Managing Screen Time
Between zoom school, connecting with friends through gaming, and the hour(s) of TV we allowed just to maintain our sanity, lots of us parents are wondering if we will ever be able to roll back the virtually limitless screen time our kids got this year. First of all, a vast majority of the parents in […]
Using Screens for Learning
Virtually all students spent a good amount of the 2020–2021 school year on screens. Some were on screens for some of the day, others for most of the day, and some even for their entire school day. Now that summer has come, kids are on a break from the daily grind of the pandemic school […]
Not All Screen Time is Created Equal
The questions most parents have around screen time and their child is “how much is too much?” The quantity of screen time your children are getting is certainly something to track. However, the most important question should be about the content of their screen time, not necessarily just how much they’re getting. We all know […]
The New Screen Time Debate
Screen time for kids has been a controversial topic since screens first entered households decades ago. Much of the research around how screen time affects kids and to what extent is contradictory. One study found that increased screen time adversely affected kids’ well-being. Another study found little to no correlation between the two. So which […]
Dyslexia and Difficulty with Short Words
One of the hallmark reading challenges for individuals with dyslexia is difficulty with the shortest words in a text. Sometimes, these words are misread. ‘The’ becomes ‘that,’ and ‘his’ becomes ‘this.’ Sometimes, readers just skip over these words altogether. This is perplexing to a lot of people. Shouldn’t the shortest words be the easiest to […]
How Dyslexia is Evolving
Dyslexia is an often misunderstood and misrepresented learning difference. Unless you have dyslexia, love someone who has dyslexia, or have an academic background in learning disabilities, you probably have some misconceptions about it as well. To make things more complicated, we are also consistently learning more about dyslexia through research. Here are some of the […]
What are Executive Function Skills?
Executive function skills are central to success in the classroom and beyond. You can think of them as the CEO of your brain. They allow you to do things like organize, focus, and regulate emotions. We begin developing these skills from birth, but they only fully mature in our early 20s. And for many students, especially […]
6 Strengths of Dyslexia
It’s true that dyslexia often presents students with academic challenges. But the “learning disability” facet of dyslexia is only a small part of it. There are so many other characteristics of a dyslexic brain, and many of them are gifts. Here are some of the strengths many dyslexics share: Outside-the-Box Thinkers Individuals with dyslexia tend […]
Dyslexia and Emotional Intelligence
Most people associate dyslexia with letter reversal and reading difficulty. While these commonly appear in dyslexic individuals, dyslexia can affect so much more than just reading skills. Another common trait in dyslexic individuals is higher emotional intelligence. In a 2020 study done by the University of California, researchers found that children with dyslexia showed a […]
Components of the Reading Rope: Phonological Awareness
Phonological awareness is the strand of Scarborough’s reading rope that relates to spoken sounds. When a student is phonologically aware, he or she is able to identify, produce, and manipulate parts of spoken language. Here are the skills included under the umbrella of phonological awareness. Rhyme One of the first skills beginning readers learn about […]
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