Enriching the Soil of Your Life
(The workbook on the right is from Series C, one of the more advanced books)
Dyslexia Games has been successful in helping so many who have struggled with dyslexia, so I want to spread the word!
Brain research shows that Non-Dyslexics (easy readers) use the left brain when reading.
But when struggling dyslexics attempt to read, brain scans reveal an absence of activity in the left brain. …
Here is the giveaway I promised in the Dyslexia Games: Success For Kids Who Confuse Letters! post Monday.
We have TWO amazing resources for you. Even if your children (or you!) DON’T struggle with dyslexia, these books are great mind games. We can all use more brain power!
You can get a coupon code & ebook, AND you can enter our giveaway contest to win some of these great books! Be sure to get the code/ebook and enter the contest. Ends 11/17.
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I share another important post by homeschool mom Michelle Caskey (with permission) because we both want to encourage and inspire you as you learn to relate to your boys.
Contrary to popular opinion in our modern society, boys think, see, hear and process very differently than girls. This isn’t to say that men are better than women or vice versa. Just different. And we would be wise to recognize these differences and to celebrate them rather than trying to pretend that they aren’t there or trying to make them go away….
Updated 8/2018. (Image Source)
The American Library Association’s list of Book and Media Awards winners was recently proclaimed at the Newbery Caldecott Wilder banquet, creating quite a commotion in children’s lit circles.
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Translated by Anne Schweda for Deep Roots at Home.
„Der Gefühlszustand von Kindern ist heutzutage katastrophal! Wenn sie zur Schule kommen, sind die meisten emotional gar nicht dazu in der Lage, etwas zu lernen. Dazu tragen viele Faktoren bei, die von unserem modernen Lebensstil herrühren.“ ~ V.P.
Das, was meine Freundin Victoria Prooday (Ergotherapeutin) in ihrer beruflichen Praxis erlebt, ist so weit verbreitet und alarmierend, dass ich sie darum gebeten habe, ihre Gedanken dazu mit anderen teilen zu dürfen. Da dieses Thema auf ein so überwältigendes Interesse gestoßen ist und sich daraus auch viele Gespräche ergeben haben, veröffentliche ich ihren Artikel in etwas gekürzter Form an dieser Stelle erneut.
Alle Eltern, denen die Zukunft ihres Kindes am Herzen liegt, möchte ich dazu ermutigen, ihn zu lesen. Mir ist bewusst, dass viele am liebsten nichts von dem wissen wollen, was Victoria in ihrem Artikel zu sagen hat. Aber es ist für das Wohlergehen eurer Kinder dringend notwendig, dass ihr diese Botschaft hört….
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“Read me Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Momma!”
These days a parent could offer their young child storytime with a picture book, they could play an audio book, start the animated video or even ask Alexa! In a single generation, the explosion of screen-based media has transformed the experience of childhood, from TV and videos, to an unlimited range of technology available at any time via portable devices.
I ran across this brand new published study that opens up the hidden world of a child’s mind in each of those situations. The purpose was to explore the differences between story format (illustrated vs audio vs animated) and how they each affect the integration and growth of functional brain networks that support learning in preschool-age kids, including language development and visual imagery (imagination)….
