As my children faced different challenges in their learning, I began doing research to find ways where I could assist them to be more successful.
I began by exploring the role of learning styles for the reception, the retention, and the recall of information. The goal was to integrate the different learning styles into my daily routine to facilitate optimal learning for all my children. Along the way, I became more attuned to the individual strengths and challenges of my children as they progressed, and how I could effectively involve them in all lessons, leveraging their strengths in particular. If you want to delve deeper, you can find a comprehensive overview here.
Once I discovered that there were more complicated challenges at play, I began to ask more experienced teachers and home educators for help. One resource that helped me the most was LittleGiantSteps.com/BrainSprints.com. I learned a lot from them and used their tools to help my daughter learn to read. The individualized services are worth every penny, and their advice and tools for learning are priceless.
Another one of my children struggled with dysgraphia, and my search began again. I ran across Dianne Craft and was so very grateful for her videos, advice, tools, and helpful information for right brain learning and dysgraphia. I’ve used her materials to help lots of students in tutoring math and students in overcoming dysgraphia. Again, so priceless!
Following the advice of one of my kids’ co-op teachers, I also looked into eye therapy and prisms for glasses to help with learning challenges. Both made a dramatic and immediate difference with my children – jumping their reading levels by 2-3 years in 3 months. Our therapeutic eye doctor retired, but I believe you can still find others. They work on strengthening the eye muscles to control the moving of letters when they read. Very effective! See https://eyecanlearn.com/ for more info.
Lastly, reach out to resources I can personally recommend like UnitedWerks.org or RevolutionPrep.com for one-on-one assistance, tutoring, and personal training with dyslexia and other learning challenges you might encounter.
I hope this is helpful on your homeschooling journey. Children love to learn and love to please. We can help develop these loves and find ways to help every child learn. Need more information? Feel to reach out to me: sharianne@ccctoolbox.com.
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