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PARENT'S GUIDE TO DYSLEXIA AND STUDY SKILLS

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Our Top Dyslexia Videos

These videos went viral on our social media pages. Enjoy watching the videos.

A Day with Dyslexia at School

Touching story called "Dear John", Especially the bit where he has the biggest bag in the class, held back at lunchtimes, good at sports and terrible with essays! Worth a watch.

The "Stick Shift" Mind

What's the difference between a dyslexic brain and a non-dyslexic brain? It's like the difference between a manual car and an automatic car. both are efficient but differs in processing.

Have you got a Zero Gravity Mind?

What's going on inside a dyslexics head? Here's one way a dyslexic explains it: Imagine your mind's a workshop.

Why Spider Diagrams confuse

What is Reverse Engineering

What does it entails if you have dyslexia? How does it help teenager with dyslexia who is preparing for an exam?

Working Memory

This is how I explain working memory to my students so they can understand why sometimes, out of nowhere, they can just get "full up".

What is Reverse Engineering

One technique that is very helpful when you take your exam is to visualize your success of that exam. Just by thinking that you would do well in the exam boosts your probability of doing good in the exam.

How Dyslexia Shaped IKEA

Dyslexia solves problems with innovative solutions. IKEA’s founder was dyslexic. See how dyslexia made IKEA work

How to Remember for an Exam

How do you remember for an exam. Discover important techniques that can help you remember for an exam.

Highschool Challenges Mind Mapping Can Help With

Dyslexic tweens and teens have different problems in High school. This video talks about the seven big challenges all based on how hard we find organising things. Its a skill we have to learn, rather than a basic ability.

How to Mindmap with Dyslexia

BulletMap Academy Reviews

Reviews About BulletMap Academy

Find out what our students say about the BulletMap Academy

It’s unlocked a door in my daughters memory and revision techniques that we never thought we would be able to get through.

Mind mapping got me from a U (Ungraded) to a C. It was the mind map, but it was also the whole motivation thing and the confidence that it gave because I knew what I was doing now was working with the revision.

What Darius has done is a lot more than a mind mapping course: he taught how to mind map but there's also goal setting - helping the kids be confident.

Wyatt can now share his thoughts!

Using the BulletMap System, Wyatt was able to make his baseball team’s fundraiser successful because he was able to share to people what he really wanted to say.

“I think it was an answer to our prayers!” – Megan

Evie got over 90%!

For all the subjects that Evie mapped in her exams, she got over 90%. She believed she wouldn’t have done quite as well if she had not used the BulletMap System.

“There are so many aspects of it that’ll help you do better” – Evie

Josephine can now take down notes faster!

Instead of writing pages and pages of notes, Josephine now has a system that allows her to take down notes faster and identify only the important bits to take.

“I feel like note taking is easier for me now.” – Josephine

Jack did a presentation!

Jack exerts alot of energy when forming letters. The BulletMap System allows him to express his thoughts through doodles and pictures while using less words. He did a presentation using only a BulletMap as notes.

“It’s a really good way to express what you think.” – Jack

Elizabeth can now write!

Elizabeth had a major breakthrough in writing out her thoughts and ideas using the BulletMap System. She previously had trouble in expressing what she wanted to say but now she can. She’s now being paid to write websites.

“The BulletMap has bridged that gap [writing] for her.” – Katy

Henry won first prize for his puppet show!

Using a BulletMap, Henry did a puppet show presentation about the Animal Farm story and got first prize.

“His thoughts are now mapped structure and reproduced in a way that make sense for the one reading it.” – Sheryl

Sonny created a business!

Sonny who’s just beginning to write simple words had created a BulletMap that was the basis for their pets sitting business. He just used a lot of doodles for his ideas while her sister Elizabeth created the website. They are now accepting bookings if you need someone to watch your pet.

“BulletMapping can actually be used pre-word.” – Katy

Adwen created her summer plan!

During the summer break, Adwen and Laurie created a summer plan where they mapped all of their goals for the summer. Adwen learned to prioritise her goals according to which is more important.

