4 Steps to Stop Summer Learning Loss Kids often lose much of what they learned from the school year over the summer. This is because most of the time, during the summer, we don’t spend much time stimulating the brain and keeping them active. It’s typical for kids to lose between two and four months…
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The Visual Processing System: How Does it Impact Learning?
Visual processing often means how well you discriminate between one letter and another or one word and another. This is prominent with kids who confuse letters, also known as letter reversals. Below are some examples of letters and words that kids mix up…
Auditory Processing and Spelling
What is Auditory Processing? Have you ever heard a new word and tried to spell it? Doing this helps you to remember the new word. The process of reading new words is much easier than spelling new words. Reading is the process of decoding. Spelling is the process of encoding. These are two sides of…
Choosing the Best Dictionary for Students
Selecting the best dictionary for your students can make all the difference. As parents and teachers, we know the value of reference books like the dictionary and the thesaurus. These reference books help us to understand what we read, build our vocabulary, and improve our writing skills. As a teacher, I have a variety of…
Vocabulary and Reading: The Connection
How are vocabulary and reading connected? To understand what you have read, you need to know the meaning of the words you are reading. Research tells us that vocabulary knowledge, including both oral and written vocabulary, is critically important for a child’s success in school (Kamil et al., 2008). That being said, each person has…
Reading Comprehension Strategies
Reading comprehension strategies are a great way to improve your reading comprehension skills. Reading comprehension is the ability to understand, analyze, synthesize, and use what you have read. When you use specific strategies, you make it easier to understand and remember what you have read. “Comprehension is now viewed as a much more complex process…
Top 6 Reading Fluency Activities
Reading fluency is the speed or rate of reading without conscious attention to the mechanics of reading. A fluent reader has the ability to read and understand words automatically. They are able to more easily comprehend complete sentences and entire reading selections.
Top 10 Educational Games for Kids (and Adults!)
The best educational games for kids are sometimes the games that don’t even seem like they are educational. The games are fun and engaging. Each player can make substantial choices throughout the game. The gameplay makes you think. Kids and even adults become more engaged in games that have greater levels of choice than those…
Tactile-Kinesthetic Learning
What is tactile-kinesthetic learning? We all learn through hearing, seeing, and doing. Tactile-kinesthetic learning is the ability to make sense of the world through touch, movement, and doing. It’s the ability to identify, organize, and interpret the environment through touch and movement. Tactile and kinesthetic learners are able to understand and remember information better when…
Goal Planning for the New School Year
Executive Function, Goal Planning, and School Success Goal planning is a great way to help set up your year for success. This is also where executive function comes into play. Executive function is all about planning, organizing, strategizing, paying attention to, and remembering details. Setting and writing your goals down is the first step. When…
