Top Facebook Posts for January
In case you missed them on our Facebook page, here are our top posts in January! Be sure to LIKE the Bette Fetter Facebook page (if you haven’t already) to join in the conversation.
Dyslexia
Looking Back at 2015
We’ve had a busy year here at bettefetter.com. I’ve gathered a few of our most important posts to refresh you memory about what we’re up to here. There is more to come in the upcoming year.
Podcast: Is It Dyslexia?
Dyslexia is very misunderstood. It is really a learning style rather than a disability.
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.
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.
Brandon’s Story: Living with Dyslexia
I was talking to a friend about the HBO movie, Rethinking Dyslexia that aired recently. We had both been very impressed by the movie. I’ve researched and written about dyslexia in relation to being a visual learner, but my friend has first hand experience with a son who is dyslexic. As we talked about Brandon and his learning experiences, I was enormously impressed by the success he’s found in his career because of his perseverance and the ways he learned to make things more visual for himself.
The Mind Research Institute: Teaching Math Without Words
This morning I was looking on line to see what kind of things are being done in elementary schools, to teach math visually and came across this video; Teaching Math Without Words: A Visual Approach to Learning Math Through Software.
In the video Dr. Matthew Peterson shares some great insights on why the current language heavy approach to teaching math is not working, especially for children that learn visually and conceptually. In answer to these challenges, their group, The Mind Research Institute has developed math-learning software to use in the classroom and is yielding impressive results. This video includes examples of their software – which I must admit – move way too fast for me to fully grasp. But when seeing the children working and discussing, in front of their computers, the programs seem to move at a pace that invites engagement and understanding.
7 Activities for Children with Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a learning “disability” with strong ties to visual-spatial learning. Dyslexics think in pictures, struggle with language and may even struggle with sequencing. These learners can have brilliant visual- spatial abilities and need some extra help developing reading and literacy skills. These are a few activities you can do at home to help your child improve their learning skills and gain confidence:
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