Category Archives: Vision

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Learning Like An Elephant

In Thailand, observant natives noted how elephants liked to scratch the ground with sticks. Someone came up with the brilliant and creative idea to exchange the stick for a paint brush and the ground with a canvas. Take a look at the result:

Over varying amounts of time, one trainer painstaking teaches an elephant to replicate a painting. Do you remember the simile about memory you learned in elementary school? Someone may be referred to as having a memory like an…elephant. That’s right! Just as elephants can be trained to remember the moves for circus acts, they can be taught to remember the strokes for picture compositions.

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Does Your Child Have A Learning Disability?

If you move around in a school community, sooner or later, you’ll hear it. Learning disability. So, what is that? Look at this simple video for a brief  and simple explanation.

It is extremely important to know your child’s preferred way of taking in information. That’s what will empower you to help him learn better and faster. As you study your son or daughter, lead them to discover the way they learn best.

If they are weak in one area, look for their area of strength and highlight it.

I’m on a campaign to help every child under my sphere of influence find out how he learns best, and teach them at least one way to make their weak area strong.

I’m enlisting mothers to join me. (Dads who feel left out are welcome too)

Here’s my question: Who’s willing?

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Connection to Learning – Vision

When I was 8 years old, my teacher called my parents in for a conference. At that time, I was an eclectic mixture of reserved bookworm and mischievous tomboy. So my very active brain went into overdrive trying to figure out the reason for the summons. Was I in trouble? What had I done now?

The day arrived and we all sat around the teacher’s desk. “Mr. Callender, recently, Florence has been talking more often than usual,” Ms. Z. began. Then she turned to me and asked, “Why is that?”

Mumbling, I replied, “Weeellll, I was not really talking. I was just asking Mary what was written on the board, since I couldn’t see it clearly.”

“Hmmm, I see.”