12 Earth Day Projects We Love
Earth Day is this Saturday! Try these great activities with your children to get them thinking about our environment and how they can help make the world a better place.
fun learning activities for kids
Video: Learning Sight Words
For visual kids, drills and memorization can be difficult. So, I have a simple way to practice those sight words that will appeal to your visual kid’s right brain by using color to trigger their memory. Let me show you exactly how to implement this strategy.
Drawing = Writing
This holiday break is a great time to take the Handwriting Challenge. 7 Days to Better Handwriting is a simple and engaging way to help your child get comfortable with handwriting so he can concentrate on the rest of the learning happening in the classroom.
In Case You Missed It… September 2015
This month has been all about celebrating your visual learner. Whether you need to advocate for adaptation in the classroom or just understand what it is that makes them special, being a visual learner is an amazing gift.
Fun and Free Teaching Tools
We want to help you help your child operate successfully in the classroom and have designed these activities (free downloads) with your visual learner in mind.
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?
Back to School Handwriting
Its back to school time and the 7 Days to Better Handwriting mini course is a great way to get the kids back into writing practice.
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.
Back to School Undrained
Many of the ideas that I have shared with you throughout our summer Brain Drain series are excellent tools for your visual learner to use throughout the school year to reinforce those new concepts that they will inevitably be learning, and possibly having difficulty grasping.
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.
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