“She’s learned to set up physical and emotional boundaries through the map.” – Laurie

Evie Published a Story Book using the BulletMap

During the summer break, we started a story club where our students can hang out and create maps for their story. The challenge is at the end of the summer, the child has written a full story. The story that Evie wrote for the club was so good she decided to publish it for others to enjoy.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions and Answers Full Video

We have compiled the questions that parents ask us the most when getting to know the BulletMap Academy. I sat down and recorded a video where I answered them all. Please watch the video if you want to know more. You can skip to the segments you like to watch.

Segmented Questions

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Our goal at BulletMap Academy is to teach children to get ready for High School. We want to equip your child to be ready for exams.

There are lots of programs available for children with Dyslexia. Some work and some don’t because not all dyslexia are alike. The key is to try it with the child and see if it works for them.

You engage your child in different levels at a given time. We use videos to make them feel relaxed and focused. Then we have 1-to-1 coaching to help them apply what they learned.

A lot of children are embarrassed with their handwriting or spelling. At BulletMap Academy, we are not particular with these things. We care about whether they can explain and share their thoughts.

We are not Dyslexia Tutors. We are not English Tutors. We are not Grammar Tutors. We are Executive Function Tutors.

Every dyslexia is different. Some maybe quick to learn these skills but others may not. It certainly depends on the child’s way of thinking.

We can offer a faster track for students who need to learn this as soon as possible.

If your child can’t spell or write well, we can still show them how to pass an English exam.

A lot of students get hung up with perfectionism because they get anxious about doing the what the others are doing. For us, it’s not about having the perfect process, it’s about having the right end resort.

The BulletMap process works because it is an executive function process. All these learning difficulties also have trouble with executive functioning.

It’s actually quite helpful if you can’t draw. Sometimes drawing a good picture takes extra time than needed. We encourage children to be messy and playful with the doodles instead of having perfect pictures.

We take your child protection seriously. We are an online company and we meet students virtually. Whenever we meet with the student, the parent have to be in the room.

Yes, we also do scholarships. If you have a household income of less than £30,000 a year, you are eligible for the scholarship.

Our coaches are from the Philippines for a number of reasons. Aside from it’s practical, they are reliable and flexible. They are also highly competent in whatever they do.

Somewhere between 4 months and 3 years. Developing a skill takes time, energy and repetition to properly do it.

Coaching Subscription Plans

The BulletMap Academy offers a monthly subscription. You can sign up for 1 year contract with 20% discount but you are still billed monthly. There are 3 packages to choose from; Basic, Standard, and Premium. Try the free Basic package first to see if this visual way of organizing works for you then pay for the subscription afterwards.

Monthly

Yearly

Basic

Try the BulletMap System, give it a go and see if you think this might help

Standard

Master the BulletMap process, build confidence and gain tools to thrive in school & college

Premium

For students who’d like intensive coaching, inc those age 15/16yrs who will be sitting exams soon

Free

£ 149

Billed Monthly

£ 275

Billed Monthly

Demo Session 🛈

Beginner's Course 🛈

Story Star Workbook (pdf) 🛈

4 Coaching Sessions a Month 🛈

40 Extra Video Courses 🛈

Free Admission to Public Events 🛈

Medals+ Certificates + Postage 🛈

Learning Plan 🛈

Personal Whatsapp Group 🛈

4 Extra Coaching per Month 🛈

Regular Learning Plan Reviews 🛈

Monthly Video Message 🛈

Monthly

Yearly

Basic

Try the BulletMap System, give it a go and see if you think this might help

£ Free per month

Demo Session
Beginner's Course
Story Star Workbook

Standard

Master the BulletMap process, build confidence and gain tools to thrive in school & college

£ 149 per month

Demo Session
Beginner's Course
Story Star Workbook
4 Coaching Session a Month
40 Extra Video Courses
Free Admission to Public Events
Medals + Certificates + Postage
Learning Plan
Personal Whatsapp Group

Premium

For students who’d like intensive coaching, inc those age 15/16yrs who will be sitting exams soon

£ 275 per month

Everything in Standard
4 Extra Coaching per Month
Regular Learning Plan Reviews
Monthly Video Message

Basic

Try the BulletMap System, give it a go and see if you think this might help

£ Free per month

Demo Session
Beginner's Course
Story Star Workbook

Standard

Master the BulletMap process, build confidence and gain tools to thrive in school & college

