Meet Sushi Monster! Scholastic’s new game to practice, reinforce, and extend math fact fluency is completely engaging and appropriately challenging. Strengthen reasoning strategies for whole number addition and multiplication by helping monsters make a target sum or product. Earn points with each correct answer… but watch out for distractions! To be successful, plan ahead and strategically select numbers from the sushi counter.
Tag: games
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App: Learning to draw
The app “Learning to draw is fun” will teach your child to draw easily 24 different pictures like a butterfly, a snowman, a flower, a birthday cake… Each drawing is split into 4 easy steps that your child can easily reproduce below the drawing templates. When the drawing is finished, your child can color it. All the drawings made by your child are saved and can be printed (needs an AirPrint compatible printer).
The app is available for iPad and costs $1.99 in the App Store.
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The Christmas match game
Today’s freebie contains a Christmas matching game. There are twice twenty cards which have to be matched. But take care and look carefully: The cards seem to be the same, but every card is different.
This trains visual and spatial perception – important skills for reading, writing, and calculating.
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Honeycomb Puzzles
Honeycomb puzzles are a great means to train attention and perception. Today, three honeycomb puzzles with different themes are offered. There are two versions of each puzzle. In the second version, the honeycomb that is in the middle, is colored gray. This might be a help, especially for younger children. It is best to print the puzzles on thicker paper. You might also want to laminate them.
Have fun puzzling!
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New educational card game for word formulation!
A new educational card game for word formulation helps children with reading and writing difficulties due to dyslexia to learn reading and writing more easily. The idea is simple: Making words with cards! With these cards, printed by the renowned Viennese card game company Piatnik, one can formulate letters and words using play.
Scientific background:The educational card game “Letters2Words” was developed as a result of scientific discoveries that three-dimensional symbols are easier to recognize and retain.
The three-dimensional presentation of letters supports the immersion process and facilitates the child’s connection with them.
Scientific research has shown that this process is a crucial requirement for people to learn writing and reading more easily and satisfactorily.
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Equine Therapy at the Big Heart Ranch in Malibu
Equine Therapy is an experiential, evidence-based therapy involving horses. The client works with the horses, along with a certified horse specialist and therapist, to help achieve the client’s goals. EAP is appropriate for individuals of all ages, as well as groups, families, and couples.
Ideal for kids and families struggling with:
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Autism
- Eating Disorders
- Family Conflict
- Learning Disabilities
- Social Anxieties
Through a series of activities, participants identify with the horses and learn how to better communicate with others. Participants work on problem-solving games, such as moving the horse through an obstacle course. Activities help clients learn to trust their thought processes as well as work in a team to think and act outside their comfort zone.
Equine Therapy increases empathy through grooming activities and caring for the horses. The horses keep the participants in the moment, focused on a task, and completely honest. All EAP sessions are facilitated by a licensed therapist or a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern under the supervision of a BBS licensed supervisor.
BIG Heart Ranch in Malibu, California, is a facility specializing in healing youth and adults struggling with mental health and everyday issues through Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) and Equine Assisted Growth and Learning (EAGL). Cofounder Suzi Landolphi is certified in EAP, and cofounder and Program Director Brian Goldberg is a Certified Equine Specialist. Together with their staff and animals, they provide various animal-assisted therapies.
