Jul 8 2016
Teaching Your Kids to Read
Children are in the most active stage. They like to play and mostly cannot stand to stay still. They will do anything they want. That is why teaching children to do something is really quite a job. Teaching your kids to read is a must because they need to learn from early age.
There are several ways in teaching your kids to read. You can try them all or just some of them to get succeed in teaching reading. The first way you can try to do is reading it to them. You can start by reading some interesting stories that can grab their attention. Do not forget to make them see the sentences together with you because it can make them use to see alphabets and sentences. Later on, when you are teaching them to read by themselves or to write, they already have the background knowledge and are already familiar with the shape of the alphabets.
The next way you can try for teaching your kids to read is by asking them some questions. You need to prepare a book containing several pictures of many things that the children can find in everyday life. In the bottom of each picture there is the name of the thing. So here is how you should do it. Firstly, you can ask them a question such as “where is the dog?”, then what your children need to do is to find a picture of the dog. By doing that, they are automatically seeing the picture along with the name meaning that they will use to see the alphabets and at the same time learning what is the name of a thing. It helps them to increase their vocabulary mastery. When your children are at the age of five, you can ask them the more complicated ones such as asking them about a content of a story you have read.
Aug 15 2016
What Is Nonverbal Learning Disorder
Nonverbal learning disorder (NLD) is a type of learning disabilities. Children with NLD often have a hard time in completing tasks that require verbal skill, such as writing, which can make teachers confuse them for being lazy or unmotivated. Although NLD is on the autism scale, not all sufferers are autistic or diagnosed with Asperger’s. in contrast with the term, nonverbal learning disorder, NLD kids can be very verbal.
NLD happens due to fine and gross motor skill impairment, which makes the kids struggle to write. Other aspects like long-term memory, perception, and logic skill may appear as normal and sometimes mask their disability. But it often becomes more visible in the third or fourth grade as writing assignments are longer. NLD can only be diagnosed by a neuropsychologist, but the symptoms and characteristics can be noticed by parents or teachers.
Academically, children with NLD may show:
Nonverbal learning disorder may also be identified with characteristics in the children’s social aspect, which include:
Children with NLD often show physical characteristics, such as:
Being misunderstood or not properly diagnosed may cause the child with NLD to go through a rough patch and social stigma that can result in isolation. Giving the children clear verbal instructions, as well as allowing them to work at a slower rate or complete some tasks verbally can increase student success and improve their self-esteem.
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