Spark Interest in Writing
Are you worried about how the kids are going to keep from losing knowledge over the summer? Writing about their day is a great way to keep their brains limber.
Are you worried about how the kids are going to keep from losing knowledge over the summer? Writing about their day is a great way to keep their brains limber.
Recently, a new Young Rembrandts franchisee told me something awesome about her son’s university… Virginia Tech instituted a rule where all notetaking was to be done by hand. No laptops. No keyboarding of any kind. Just good old paper and pencil. (I assume pens are allowed. Haha.)
This holiday break is a great time to take the Handwriting Challenge. 7 Days to Better Handwriting is a simple and engaging way to help your child get comfortable with handwriting so he can concentrate on the rest of the learning happening in the classroom.
In case you missed them on our Facebook page, here are our can’t miss posts for November.
Your child is a visual thinker. By understanding how your visual child learns you can better support them in the areas in the classroom they find challenging. Here’s what it means to be a visual learner.
Handwriting can sometimes be seen as unimportant in our technology driven world. For visual learners, however, the ability to quickly and legibly write down ideas that they are learning in school is essential.
There are significant benefits to writing by hand; the better visual students write the better they learn.
Visual learners can get so caught up in what they are writing that they miss some of the information coming at them while they are writing. But how can we get them accustomed to writing without making it a chore?
Its back to school time and the 7 Days to Better Handwriting mini course is a great way to get the kids back into writing practice.
The key to prevent summer learning loss for all kids, especially visual learners, is to make learning hands on, make it visual, add lots of art and time to create and above all – make it FUN. Summer is great for messy, creative and experimental activities because everything can be done outside!