We present an advent calendar for you and your children. Every day a door will open and you can download a worksheet: pictures to trace, find the picture, sudoku, coloring pages, and so on, all about Christmas of course. The worksheets are plain and simple, so the children can concentrate on the task at hand.

Information for teachers and parents: These exercises are ideal for training attention and sensory perception, 2 important factors for reading, writing, calculating and learning in general.

Have fun!

Scientific studies have shown that a majority of individuals that exhibit reading problems are affected by subjective visual perception. When reading, the visual channels have to work precisely timed together so that there is no overlap of visual information.

Science has proven the positive effects of the influences of colors while reading. Especially the color blue leads to a phasic activity of the channels, which leads to an increase in reading achievement, reading comprehension and reading speed. The color thus supports the sub-processes of the visual sensors.

http://www.easy-reading-card.com

Fun Foods for Kids & Grownups: Your essential guide to family fun & good health by Linda Davis Kyle introduces its menu highlights through a fantasy story, “Adventures in Abunda Gardens,” that not only intrigues youngsters to try the recipes from the magical gardens, but also it brings families together for the joy of reading, bonding, and exchanging ideas. With its smart-start recipes, it helps avoid “good-for-you” and “bad- for-you” traps, fosters a rational attitude about foods, and enhances high self-esteem and emotional stability.

It offers tips for staying trim and encourages adults to model the beauty of exercise and fitness for their children. It also nurtures learning with fun facts and historical data, shares a wealth of additional reading materials, includes a useful appendix, a handy index, and outlines sample menu ‘highlights’ for two weeks. Most of all, it reminds its readers to make every day a celebration of life and good health.

An Entertainment Fun Book for Parents of Dyslexic Pre-teens
David Carlson
Linda Davis-Kyle, Editor
Foreword by Dr. Astrid Kopp-Duller, President of the Austrian Dyslexia Association

“Ready, Set, Action! is destined to become not only a loyal friend to the parents of preteens
challenged with dyslexia, but also it is hoped that it will be a boon to their
young learners. This fun book is brimming with an abundance of writing and
performing exercises that reveal the world as an exciting learning laboratory. (more…)

By Linda Davis-Kyle, MA

The wonderful learning “treasure storehouses” of the world are certain to enchant your youngsters, foster their development as they grow and change, and enhance their love of learning. Young learners will be over the moon in many of the grand repositories—the wonderful museums and art galleries of the world—where they actually are invited to examine artefacts, touch art, and feel sculptures treated to withstand wear and tear. Abundant hands-on activities and a host of physical exercises create indelible understanding with a favorable result that echoes the Chinese proverb:

“Tell me, and I’ll forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I’ll understand.”

In the following article you can also find out where to go. There are some museums (from all over the world) listed, where your children can learn joyfully.

Una intervención pedagógica basada en una metodología didáctica. El método AFS Atención Funciones Síntomas

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.

How to help adults with writing, reading or calculating problems. This new brochure from the American Dyslexia Association shows the way for adult dyslexics. Essay by Dr. Astrid Kopp-Duller

Equine Therapy is an experiential, evidence-based therapy involving horses. The client works with the horses and 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
• AutismEating
• 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. Eqine 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 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 the use of 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 perform various kinds of animal-assisted therapies.

Email:

help@bigheartranch.org

Phone: (310) 403-4623

Mail: Box 1003 Malibu, CA 90265

http://www.bigheartranch.org/

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