Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

For all your Visual Stress & dyslexia-friendly fun educational resources. Please visit https://t.co/dtsJGyqV92 crossboweducation.com Stafford, UK Joined August 2009

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Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

3 years ago

It's the 30th Anniversary at tes SEND Show this year! Why not come down and celebrate with us 🍾🥂 #dyslexiaawarenessmonth #dyslexiaawareness #dyslexiaismysuperpower #dyslexiathinking #tessendshow2022

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Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

3 years ago

I've just got back from the #ILSA (Irish Learning Support Association) conference in Ireland. It was the first time since COVID, so it was great to be back in the Emerald Isle again. So hello to followers over there: How are you?

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Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

4 years ago

Multisensory learning used to be regarded as necessary for children with dyslexia and other learning difficulties, but now EdTech is the Belle of the ball and the availability of good multisensory resources is getting lost in the cloud. crossboweducation.wordpress.com/2021/12/01/hea…

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Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

4 years ago

Crossbow's Bob Hext #plantingtrees with the Woodland Trust and Premier Paper on Thursday. All our #tintedexercisebooks use #carboncapture paper which funds woodland conservation. Bob is planting oak trees for the next generation at the Young People's Forest in Nottinghamshire.

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Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

4 years ago

Find out what an imposter letter is, where you find speed bumps in words, what the connection is between letter reversals and one-way traffic, and what dyslexic readers need from a font... crossboweducation.wordpress.com/2021/11/16/do-…

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Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

4 years ago

The four books below are by Ginny Stacey, whom I've (Bob Hext) known practically since I founded Crossbow in 1993. We aren't selling them - click the Routledge link - but I strongly recommend them for anyone with dyslexia or an interest in it.

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Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

5 years ago

Last Summer thousands of home educated students were unable to sit exams because of centres closing their doors to external candidates. Please sign, forward and re-tweet this petition asking the govt. to give home-educated students access to exam centres. bit.ly/342tEMj

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Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

5 years ago

Get ready for September with our dyslexia-friendly & SEN resources. Tinted exercise book, overlays, reading rulers, pencil grips, books and much more. crossboweducation.com #schoolsreopeninguk #dyslexia

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Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

5 years ago

Bob Hext is doing a webinar for the #Dyslexia_Show on 6th May at 10.00 am, called "New ideas for Old Games." £7.50, or free if you are already registered for the show. Bob shows how classic game ideas can be adapted for many teaching purposes. bit.ly/2yd5jr3

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Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

6 years ago

Try out our Tint and Track software FREE for 30 days. Tint your screen. Makes reading, working and learning from a computer much more comfortable. Try today. Easy to download and use. crossboweducation.com/tint-and-track… #HomeschoolinguK #workingfromhome #StayAtHome

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Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

6 years ago

To help all parents, we have turned some of our fun educational games & books into free downloads off our website: crossboweducation.com/free-downloads. Enjoy. We can still ship orders to schools and homes, next day delivery available. #Homeschooling #teachingfromhome #SEND #Dyslexia

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Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

6 years ago

Visual Stress: a recent peer-reviewed study in Vision Research of 106 children on the use of coloured overlays and reading rulers concludes “All but four had reduced reading times... different colours helped different children.” See the full article here bit.ly/33ZMGBs

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Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

6 years ago

Do we really need to try and "fix" kids with SEND? Maybe some of them are supposed to be like that! Find out why, for example, you might want your doctor in A&E to have ADHD... bit.ly/2koQ4EA

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Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

6 years ago

There is now a global problem with short-sightedness because kids today spend more time indoors, looking at screens; rather than outside, where their eyes have to focus on distant objects. Everything today is EdTECH. How about more #handsonmaterials? bit.ly/2meL5qA

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Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

6 years ago

Visual difficulties affect reading, but we don't always know what they are. #Visualstress is common, but there can be other problems. If a #colouredoverlay or #readingruler helps a child let them use it, but they should also see an optometrist if possible. bit.ly/2lLafge

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Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

6 years ago

What's trending now? Ugh! The whole "trending" notion, promoted by just about everything from I Tunes to Twitter, sets my teeth on edge. I'd rather set trends than follow them; follow my own path rather than be herded. Wouldn't you?

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Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

6 years ago

I read of one man's proposal to solve a problem this morning, that had "experts" saying he raised more questions than offered solutions. A visionary uses a broad brush to fill in a picture. An expert throws it out because the visionary has gone over the edges.

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Crossbow Education @crossbow_ed

6 years ago

I (Bob) get pretty soon bored with everyone else's promotional tweets, and I expect everyone else gets equally bored with ours - so in the spirit of doing to others as you'd like done to yourself I'm going to try and tweet stuff that has made me think or smile from now on.