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Recommended Reading
The Bridge to Literacy
By John Corcoran
This book is a MUST READ for anyone interested in literacy. It covers the hows and whys of learners who struggle to read as well as WHAT to do about it.
Why Our Children Can’t Read and What We Can Do About It
By Diane McGuinness
This book is an excellent overview of how reading is taught, what is working, and what is not. Available at any bookstore or Amazon.com
Reading Comprehension: The Master Teacher Series
By John Schacter
This is a compact, worthwhile guide of comprehension strategies that work with step by step instructions and illustrations instructing how to implement them. Videos showing the strategies in practice in classrooms are also available on the site.
www.teachingdoctors.com
Helping Children Overcome Learning Difficulties
By Jerome Rosner
In this phenomenal book, you’ll find easy to understand information that moves past the diagnosing of learning difficulties and delves into WHAT TO DO about remediating them.
Brain-Based Learning
By Eric Jensen
Practical, simple techniques that help apply brain-based learning principles to learning and life in general.
A Mind at a Time
By Mel Levine
Easy-to-read text that helps identify an individual’s learning patterns and explains how to strengthen the eight different areas.
Smart Moves
By Carla Hannaford
This book contains research-based movement activities as well as explanations about the role of the brain/body connection in learning and thinking.
How to Increase Your Child’s Verbal Intelligence
By Carmen and Geoff McGuinness
This great book has some background information on learning and lots of simple, easy-to-do games for helping with verbalization and higher-level thinking. A fantastic book!
LINKS
Advanced Brain Technologies
www.advancedbrain.com
This site sells innovative brain training products that maximize human potential. We like their CD’s of music to use to enhance learning.
Peterson Handwriting
www.peterson-handwriting.com
Their handwriting program is brilliant in teaching handwriting by incorporating motor movement and muscle memory to facilitate handwriting (we’ve found it also enhances reading, attention, and a host of other things). Your students deserve to learn this! Other added bonuses: it’s inexpensive and easy to use.
Mind Ware
www.mindwareonline.com
Brainy toys for kids of all ages
Fitter
www.fitter1.com
Rocker board, disco seat for ‘physical overflow’
Brainware Safari
www.brainwareforyou.com
Computer based program/games you can purchase and access from any computer to help increase the brain capacity of users. For ages 6-adult.
Brain Connection
www.BrainConnection.com
Fun, free on-line games to improve memory, processing speed, and reaction time.
Reading Reform Foundation
www.rrf.org.uk/
This is a site and forum to discuss what works best to teach the English code. |