£149 £ 119 Yearly contract billed monthly

Demo Session
Beginner's Course
Story Star Workbook
4 Coaching Session a Month
40 Extra Video Courses
Free Admission to Public Events
Medals + Certificates + Postage
Learning Plan
Personal Whatsapp Group

20%

Premium

For students who’d like intensive coaching, inc those age 15/16yrs who will be sitting exams soon

£275 £ 220 Yearly contract billed monthly

Everything in Standard
4 Extra Coaching per Month
Regular Learning Plan Reviews
Monthly Video Message

20%

STORY STAR

A person with dyslexia can take a long time to explain themselves. Including me. It’s cute when you’re young, but can be undermined as you get older. People can get the wrong idea. It can look like you don’t know what you’re talking about, or you’re attention seeking etc.

In the last few emails, I shared how a child can learn to read, underline to understand and take notes in a dyslexia friendly way. Essentially they learn to translate what they read into something visual. It means they can “Read to Learn”. The next gear is learning to explain yourself.

We all want to be understood. For ‘manual’ thinkers what gets you from knowing stuff (3rd gear) to explaining stuff (4th gear) is telling it as a story. Not telling an endless bunch of experiences and/or facts but something with “a beginning, middle and end”. I never really understood what the teachers meant by that until recently.

Story Star Image

Dyslexic people need much more explicit visual teaching. For example in BulletMap™ Academy we use a ‘Story Star’ with 5 visual prompts:

Face = Who are the characters involved?
Eye = What does the main character want or have their eye on?
Foot = What trips them up, or is the problem?
Hand = What helps them find the solution?
Crown = What’s the reward or outcome?

Story Star Workbook

The Story Star is a 10-step process. For students to follow the process easily, we have created the story star workbook. It has all the steps and short instructions on how to make a story star.

The workbook also has example topics for you to choose. It is patterned from an actual question from an English essay exam.

Write a short story, unaided, and at reasonable length on one of these topics. (40 mins)

1. An unusual lunch time at school.
2. A holiday memory.
3. Hot air balloon.
4. A bank robbery.
5. Moving School.
6. My new friend.

MATERIALS

You don’t need a lot to create a BulletMap. All you need are these:

1. A3 or A4 paper. Although its better to have more paper area to work with.

2. Pencil or Pen. A pencil allows you to erase your mistakes.

3. Color pens. Preferably Frixion color pens. These type of color pens allows you to erase your mistakes.

THE BULLETMAP BELT SYSTEM

Awards and Scoring of Belts

The BulletMap Academy is like a martial arts school where you earn experience points to advance to another level, a system where you start with a white belt, then you go to yellow belt, orange belt, red belt, green, blue, purple, brown and black belt.

This, we found that students are more encouraged to learn because they are getting positive reinforcements through the belts and certificates.

Mechanics for Earning Points:

Students can earn points in 4 ways; Map points, Learning Points, Breakthrough Points and Project points. For each map they submit or for every activity they join in, select the equivalent reward points.

Map points

By doing different maps, a student can earn points.
Maps have to be completed in order to earn points.
Students can submit different types or same types of maps to obtain equivalent points.

Learning Points

Represents student’s learning journey.
Student earns points every time he participates in an activity
In a club, whenever students finish a map, each of them will earn points. The points are added to their score sheets individually.
If a student shares a map for the first time, he earns the corresponding breakthrough points and the equivalent map points.

Breakthrough Points

Can be unlocked after student completes the white belt
Encourages to overcome fear of “first times”
Give incentives to students who would like to explore

Project Points

Incentivizing students when they use their bulletmap skills when doing a project and integrating these skills in their school related works.
If the activity is not in the list, but deserves an award, choose “Bonus”. Indicate the reason why you are giving that award. It is up for the coaches to use their discretion in awarding points to students(as long as there’s basis).

In each belt, students are required to submit a minimum number of maps and the requirement.
Excess Points acquired in a belt may be carried over to the next belt.
Starting from Blue Belt onwards, a graded memory map is required to be submitted. Memory maps will be graded using the Bulletmap Marking Scheme.
Every session, the coach must allot at least 5 minutes to record points earned by the student.
Students are encouraged to strategise to earn more points.

Graded MemoryMaps

In order to promote good BulletMap practice, we have developed a standard for BulletMapping. It is the convergence of all the BulletMap concepts that the Academy has been teaching in these courses. All these concepts are gathered and points were allotted according to importance. That’s how the MemoyMap Marking Scheme was created (explained more below).

