10 Secrets to Surviving the School Year
You may be wondering what else you can do to prepare your visual learner for a successful school year.
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What Teachers Want You to Know
School is a partnership, as teachers and parents we each play an important role in educating your child. If you’re a new mom or maybe you just have a new dedication to school – here’s a few things that I’ve learned from my many years as a mom and partnering with teachers.
Exercise Their Right Brain
Young Rembrandts’ drawing classes are a great way for your children to exercise their right brains but the seats are limited so enroll in a class near you today!
Art is Smart
Art is a universal language. It’s joyful. It’s inclusive. It knows no boundaries. When children make art, they experience the unique satisfaction and joy that making art offers.
Handwriting for Fun
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?
School Success Solutions
Fall ushers in the excitement of a new school year, full of possibility. While you’re helping your child get ready for a new classroom and a new teacher, you may be wondering what else you can do to prepare him for a successful school year.
Extracurricular Activities Are Beneficial
Both children and parents enter a new school year full of expectation and many of those expectations will be met and great successes will abound. But sadly, back to school can be a source of great frustration for our visual students. Sitting still and listening can be hard, especially for kids that need to see, touch and do in order to learn effectively.
Podcast: How to Prevent Summer Learning Loss
Summer brain drain can amount to a significant learning loss, as much as 2 ½ months per student, with the biggest losses in math and reading. Consistent summer losses can cause a child to be 2 years behind their peers by 6th grade. By 9th grade, summer losses are considered responsible for 2/3 of the achievement gap. Let’s consider our visual kids. Many of them have already been struggling in school and can’t afford any leaks.
Why Summer Art?
Do you have a kid that wants to spend their summer doing art? They want to build things. Make things. Draw things. Paint and color. All day. Every day. They just can’t seem to get enough. If this is your child, it sounds like you have what I affectionately call an ‘art kid’.
19 Easy and Educational Family Activities
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!
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