Springfield Center for Dyslexia and Learning

🕸️ Dyslexia-Friendly Reading Tip: Make reading a treat, not a trick! Let your child choose a fun Halloween story and take turns reading aloud. Reading together can help build confidence, encourage a love of books, and take the pressure off independent reading. 📖🧡

No BOO(K) Club membership required—just a good story and a little imagination!

Happy Halloween from all of us at Springfield Center for Dyslexia and Learning! 🖤

🦇📖 Halloween is full of opportunities to sneak in a little literacy fun—without making it feel like homework! 🎃

👻 **Try a Halloween Word Hunt!**

Look for spooky words around your home, in Halloween decorations, or in your favorite seasonal books.

Then have some fun breaking them into sounds!

🕷️ **Bat:** /b/ /ă/ /t/ — 3 sounds

🎃 **Pumpkin:** 2 syllables — pump-kin

🐈‍⬛ **Cat:** Change the /c/ sound to /b/ and you've got BAT!

These playful activities help children practice phonological awareness, an important foundational skill for reading.

🧡 A little seasonal fun can go a long way toward building reading confidence!

👻📚 It's time for some SPOOKY Dyslexia Trivia!

🎃 True or False: Children with dyslexia can be great storytellers, even if reading and spelling are challenging.

Answer: TRUE! ✅

Dyslexia affects reading and spelling skills, but it doesn't limit a child's imagination, creativity, or ability to tell a fantastic story!

In fact, storytelling doesn't always have to involve reading or writing. Encourage your child to make up a spooky story, act it out, or record themselves telling it! 🕸️

💡 Halloween Challenge: Ask your child to create a silly or spooky story using these three words: pumpkin, flashlight, and monster!

We'd love to hear what they come up with! 🎃

🍻🎉 TODAY'S THE DAY! 🎉🍻

Oktoberfest is TONIGHT!

Join us from 5–8 p.m. at 4 By 4 Brewing Company – Fremont Hills for food, live music, drinks, raffles, kids' activities, our silent auction and a whole lot of fun.

Most importantly, come help us celebrate 11 years of changing the lives of students with dyslexia and related learning differences. 💙

📍 4 By 4 Brewing Company – Fremont Hills
⏰ 5–8 p.m.
🎟️ Open to the community

We'll see you tonight! 🍻

🎓💙 **Congratulations to Diem, our newest Take Flight graduate!** 🎉

We are SO proud of Diem for his hard work, determination, and dedication throughout his Take Flight journey! What an incredible accomplishment!

**This is WHY we do what we do!** 💙

Every student deserves the opportunity to become a confident, successful reader. Watching students like Diem reach milestones like this reminds us why our mission matters so much.

And it's exactly why we're celebrating at **Oktoberfest TOMORROW!** 🍂🍻

Our largest annual fundraiser helps provide scholarships for students who need dyslexia intervention but may not otherwise have access to it. Your support helps us create more success stories like Diem's!

📅 **Tomorrow, October 21 | 5–8 PM**
📍 **4 By 4 Brewing Company – Fremont Hills**

Come celebrate with us and help make the next Take Flight graduation possible!

🎟️ Come ready to WIN on Wednesday!

Our Oktoberfest raffle tables will be loaded with prizes, and raffle sheets will be available to purchase that evening only.

Buy your sheets ($20 gets you 10 tickets), drop your tickets into the drawings YOU want to win, and we'll draw our winners at 7:15 p.m.!

⚠️ Remember: You must be present to win raffle-sheet prizes, so stick around for the drawings!

All those raffle tickets add up to something much bigger—helping provide dyslexia intervention scholarships for local students. 💙

Two more days! 🍻

Wondering what you'll find at Oktoberfest? 👀🍻

🎶 Live music
🌭 Food
🍺 Local craft b**r
🎟️ Raffles
🏖️ Silent auction getaways
🎯 Games
🎨 Activities for the kids
💙 Student success stories
👋 LOTS of familiar SCDL faces!

Oktoberfest isn't just a fundraiser—it's a celebration of our students, families, staff and the community that has supported SCDL for the past 11 years.

Come for dinner, stay for the fun and celebrate Dyslexia Awareness Month with us!

📅 Wednesday, October 21
⏰ 5–8 p.m.
📍 4 By 4 Brewing Company – Fremont Hills
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/share/19Za1QDJVN/

Everyone is welcome!

Join us in celebrating RyAnne on her Take Flight graduation! 💜

Completing Take Flight is no small accomplishment! It takes dedication, perseverance, and a whole lot of hard work. RyAnne has reached an incredible milestone, and we couldn't be more proud of her!

📸 Then & Now! Take a look at RyAnne when she first started her journey with us compared to today! What a special reminder of just how far she's come!

Every graduation is a reminder of why we do what we do—helping students become stronger, more confident readers and celebrating every success along the way.

Congratulations, RyAnne! We can't wait to see all the wonderful things you'll accomplish next! 🌟

🍺 Who's joining the Mug Club?!

New this year! Buy a 16 oz. LED mug for $100, and your first drink is on SCDL!

Grab yours at Oktoberfest, fill it with your favorite 4 By 4 brew and raise a glass to stronger readers, incredible teachers and 11 years of SCDL! 🍻 Limit of 24, so act fast!

📅 October 21 | 5–8 p.m.
📍 4 By 4 Brewing Company – Fremont Hills