Are you homeschooling your children? Has your child been diagnosed with ADD? Are you looking for some things to keep the kids busy as you get ready for the holidays? Take a look at the stories that you may have missed this month.
Many visual, right-brain thinkers have a strong spatial understanding. They see things in three dimensions and easily grasp the physical relationships between things in their world.
We’ve created the perfect story paper for your emerging writer’s early creative writing assignments.
Drawing is a great way to improve handwriting and fine motor skills. Not to mention, it strengthens essential self control skills and sequential thinking. If you like this video, you consider signing your child up for a Young Rembrandts class near you.
Understanding a child’s learning style is so important in giving him an effective education as well as fostering future successes. There are three learning styles; visual, auditory and kinesthetic.
Is your child an auditory, visual or kinesthetic learner? Understanding how your child learns will enable you to choose appropriate instruction and activities for your child. More than one child can mean more than one learning style but there are things you can do to be sure you’re reaching all the learners in your family.
Participation in the arts has been proven to increase academic performance. Art helps children develop essential learning skills and out of the box thinking. Art helps children think for themselves, consider multiple viewpoints and explore a wider range of possibilities. And while all of those are reason enough to support art programs for kids, there are some unique and very significant reasons visual learners need art.
Many of us utilize visual thinking techniques. In this video, I explain the common characteristics of a visual learner and some things that they need in order to learn effectively.
So you have this great kid. He’s dynamic, smart, fun, curious, creative, and you love the way his mind works! Then he goes to school and they’re not seeing the same things you are. You hear he’s not paying attention. Not applying himself. Not keeping up. Not behaving. Then you hear – maybe it’s ADD ?
This month we shared success tips for emerging readers, a couple more podcasts, some thrifty activities for the family and a free sight words download. In case you missed they are all here…
