Your Guide to Acing This Week’s Spelling Test
Rote memorization and recitation just don’t resonate with right-brain thinkers. Instead, we need to employ more creative, visual, and hands-on techniques to help them grasp new concepts effectively.
Visual Learner
Empowering Right-Brain Thinkers: A Guide to Parent-Teacher Conferences for Neurodivergent Kids
It’s conference time at many of our schools, and I want to chat with you about approaching them in a different light, especially if you have a right-brain thinker or a child with ADD or ADHD. While it’s crucial to hear the teacher’s feedback on how your child is doing in the classroom, it’s equally important to engage in a conversation about your child as a right-brain thinker.
Looking Back on 2019
As 2019 comes to an end, I have compiled a list of our most important posts of the year. Our visual, right-brain thinkers have amazing talents and adapting the way we talk to them and reinforce their learning can make such a difference in their self esteem and success in life.
Survive and Thrive this Winter Break
When faced with an extended period of time off school, it’s exciting to be free from schedules and homework. Fear strikes when you realize no school means no routines and nothing for the kids to do all day. But have no fear! There are ways to make your time off fun, maybe even fruitful. You could even get a bit of mom time in!
Out with the Old, Make Room for the New
No matter how hard we try, our kids always seem to have too much stuff. And as the holidays approach, the reality of how much more stuff is going to creep into the house can seem overwhelming.
What to Do When Homework Overwhelms?
School is well in session and I’m sure you have hit a few bumps with homework already. Whether you have a visual learner just starting school or an older visual learner, I have found lots of great ways to make homework time easier through the years.
Invite the Teacher to the Team
The school year is off to a great start but you might still have some anxiety about your visual learner in a new classroom. In the school district near us, it is conference time. What a perfect opportunity to share a little more about your child!
Is the Classroom Killing Your Kid?
“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.” If you have a visual learner, chances are you have heard a version of this once or twice when your child gets home from school. It’s heartbreaking.
Supplement Your Visual Thinker’s Learning
Sitting still and listening can be hard, especially for kids that need to see, touch and do in order to learn effectively. Here are some ways to help make a smooth transition from summer to school.
Back to School, Back to Routines
It is hard to believe that school is about to start back up again. Like it or not, you need to adjust just about everything you did over summer, for your kids to get what they need for school. Here are some things that need to be addressed for your kids to have a chance at a good year.
