23 Ways to Give Your Right-Brain a Workout
I’ve compiled a list of things that utilize our right brain skills. Try a few to give your right brain a workout.
ADHD
Food Sabotaging Your School Day?
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, especially for kids headed into the classroom. As parents, we want to feed our kids well, but we’re being flooded with a lot of mixed messages about what’s good.
Make Homework Come Alive for Visual Learners
Kids with an ADD diagnosis can benefit so much from the strategies we use with visual learners because most are visual, right brain thinkers struggling to focus their big picture thinking enough to get their work done at school. ADDitude magazine agrees with me and I got published in their spring edition!
Being Visual is Being Amazing!
As parents and grandparents, we want to provide our children the best start to their lives as possible. When your child is struggling at school, you want to find an answer to how to help them succeed. In my book, Being Visual, I talk about the importance of understanding each child’s learning style and how it affects the school experience.
Give Your ADHD Kid the Gift of a Good Night’s Sleep
I did it. I bought a weighted blanket. I liked it so much, I bought three weighted blankets. I had read about the benefits of weighted blankets for so long but never acted, so finally, I took the plunge.
ADHD Survival Guide for Holiday Break
Two weeks off school. Off schedules. Off homework. Off routines. Maybe even a few extra days off work for mom and dad. Sounds so good. Until reality sets in. 12 days of kids at home. No school. No schedules. No homework. No routines. YIKES!! If you or your child have ADD – double YIKES!!!
15 Ways to Keep the Kids Busy at Home this Winter
Holiday break can test the patience of any parent, especially if you live somewhere cold and get stuck inside. If you have a child with ADHD, the laid-back structure and inability to run off energy is a recipe for disaster. The key to your survival is have things to do at home with plans to get out of the house mixed in.
Ways To Talk So Your Right Brain Kid Can Hear You
Every parent has experienced the frustration of trying to get their kid to listen and do what needs to be done. But when it’s a visual learner or kid with ADD, there are even more challenges. There’s a lot going on in their head, ALL the time.
Is a 504 Plan What She Needs?
If your child is struggling with focus, testing and some academic work, there is no understanding, no work around, no assistance for them as visual learners. But if your child is unfocused, distracted, struggling academically, and diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, help is available in the form of a 504 learning plan.
23 Activities Your Visual Kid Will Crush!
I’ve compiled a list of things that your visual ADD/ADHD kid will do well. These will really boost their confidence in their awesomeness. So, try them out and have fun!
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