Category: Dyscalculia
Advent Calendar 2019
Soon it is Christmas again. The scent of (homemade) cookies and pine boughs fills the houses. Children are getting excited and are wondering what Santa will bring. To shorten the waiting time, we created an advent calendar. Every day you can download a worksheet that trains visual and spatial perception: mazes, coloring, finding the difference. […]
Dyslexic/Dyscalculic children learn times table, thanks to new ‘Math Stories’
Brain Magic is a stories-based times tables course that gets children with dyslexia &/or dyscalculia to memorize the entire times (multiplication) table in just a matter of hours. The parent of a child living with dyslexia & dyscalculia who used these math stories to memorize the times table in a single weekend, had this to […]
Free, dyslexia friendly, science eLearning website totallearn.co.uk
Studying for exams is a chore for everyone, but made so much more difficult if the text is not accessible to the learner. eLearning has a role to play in helping these students to learn. The website totallearn.co.uk is developing a large number of science eLearning modules to help with study. These are made accessible […]
How Common Are Learning Disabilities in Children?
A learning disability is a lifelong neurological condition that affects the way a person receives and processes information in their brain. In addition to making it tougher to succeed in the classroom, having a learning disability can also affect your social life. There are more than 4.6 million Americans that have a learning disability, and […]
Harvard Graduate School of Education is seeking middle school students for study
Dear parent(s)/guardian(s), My name is Courtney Pollack and I’m a doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. I am currently seeking middle school students who live in the Boston area to participate in a study on arithmetic and the brain. If your child struggles in both math and reading, he or she may […]
Math Shake: An Engaging, Playful App for Solving Word Problems
Math Shake is an engaging, playful app that helps students learn to effectively solve word problems. Math Shake contains thousands of unique questions which students turn into an equation by looking for key words and clues in the problem. Math Shake was created by elementary teachers with years of experience in helping students with dyslexia […]
Visual Learning for Life: Worksheets and App addressing various Visual Perceptual Skills
Visual Learning for Life provides parents, teachers and professionals with unique, professionally designed worksheets that help empower children who struggle with reading, spelling, handwriting, maths and comprehension due to weak visual perceptual skills. The extensive array of over 5000 worksheets have been devised to support children from 4 to 18 years. The worksheets are available […]
Dyslexia Materials Offers Mindful and Multisensory Resources and Advice for Students with Dyslexia
There are a multitude of tools and resources available on the Internet for students with dyslexia, but finding the best sites can be very challenging. This blog features a summary of Dr. Erica Warren’s site, Dyslexia Materials. What is Dyslexia Materials? Dyslexia Materials is a comprehensive site that was created to offer teachers, homeschoolers, therapists […]
Understanding dyslexia: Learn how to best help your child
Just what is dyslexia? There are many misconceptions out there. “Dyslexia is a type of specific learning disorder that impacts reading,” said Dr. Sheldon H. Horowitz, director of learning disability resources at the National Center for Learning Disabilities. “It is not a disease, nor is it contagious. It is not something that goes away — […]
Camp RSA! Ready, Set, Action!
Camp RSA! Ready, Set, Action! A Camp Leader’s Guide ~ Adventures in Writing & Performing promises to be a time-saving teacher’s treasure brimming with both stimulating and calming fun-learning activities. Whether summer, autumn, or mid-winter camps during some of the lengthier school holidays, after school programs, or during the regular school year, educators may love […]
