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Feb 23 2021

Understanding Our Children’s Preferred Learning Styles for Academic Success


Understanding Our Children’s Preferred Learning Styles for Academic Success

When I tutor students in the Goggle classroom, I listen and watch them carefully as they describe how they prefer to learn when reading and writing. For example, one student may describe how she gains lots of information about a story by looking at the pictures in the story first. Another student may want to write down his answer about what he just read before summarizing the story in two sentences. A third student may prefer drawing pictures or acting out the story before discussing or writing a story.

Most teachers consider students’ various learning styles when working with individual students. Below are five primary learning styles described in Data Driven Differentiation in the Standards-Based Classroom by Gayle H. Gregory and Lin Kuzmich:

  1. Linguistic learners like to write, play word games, learn vocabulary, debate, and create jokes.
  2. Musical learners love to sing, create tunes and rhymes, and make a song as part of a solution.
  3. Logical/mathematical learners problem solve through abstract reasoning with numbers, formulas, patterns, puzzles, and data.
  4. Visual/spatial learners draw pictures, solutions, and models with color and media.
  5. Body/kinesthetic learners use gestures, actions, and act out to demonstrate learning.

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Written by Mary Ann Burke, Digital Education Expert · Categorized: Academic Support and Play Activities, Elementary School Parenting, Parenting Adolescents, Secondary School Parenting, stuggling students · Tagged: academic success, distance learning, learning styles, parents as teachers, Special Needs Parenting, teachable moments

Jan 26 2021

Parenting Children on the Autism Spectrum

Parenting Children on the Autism Spectrum

Having a child on the autism spectrum generally has a major impact on any family. In these difficult times that require us to shelter in place, the impact is likely to be more extensive. Families with such challenges may already tend to isolate themselves out of concern over their child’s tendency toward inappropriate behavior. Below are a few suggestions to enhance improvement of family life.

Consider the Natural and Required Tendency toward Isolation

This tendency toward isolation occurs even when families realize the importance of social engagement. However, isolation is likely to be even more of a challenge when everyone is expected to isolate themselves. To enhance success, begin by reaching out to extended family and friends or peers from school who are familiar and can be trusted. Any form of communication such as the phone, text, or face time should be considered. Messaging applications like Zoom or Google Hangouts might be utilized. [Read more…]

Written by Ruth Cook, Special Education · Categorized: Social-Emotional Health, Special Needs Parenting, stuggling students · Tagged: children on the autism spectrum, children with special needs, Parenting Strategies on Bad Days, Problem-Solving, teachable moments

Sep 01 2020

Your Child’s Goal Setting for Academic Successes

Your Child’s Goal Setting for Academic Successes

Behavior: Do We Really Understand Series: Part 3 of 3

During the last two weeks, we have considered what motivates a child’s classroom behaviors. This chart was developed with a behavioral specialist to help students and their parents support growth milestones and academic success. It is just an example. I encourage you to modify the targets with your child’s teacher to meet your child’s needs and individual situation. The philosophy behind the chart is student engagement, monitoring behavior, providing space for conversations about what is expected versus what is really happening, and leveraging agreed upon incentives. The point system neutralizes conflict between the student and educator and/ or a parent. Consistency is the key to success. [Read more…]

Written by Danielle Gentry · Categorized: Elementary School Parenting, Social-Emotional Health, Special Needs Parenting, stuggling students · Tagged: Academic needs, distance learning, Educating children, Parenting, parents as teachers, Problem-Solving, teachable moments

Jul 07 2020

Preparing for High School and Beyond

Preparing for High School and Beyond

This summer, my oldest is preparing to enter her 8th grade year of school. While it is certainly a milestone year and we will celebrate the end of the middle school years, we don’t want high school to arrive and then be caught off guard that we weren’t prepared! So, even while one stage in life ends, we are looking forward to the next. This summer, we are getting her prepared to know what to expect for high school and beyond.

Remediation

Our first step is to look back and think about her weaknesses. Looking at her educational path, are there areas that may need more review or support? Will she need more repetition in an academic area so she doesn’t lose skills over the summer and be a victim of the “summer slide”? [Read more…]

Written by Jaime Koo, Encouraging Literacy · Categorized: Secondary School Parenting, Social-Emotional Health, stuggling students · Tagged: #parenting teens, college and career planning, Education, Parenting, parents as teachers, Problem-Solving, teachable moments

Jun 23 2020

Education and COVID-19: Pressing the “Pause Button”

Education and COVID-19: Pressing the “Pause Button” 

As I write this blog entry, we are about a couple months into shelter in place due to the pandemic caused by COVID-19. Even as we are ending the school year and planning what our family’s summer will look like, there are still many uncertainties and undecided factors surrounding what the re-opening of schools will look like in the fall. I wish there could be a “pause button” so we could evaluate some of the issues and consider the best way to move forward. On top of the obvious health risks with opening up schools and increasing exposure, here are some of the issues that I have been thinking about, and maybe you have, too. [Read more…]

Written by Jaime Koo, Encouraging Literacy · Categorized: K-8 Family Health, Parenting Adolescents, Social-Emotional Health, stuggling students · Tagged: academic success, Coronavirus2020, COVID-19, Educating children, Parenting, parents as teachers, Problem-Solving, teachable moments

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