When the student reaches Blue Belt, they have unlocked a new requirement for moving on to the next belt level. They are now required to submit and pass a graded MemoryMap. The MemoryMaps submitted by the students will be graded using the MemoryMap Marking Scheme to know whether they can move on to the next belt or not. The further you are in the belts, the higher the percentage you need to get to advance. Please refer to the percentage below.

Blue Belt: 50%+
Purple Belt: 60%+
Brown/White Belt: 70%+
Brown Belt: 80%+
Black Belt: 90%+

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PARENT'S GUIDE TO DYSLEXIA AND STUDY SKILLS

Our Top Dyslexia Videos

These videos went viral on our social media pages. Enjoy watching the videos.

A Day with Dyslexia at School

Touching story called "Dear John", Especially the bit where he has the biggest bag in the class, held back at lunchtimes, good at sports and terrible with essays! Worth a watch.

The "Stick Shift" Mind

What's the difference between a dyslexic brain and a non-dyslexic brain? It's like the difference between a manual car and an automatic car. both are efficient but differs in processing.

Have you got a Zero Gravity Mind?

What's going on inside a dyslexics head? Here's one way a dyslexic explains it: Imagine your mind's a workshop.

Why Spider Diagrams confuse

What is Reverse Engineering

What does it entails if you have dyslexia? How does it help teenager with dyslexia who is preparing for an exam?

Working Memory

This is how I explain working memory to my students so they can understand why sometimes, out of nowhere, they can just get "full up".

What is Reverse Engineering

One technique that is very helpful when you take your exam is to visualize your success of that exam. Just by thinking that you would do well in the exam boosts your probability of doing good in the exam.

How Dyslexia Shaped IKEA

Dyslexia solves problems with innovative solutions. IKEA’s founder was dyslexic. See how dyslexia made IKEA work

How to Remember for an Exam

How do you remember for an exam. Discover important techniques that can help you remember for an exam.

Highschool Challenges Mind Mapping Can Help With

Dyslexic tweens and teens have different problems in High school. This video talks about the seven big challenges all based on how hard we find organising things. Its a skill we have to learn, rather than a basic ability.

How to Mindmap with Dyslexia

Reviews About BulletMap Academy

Wyatt can now share his thoughts!

Wyatt can now share his thoughts!

Evie got over 90%!

Evie got over 90%!

Josephine can now take down notes faster!

Josephine can now take down notes faster!

Jack did a presentation!​

Jack did a presentation!

Elizabeth can now write!​

Elizabeth can now write!

Henry won first prize for his puppet show!

Henry won first prize for his puppet show!

Sonny created a business!

Sonny created a business!

Adwen created her summer plan!​

Adwen created her summer plan!

Evie Published a Story Book using the BulletMap

Evie Published a Story Book using the BulletMap

Questions and Answers Full Video

Segmented Questions

Basic

Try the BulletMap System, give it a go and see if you think this might help

Standard

Master the BulletMap process, build confidence and gain tools to thrive in school & college

Premium

For students who’d like intensive coaching, inc those age 15/16yrs who will be sitting exams soon

Free

£ 149

Billed Monthly

£ 275

Billed Monthly

Basic

Try the BulletMap System, give it a go and see if you think this might help

Standard

Master the BulletMap process, build confidence and gain tools to thrive in school & college

Premium

For students who’d like intensive coaching, inc those age 15/16yrs who will be sitting exams soon

Free

£ 119

Save 20%

Yearly Contract Billed Monthly

£ 220

Save 20%

Yearly Contract Billed Monthly

Basic

Try the BulletMap System, give it a go and see if you think this might help

Standard

Master the BulletMap process, build confidence and gain tools to thrive in school & college

Premium

For students who’d like intensive coaching, inc those age 15/16yrs who will be sitting exams soon

Basic

Try the BulletMap System, give it a go and see if you think this might help

Standard

Master the BulletMap process, build confidence and gain tools to thrive in school & college

Premium

For students who’d like intensive coaching, inc those age 15/16yrs who will be sitting exams soon

Jack did a presentation!

Elizabeth can now write!

Adwen created her summer plan!