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Ok, so we’ll admit – we’re still not a fan of Mondays. Whether it’s the dragging yourself out of bed after two days of lie-ins, munching on your sad packed lunch and dreaming of the weekend’s bottomless brunch or even just feeling a bit deflated at having to get back to the grind, they’re an absolute pain, complete mortal torture and shouldn’t be allowed in a civilized word-
Ahem.
But we’ll grudgingly admit that not all Mondays are bad. This Monday, for example, Monday 16th of August, is Tell a Joke day! This is where we celebrate the humble joke and just how a giggle can improve even the greyest of mornings, and share our faves with our pals. But when you’ve got dyslexia, some jokes can come across as a little difficult. If they rely on wordplay or word puns they might take a little while longer to process, and it can turn something fun like Tell a Joke day into yet another scenario where you become hyper-aware of your literacy differences.
But something that people with dyslexia are very good at, however, is visual thinking. A child with literacy differences might struggle with a sentence that says “the dog ate from a bright red bowl”, but if we show the child a picture of a dog eating from a bright red bowl, they’ll be able to identify the action, the colours and the participants without issue, and associate the right spoken words with the scenario. You can find out a little more about this idea at Lexercise, but in terms of where we’re going with it, we want to help raise a few smiles as well as celebrate the visual thinking skills that many people with dyslexia excel at.
So here are eight of our favourite jokes for the young visual thinkers in your life, guaranteed to raise at least one smile on even the drizzliest of Mondays!
How do you stop a dog from barking in the back garden?
Put him in the front garden!
How can you tell if there’s an elephant under your bed?
Your nose touches the ceiling!
What did the 0 say to the 8?
Hey… I like your belt!
Why do hens lay eggs?
Because if they dropped them, they’d break!
Why do birds fly south for winter?
Because it’s too far to walk and their legs would get tired!
What do you get if you cross a grass field with a cow?
A lawn-mooer!
What side of a chicken has the most feathers?
The outside, of course!
Why is 6 afraid of 7?
Because… 7 ate 9!
For more resources that can help support reluctant readers and people with dyslexia and literacy differences, check out our D.E.A.R. for Dyslexia resources hub.