Brain Learning

Our learning brain is an amazing thing! Here, we share all about the science of the brain. Check out these top resources for teaching kids about the whole brain, neuroplasticity, brain-based learning, and so much more!

Top Benefits of Doodling and Sketching For Literacy Intervention

Top Benefits of Doodling and Sketching For Literacy Intervention

Doodling, sketching, and visual note-taking are powerful learning tools that belong in the classroom! Putting pen or pencil to paper – whether doodling, sketching, or note-taking – while taking in audio information can be used as a mnemonic device. This process connects images with information and significantly increases our ability to remember what we’ve heard….

The Value of Repeated Practice for Students with Dyslexia
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The Value of Repeated Practice for Students with Dyslexia

For many years, those of us who work with striving readers and writers have known that certain strategies or techniques, like repeated practice, are effective, but we haven’t really been able to tell WHY. We’ve known that students with dyslexia often have a pattern of areas of weakness in their psychological testing. We have theories…