Weekly Report from a Family Working With BrainWare Safari – WK 8

Week 8 As I stated earlier, a "big development" for Week 8 was Barbara completing Level 3 Sky scanning.  Her time on here is still pretty limited, and she gets pretty frustrated with what she sees as "lack of progress".  I was able to point out to her, that her "total time investment" was probably [...]

P2 Back-to-School Homework Meltdowns and How to Overcome Them

Last week I gave you some ideas for those families in crisis mode with dealing with homework meltdowns.  The number one takeaway from last week to manage crisis situations is to get your child's emotions back down and under control.  Your child most likely will not be able to tell why they cannot do their [...]

Weekly Report from a Family Working With BrainWare Safari – WK 7

From Anita Brainware Week 7 ~ Sorry, it's taken a while for me to get to this. Susie blew me out of the water Monday when she finally beat that Level 2 Sky Scanning!  We were both so excited.  Yesterday she beat level 4 on two more games.  There are definitely some positive changes taking [...]

Back-to-School Homework Meltdowns and How to Overcome Them

Well, it is almost back-to-school for our children.  Some schools will be opening doors in August across our country.  Others will start after Labor Day.  The one thing they all have in common is homework.  For those students who do get homework, this can be the most stressful time of the day.  For families dealing [...]

The Dangers of Milk / Dairy for You and Your Child — What Do You Think?

I have been doing a ton of research because Shannon and I are beginning to eat a more healthy diet.  A healthy diet and exercise are vital ingredients for a healthy brain, thus healthy child/person. The number one item that all the docs/nutritionists that we consulted so far stressed that we eliminate was milk / [...]

Weekly Report from a Family Working With BrainWare Safari – WK 6

Anita says: July 12, 2010 at 5:28 pm  (Edit) Week 6 update ~  Colleen, thanks for the mention of the game SET.  It was also loaned to me by the lady who loaned me the "vision card set", and I am seriously considering purchasing it myself.  I haven't gotten to play it with Barbara much yet, [...]

Weekly Report from a Family Working With BrainWare Safari – WK 5

  "Barbara" (19) has completed level 5 in several games, however she is still struggling with level 3 Sky Scanning and level 4 Tree Tic Tac Toe.  I am beginning to suspect more auditory issues with her, and/or perhaps issues with sustained attention (she was on ADD meds from about age 11- 17).  When she [...]

Setting People Straight About Dyslexia

  I found this article online and wanted to share it with you.  It is from The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity.  Enjoy! SETTING PEOPLE STRAIGHT ABOUT Dyslexia               Kacie after MRI.  Photo by S. Shaywitz         Source: Overcoming Dyslexia by S. Shaywitz         Finance guy [...]

Will Art Therapy really help with Learning Disabilities?

When you have a child that has a learning disability, you’re always looking for ways to help them learn and overcome the problems.  When you find something that works, you need to stick with that technique. You may run into a problem where the technique you use stops working and not know what to do.       [...]

Activity – 4th of July Tin Can Lanterns

Tin Can Lanterns   Kids love candles, whether they’re perched on cake tops or on elaborate holders.  But in our gadget-happy age, it can be easy to forget that in the “olden” days, those candles were the only source of light around! Here’s a craft that supports this kind of social studies learning. It also [...]

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