6 Ways to Help Your Elementary Student in School
Do you have a bright, capable, intelligent, creative child that struggles in school? Your child may be a visual learner and school is not teaching or measuring the things they’re good at.
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The Challenge of Reading and Writing
For most kids, a big stack of books can seem intimidating, even dry, especially for visual learners. Visual kids thrive when they are actively involved in the learning process and it needs to include opportunities for them to be creative.
Ways to Understand Your Visual Thinker’s Reading Struggles
Reading and writing can be a struggle for visual learners. Here are some ways for you to support the process of becoming successful at reading and writing.
In Case You Missed It…
This month we shared some Fun and Easy Fall Activities, exciting news about my new Podcasts as well as many tips and tools for a visual kids to succeed in school. In case you missed it they are all here…
How Visual Kids Learn And How Schools Teach
In an effort to better understand why visual kids struggle in the language heavy classrooms, I have complied a list that compares – How Visual Learners Think and The Way Schools Teach. While the traits listed are common to visual learners overall, not all children are exactly alike and not all schools teach exactly the same way…
The Best Writing Paper Ever!
I remember being so frustrated when my grandson was learning to write. It wasn’t about him, or the assignments or the teacher’s expectations – it was about the paper. It was all about the paper.
Conquer Test Fears!
We need to help our visual kids conquer their test fears and improve academic outcomes.
10 Study Tips for Visual Learners
Visual students don’t usually test well and may even struggle with test anxiety. Right brain, visual-spatial individuals are conceptual, non-linear thinkers and they often miss details, struggle with memorization and prefer images over words. But there are always going to be tests at school…
Podcast: 4 Strategies to Boost Kids Confidence
If you have a child that’s bright, full of life, creative and not doing well in school you might have heard the phrase, “I’m just not smart.” It’s a heartbreaking phrase that simply isn’t true and as parents you can change…
“I’m just not smart.”
I recently met a mom who asked – “What do you say when your daughter says –
“I’m not smart. I’m not like the other kids. How come I don’t get good grades like they do? I’m just not smart like they are.'”
