The Literacy Center Education Network is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization with a mission to deliver free, professionally-designed, education material to preschool-age children. Utilizing the power of the Internet, they distribute education material directly to children in their homes, libraries, and schools. The Literacy Center aims to provide safe learning activities for parents and teachers to share with young children. It follows a modified Montessori approach to teaching reading. READ MORE
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.
VideoMonster is the YouTube player especially for children. Your children only see videos they should see – because you’ve selected them. Search and select videos from YouTube in the VideoChooser and store them as playlists for your children. Access to the Video Chooser is protected by a PIN. VideoMonster comes with videos. Choose one of the prepared VideoMonster lists and add it to your selection. Children can operate the player by themselves. It’s very simple and they don’t need to be able to read. The built-in timer prevents kids from watching too long. Videos can be watched without Internet access because VideoMonster stores them on the device, if you want it to. VideoMonster runs on iPad, iPad mini and iPhone. With iCloud, video lists are always up to date on all devices.
With a sheet of paper, a grid and a template, children learn to draw 32 drawings on iPad, 16 on the iPhone in the Lite version, more than 120 (60 on iPhone) in the full version. Copying a drawing is not as easy as you think, it takes a lot of concentration and attention of the children. While copying the templates, children will exercise their observation and their logical skills with the game modes “copy”, “move” and “symmetries”, with 2 levels of difficulty (only one for iPhone) in the Lite version.
Grid drawing for kids lite is for iphone, ipod touch and ipad available on the app store. The full version costs $ 1,99.
Now and then, we want to give you a survey of interesting articles gathered from the net on dyslexia and dyscalculia.
Spielberg on Dyslexia: “You are not alone.”
Despite being bullied in school, Steven Spielberg didn’t let dyslexia prevent him from becoming a Hollywood legend. Read his encouraging words for people with learning disabilities. READ ON
4 reasons to test your child for dyslexia, ADHD/ADD, LD
Licensed school psychologist, Dr. Jim Forgan, details the reasons to test a child for several different types of learning disabilities. Forgan emphasizes the need for parents to “trust their instincts” concerning the learning progress of their child compared to peers. READ ON
Dyslexia in the 21st century: Where are we going?
Presentation by Dr. Brock Eide, co-author of The Dyslexic Advantage, at the annual meeting of the International Dyslexia Association in Baltimore, MD. READ ON
Busted: Five myths and truths about dyslexia
Think all dyslexics write their letter reversed? Or that they never learn to read, or have less than average intelligence? Wrong. Husband-and-wife-team Bennett and Sally Shaywitz are pediatric neurologists at Yale University who have dedicated their lives to understanding and advancing treatment for dyslexia. READ ON
Logicals are an excellent way to practice reading and listening skills. A logical is a riddle that is solved by logical reasoning. Accurate reading or listening is very important. Today’s freebie includes two logicals with snowmen: the first one is pretty easy, the second one is a little trickier. Ask the children to read the text carefully or to listen carefully, so they can find out who built which snowman when and where. Have fun!
Also check out these logicals:
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. DOWNLOAD MATCHING GAME
Also: do not forget about our advent calendar: Every day a freebie to download!
Tring breaks the mold of the traditional sliding puzzle you know and love. Ready to challenge yourself with an additional angle?
The sliding blocks now interact on a three-axis triagonal grid with the goal of getting the highlighted blocks to the designated end position. With this new axis, blocks can slide and push each other out of the way.
It is great fun to play this app. At the same time, children are training visual and spatial perception and logical thinking.
The app is available for iphone, ipod touch and ipad and is for free. It is possible to buy extra levels within the app.
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