Some children have difficulties or problems wrong with learning new information, deal with it. You might struggle to master skills like throwing and catching a ball. You could try to grow confused by talking and listening to communicate with other people. Without the ability to learn and retain important information, most of these children struggle at school and when they try to master reading, writing and other skills and content area knowledge.
Scientists are not sureWhat are causes of learning difficulties. Many suspect that the brain of children with intellectual disabilities mixed signals and have difficulty sending and receiving bits of information. Essentially, says University of Nevada Reno professors Gary Fisher and Rhoda Cummings in the survival guide for children with LD, "some kids just have a hard time to learn."
These children are not stupid or lazy at all. Just learn "different" (LD). Gary Fisher and Rhoda Cummings adequately replaceTerm "disability" in his book, available with the problem of dealing with the stigma. Children with LD have normal or even above average intelligence and may, in fact, excel in other areas. Their brains just collect, process and store information differently. As Stanley S. Lamm, MD, and Martin L. Fish, Ph.D. put it into learning difficulties Explained, a child with a learning disability only "a state or a specific set of conditions that interfere with normal learningProcess. "
Children who learn differently can come from any ethnic group or socio-economic. Although only 5% of children had been formally diagnosed with LD, some doctors and educators believe that at least 20 percent of children a kind of interference as they learn to Have in every field. The good news is that you can greatly improve the correct diagnosis and targeted interventions, children with LD their capacity to learn in a weak field.
And 'especially for ParamountParents recognize that children with LD should be different, and the means and resources to learn that they provide for their learning. Once the AP has been identified, a team of professionals to test the child and use their findings to developed an individualized education plan (IEP) for him or her. Now the child and his or her teachers and parents know the area in Which the child needs extra help and can focus on developing and improving the skills of the child is learning. and special classesHelp one-on-one care possible.
So, with educational games designed to develop certain skills. Kids bored with schoolwork are dry, not in excitement when you learn that learning is in the form of a toy found renewed. Simplifying the learning process using unconventional methods to make learning fun, children with LD incentive to reach new levels.
Gary Fisher and Rhoda Cummings has identified seven key areas where children can learndifferent speaking and listening, reading, writing, math, organizational skills, social skills and motor skills. Here are some suggestions for toys to develop learning skills associated with each of these areas ...
Talking and listening LD
Children with LD to speak and listen to know what they say they will only need to struggle to communicate their thoughts. You may also have difficulty telling the understanding of the meaning of the words of others to them, sometimes confusedsignificance for the other. to promote some good knowledge in this sector, critical thinking and the ability to make predictions, to understand cause and effect and draw conclusions. These skills can help children organize their thoughts, to make them more coherent speech and understand what others tell them.
Strategy and logic games Games as Clik Zoological FoxMind 'or games, develop a logical mind. When playing these games, parentscan encourage children to think aloud, to conduct its reasoning. Parents can also gently ask questions of children about what they think will happen in a situation, and recognize each response as a basis for the next question.
LD reading
Children with reading LD can be overcome, is exposed to a lot of text at a time. You can read the battle for the alphabet or words to explore. You can skip lines while reading because the words seemnavigate to the page.
Educational toys like Melissa and Doug Opposites Puzzle Cards Santa & Spell or pause the music of its essential components. Travel and reading Spin Word Spin Deluxe Family Edition by Geospace are also excellent opportunities for spelling and reading skills to make an experience. The focus on a word / concept at a time and break down words in letters keeps children not confused by walls of text. In promoting the use of these products,The children on what to read, chat to check understanding.
Writing Update
Children with LD struggle with writing many of the same problems as children with speech and listening LD. She has great ideas in mind, but difficult to express in writing with clear handwriting and good grammar and spelling. This is a case where the simplest of toys can have the greatest impact. Take some 'pressure to settle depreciation of children under theirReflections on a panel of entertainment or dry erase board. Now children can remove and / or start their sentences over and over again until everything right.
Math LD
Children with Math LD fight with what the numbers mean and numerical symbols. You have difficulty in memorizing facts and understand mathematics. At the lowest level, the models struggle with the underlying mathematical concepts. with the model of games, puzzles and blocks can be given to the child's play and experience aWith models of confidence needed to succeed in mathematics. For example, a toy like games FoxMind 'Logix I give a child practice, with forms and patterns of logic. Once again, an entertaining journey through mathematics Spin Geospace learning tool for basic operations, taking away, sometimes a terrible feeling to have a child to learn mathematics by himself. Remember, the participation of adults in a family environment with educational games is important in the learning process.
Organizational skillsLD
Children with LD have problems with organizational skills, the track of their materials and tasks. Also keep in their rooms or desks can be difficult in order. PUZZLE or other toys with pieces that go in one direction can be a subtle way to teach children the habits of the organization. An organizer of Melissa and Doug Magnetic Responsibility Chart can help promote good habits of children, and keep track of their responsibilities for good habits and be rewardedBehavior.
Social skills LD
children with LD have social skills, interaction with other people. You misinterpreted the notes and medium-sized gestures and facial expressions and gestures that are not really convey what I feel. dramatic role play, children can try to take appropriate social behaviors in a safe environment, has been removed from the stress of real consequences. Dolls and dollhouses, playsets and figures, and dress-up clothes and props are all vehiclesfor the game of fantasy that effective practice of social interaction.
Skills Motor LD
Children with LD struggle with motor skills both motor skills such as balancing, jumping, running or even and fine motor skills such as lacing strings through the holes or a pin to keep correct. Toys like skipping ropes, sports equipment , car development, plasma motor skills. Toy lacing cards or art sets like Melissa and Doug Bead Set in September Stamp and able to developFine motor skills. Some toys such as blocks, to develop a range of motor skills.
All parents can benefit Toys for investment in education
Educational toys LD can be a valuable resource for children with and without. Children can get bored with the completion of worksheets or transferred to dry to teach the content knowledge area. In particular, children with LD struggle to understand how to complete a worksheet. Play trainingToys, on the other hand may encourage children to spend more (and more fun!) To practice time and mastering new knowledge and skills. Instead of storing information DRY mathematics a child can play with an educational toy and learn firsthand how to use logic and schema to solve a problem. In fact, parents want all areas of capacity development of the child in an upper part of the toy could profit from investing in any part of the discussion.