonics programmes can cause harm to many children.
Through a unique innovation shaped by neurodivergent thinking, we prevent reading and spelling difficulties before they begin. This empowers children to enjoy their natural ways of thinking and learning, without being trapped in a system that fails to support them, and then punishes them for difficulties that were entirely avoidable.
Let’s avoid the dyslexia paradox.
Todder Dyslexia Test: Dyslexia Re-Routed
Where differences are strengths and every child belongs
Emma Hartnell-Baker MEd SEN
The Neurodivergent Reading Whisperer.
Director of The Reading Hut Ltd and My SLCN CIC
I am now back in the UK and undertaking doctoral research, following ten years of supporting whole-school literacy improvement in Australia
Mapped Words: Making the Code Visible.
Word Mapping Mastery with the MyWordz with MySpeekie tech! IPA Phonemies Bridge Speech and Spelling for ALL Brains
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"Word Mapping Mastery: real orthographic knowledge, for neurodivergent minds, not just the GPCs a programme covers."
Emma Hartnell-Baker, The Neurodivergent Reading Whisperer®