Provide Drawing Opportunities
Drawing is a great way to get creative juices flowing for your kiddos this summer. Not only is it good for boosting creativity, but it is a great way for them to document what happens throughout the summer.
Tools & Tips
Spark Interest in Writing
With all the activity and adventures happening in the summer, there is plenty of material for writing. However, most visual kids struggle with writing.
Keep Your Visual Kids’ Skills Sharp this Summer by Making a Plan
A summer schedule with room for free play and plenty of choices will keep kids learning, having fun, and allow for a smooth transition into the next school year, not to mention help prevent summer burnout for both you and the kids. Begin your morning with making beds, brushing teeth, getting dressed and eating breakfast. […]
Top 5 Art Shows to See This Summer and How to Enjoy It with Kids
This summer add some creativity to your schedule and take a trip to your local art museum. If taking your children to a museum is not your idea of a good time, here are some tips to make the process a bit more enjoyable:
7 Ways to Boost Test Scores
Nobody likes taking tests, especially visual kids. Standardized tests are right around the corner, for kids third grade and up. While we can’t really study for those types of tests, there are ways to make testing less intimidating for your visual kid.
The Pros and Cons of KonMari
I recently watched a few episodes of the new Netflix series, Tidying Up, with Marie Kondo. I’m loving it while feeling overwhelmed by it. Her methods have the family literally touch and sort through EVERYTHING in their home. Watching them do a whole house might make organizing your kid’s room look possible.
Tidying Up Can Be Overwhelming
There’s a new show on Netflix that I couldn’t resist watching; Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, who’s mission is “to spark joy in the world through tidying”. I have never heard the words ‘joy’ and ‘tidying’ in the same sentence, so I had to watch.
Organize Your Time
In addition to having their space organized, children need to learn how to organize their time. Lucky for you, I have created some adorable and easy to follow morning routine and bedtime routine charts to help keep the kids on track as they move through those hectic times of day.
Tidy Space, Happy Face
When kids learn to create and maintain order in their physical space, they create and maintain order internally. In short, order on the outside helps create order on the inside.
Fresh Start in the New Year
The new year provides a great opportunity for us to evaluate the areas of our lives that we would like to improve. Getting organized is a common resolution and will do great things for both you and your child with an ADHD, visual thinking brain.
