EVERYTHING is happening on screens now: entertainment, social, and learning. It’s so hard for kids to shift their focus from fun online activities to online academic work. Use these 7 unique strategies to help your child engage with their online work.
may present compelling new writing opportunities that reflect a student’s interests. A friend’s son with ADHD started reading the Harry Potter series at the beginning of quarantine and has become completely immersed in the books. Learning this, I set up a writing project for him that incorporates characters from the series. I asked him to defend his argument that Ron Weasley is the most interesting character in the series. Then I led him through the writing process.
A co-teacher and I once turned our classroom into a cookie factory to help students struggling to learn multiplication. We cut out several beige paper “cookies” and used real chocolate chips to make calculations. Most important, audiobooks remove the burden of visual processing which reduces stress and conserves mental energy. Studies show that audiobooks build the same language comprehension skills as does visual reading.
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