Children with a reading disability need to use an inordinate amount of energy practising these skills. And when children struggle to read fluidly, reading isn’t fun for them and they avoid it. A typical avoidance strategy is asking to be read to – and just looking at the pictures in the book, says Annette Höinghaus, spokesperson for the German Dyslexia and Dyscalculia Association (BVL). Around one in ten children have some form of reading and/or spelling disability, Höinghaus says, although these often remain long unrecognized, which exacerbates the problem. Here, Höinghaus offers some tips on…