ABSTRACT
Ensuring that a classroom is dyslexia friendly not only positively supports those pupils with dyslexia, but also benefits all pupils in the class. There are several ways to easily adapt aspects of the environment, resources and teaching methods to make the classroom more dyslexia friendly. Background colours use buff, cream or pastel colours for backgrounds on computer screens, interactive whiteboards, handouts and displays. These colours have been found to be the easiest for dyslexic children to read from. The most difficult to read is black print on a white background. Fonts use san serif fonts. San serif fonts are easier to read. Comic Sans and Century Gothic avoid the confusion between a and a. Have a positive attitude towards supporting children with dyslexia by: having a good understanding of dyslexia and how it may affect children with their learning, encouraging children to learn from their mistakes rather than regarding mistakes as failing.
