How are your child’s listening skills? Good? How about remembering what you say? Inside The Free Printables Collection you’ll find a sample of Hear the Hidden Message. This is an activity that I designed to help students strengthen a variety of learning skills, especially auditory memory. Here’s how it works… (Video not showing? …
Learning Intervention That Fits
Obvious statement alert! Not all learning difficulties are created equal. Of course, you know this already. If you are a parent of a child with learning differences, then you already know that the word “differences” doesn’t even describe the half of it. Your child with learning differences is quite unique, quite different than …
The Struggling Learner Scenario: Can’t Sit Still
Scenario #2: My son is ALWAYS moving! We believe he’s too young for ADHD medication. He’s a very picky eater so we aren’t prepared to eliminate any of the few foods he actually eats, either. He has some vision issues for which he attends vision therapy. He will work with me on learning intervention activities …
The Competitive Advantage of Learning Differences
Is your struggling learner super competitive? Before you get mad at me for misinterpreting the term “competitive advantage,” I promise I’ll talk about what gives students with learning differences an edge up in life. First, though, let’s talk about how to use your child’s competitive nature to your advantage. Time to Win! …
Improve Kids’ Learning Abilities with a Pencil Themed Grid Maze (Video)
When it comes to sharing skill-building activities for kids, telling you how they work is one thing. Showing you how they work is even better. So that’s what I decided to do. You’ll find plenty of fun activities inside The Free Printables Collection. Have you ever wondered, though, “What the heck do I …
The Struggling Learner Scenario: Poor Handwriting Part 2
Does your child’s handwriting look like ancient hieroglyphics? Do you attempt to interpret her page of scribbles just as you tried to interpret her drawings when she was… 4? “How lovely! Thank you! What a beautiful… uh… uh… How beautiful!” In Part 1 you learned to look for clues in 3 different places, clues …
The Struggling Learner Scenario: Poor Handwriting
Scenario #1: My 12-year-old’s handwriting looks like a 6-year-old’s. What can I do to help? To clarify, when I say “handwriting” I’m referring to both print and cursive writing. Does anyone teach cursive anymore? I’m not sure, but I hope so! For today’s purposes, let’s just assume we’re talking about printing. One big reason …