Dyslexia is NOT a Disease
The word dyslexia can invoke many emotions. We need to change our thinking and see it for what it is.
Podcast: 5 Ways to Become a Powerful Parent Advocate
Supporting, enhancing and enriching your visual child’s experience at school comes down to you. In episode 4, I cover 5 Ways to Become a Powerful Parent Advocate, the essential steps to guide your visual child to success.
Reading Problems: Is It Dyslexia?
Dyslexia is a learning ‘disability’ with strong ties to visual learning. Like visual learners, dyslexics think in pictures instead of words, are highly intuitive and think three-dimensionally.
In Case You Missed It…
Do you need to get organized after the holidays? Do you have a right brain dominant child? Are you looking for something fun to do during the winter? Do you need some tips for homeschooling your children? This month we have tips for all of those things.
Video: Art Fuels the Brain
Art has special significance to children because it is a visual, tactile medium that meets children in their learning need. Young Rembrandts uses art to develop learning skills that are essential to all young children.
8 Tips for Teaching the Learners in Your Home
Homeschooling is not for everyone and certainly not for the faint of heart. You may have one student in your home classroom or several, one learning style or more; but once you have an understanding of how your children think and learn, you can adapt or adopt teaching techniques that will make it work for everyone.
Video: Visual Alarm Clock
I love finding visual gadgets and tools that make life easier for our visual kids. Take a look at this great clock for preschool and kindergarten aged kids. It’s cute, colorful and designed to help you to get more sleep while your little one becomes more independent.
Podcast: The Science of Left & Right Brain Thinking
Join me as I describe what it REALLY means to be a right-brain, visual thinker and how that affects kids in school.
The Amazing Lego Set!
Legos are an amazing teaching tool. There are so many different things that can be built. There are sets appropriate for 5 year olds all the way up to adults. So, learners of all ages can receive the benefits.
The Lego Movie and Your Brain
The Lego Movie is an entertaining, highly creative commentary on the struggle between the Left and Right side of us – complete with an evil villain who wants order at any cost and a wild and crazy group of right brain creative types!
