Learning Skills 101

So what are learning skills anyway?  Most of us were never taught about these underlying mental skills that lay the foundation for our ability to learn.  We were always taught that we could learn if we set our mind to it.  Between home and school we should be fine.  If not, just see a tutor [...]

3 Ways Your Child’s Emotions Impact Learning

As we understand that the brain is plastic and can change, research has also proven to us that the approach used and methods involved must elicit positive feedback from the child to engage the act of learning. In other words, if the child is not actively excited and engaged with the learning, very little to [...]

Why should you use Interactive Notebooks?

We all know that people learn in different ways. Some people learn better by watching others, some learn better by reading, and some learn by doing. No matter what way you learn you can use an interactive notebook.  Interactive notebooks are created by each person individually. They can be created in a number of different [...]

Learning Skills 101 – Auditory Processing

  To Review: So far, we have been discussing what learning skills are and how they impact a student on a daily basis.  If you recall, we stated that learning skills are the underlying mental skills formally known as attention, visual/auditory processing, memory, processing, word attack and auditory analysis.  Most of our children experience these [...]

Anticipated Levels of Intelligence

Did you know that our society has a preset of anticipated levels of intelligence?  For example, average intelligence is considered to be around 100.  Children with Learning Disabilities usually measure in at around 90-93 (Gajar, 1979; Webster & Schenck, 1978).  However, if you will agree with me that a lot of children with learning disabilities [...]

4 Simple Steps To Understanding the Benefits Brain Training

Yes, you have done it all for your child.  You've braved the overwhelming meetings with the school,  you've even done the multiple tries with the tutors.  You've offered your child millions of incentives to please just try a little harder and catch up to their peers.  You've tried to re-teach your child a full day [...]