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Every child with invisible special needs is different. For some, listening, reading and writing develop naturally and to a high level but for others, these things are a struggle. Some children learn best by seeing and doing things. We often refer to these children as “visual learners”. The schools of yesterday weren’t well positioned to [...]
In the last decade, the number of kids diagnosed with ADHD has risen 66%! A new study reveals statistics in the current issue of the journal, Academic Pediatrics. Northwestern Medicine spearheaded the study and analyzed the trends from 2000 to 2010 among children under 18 years of age who had been diagnosed and treated for [...]
Have Fun Teaching is a fabulous site full of educational material for parents and teachers. There are worksheets, coloring pages, flashcards, and more. But what caught my attention are their songs teaching the letters of the alphabet on YouTube. They have an Alphabet Song teaching all the letters that has been viewed on YouTube over [...]
What the ABC Action Chant Is The ABC Action Chant is a multi-sensory way to teach young children letters and their corresponding sounds. Letters and sounds are introduced using a chant that incorporates the letters, key words that begin with them and associated actions. Printable picture cue cards with letters and corresponding words can also [...]
What is the Diphthong Song? The Diphthong Song is a literacy song that Kimberly A. Henry, author of , created to help students remember sounds associated with letter combinations. Sung to the tune of “Jingle Bells”, it is a perfect seasonal tool for auditory learners who are transitioning from single phonetic sounds to combination ones. [...]
by Chynna Laird Back when Jaimie began Preschool, I found it incredible that none of her teachers even knew what SPD was. These days, there seems to be a lot more effort being made to inform teachers about sensory issues and SPD because so many children have issues in these areas, from mildly to quite [...]
Source: Medical News Today Playing white noise in class can help inattentive children learn. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal Behavioral and Brain Functions tested the effect of the meaningless random noise on a group of 51 schoolchildren, finding that although it hindered the ability of those who normally pay attention, it improved [...]
by Haley Moss Hi everybody! Hope the beginning of school has been good to you and your children are adjusting well. As always, if you have ANY questions I can maybe answer, please feel free to write me! This month we are talking about teachers and autism as well as sensory challenges at school. Did [...]
Dr. Seuss may have written , but Orton-Gillingham wants us to not only hear, but also see and touch the who! In a previous post I wrote about the multisensory teaching approach and why I am such a fan. Multisensory teaching uses more than one of the child’s senses to teach the material. In traditional [...]
Reading skills are crucial for a child’s success in school. “Of every 100 children who leave first grade as poor readers, 88 will still be poor readers at the end of third grade, limiting their chances of academic and future workforce success.” (NLC Institute for Youth, Education and Families) With the start of the academic [...]
