ELS4KIDS Rhythmic Entrainment Intervention (REI) Provider

ELS4KIDS is now a certified provider for REI. I am now a provider of Rhythmic Entrainment Intervention (REI) which is completely non-participatory meaning you can play the cd while your child sleeps and get  results.  REI uses Rhythms and not Frequencies so it is not anything related to Tomatis or AIT.  The goal is to [...]

Weekly Report from a Family Working With BrainWare Safari – WK 11

Susie is still working on Level 3 sky scanning….progress is very slow, much as when we were working on level 2…but we keep pushing on.  She's working on level 4 bear shuffle and tic tac toe.  She has completed level 5 on about 6 other games.  As we work on her schoolwork, I do see [...]

5 Must See Back-to-School Resources

Getting ready for back-to-school means changing your home routine to a more structured one.  Especially if relax a lot during the summer months.  We do and I dread getting the kids back on schedule for school.  My kids stay up late, as they are basically teenagers, and get up late in the morning.  I actually [...]

How to Make a File Caddy

You know the legends of middle school paper, like the Math Test that Molded, the Vocabulary List that Finally Turned up in the Catbox, or the Permission Slip that Accidentally Ran Through the Washer-Dryer. Witness a middle schooler’s room in the throes of these disasters, and you’ll want to duck and cover! Want to bring [...]

Weekly Report from a Family Working With BrainWare Safari – WK 10

Mom states that the girls are still making progress in several areas.  Read for details: The girls were very consistent last week.  Barbara's work schedule was a bit more conducive to completing Brainware on a daily basis.  We're relying on the headphones more, and it does seem to make a difference.  The larger monitor is [...]

Q&A on Brain Training for Kids

  What are the major causes of Learning Disabilities? About 85 to 90 percent of learning difficulties are due to poor underlying learning skills. These skills include: Attention/Concentration: the ability to stay on task or ignore distractions. For example, continuing to read a book while another group is in a discussion. Phonetic awareness: the ability [...]

P3 Back-to-School Homework Meltdowns and How to Overcome Them

This week we discuss what to do if you do not know how to help your child with the subject matter causing stress.  For example, with math, you may be a math wiz but your child's school is teaching math a totally different way than how you learned math.  To add to this complexity, your [...]

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 is to be proactive, manage crisis situations and get your child's emotions down and under control.  Your child most likely will not be able to tell why they cannot do [...]

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 [...]

Learning Difficulties are Hard to Understand

  When your child has learning difficulties it can be hard for you to understand. The main reason for this is because; you don’t have a learning problem so you don’t understand what your child is going through. Not understanding is the worst thing you can go through with this problem. Teaching yourself how to [...]

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