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STRENGTHS . MOTIVATION . CELEBRATE SUCCESS

Here are some resources to share about recognizing your child's strengths and tips to motivate your child, to promote success in their life! Do take efforts to celebrate their success too!

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Above is the link to some letter workbooks and computer apps that will help reinforce what is taught in the sessions. Hope you have fun exploring them 🙂

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Why is phonemic awareness the key to learning to read?

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Why is phonemic awareness the key to learning to read?

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Why is Phonemic Awareness the Key to Learning to Read?

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Phonological and phonemic awareness and phonics: different but interrelated

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Phonological and phonemic awareness and phonics: different but interrelated

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Why talking about the letters we see all around us prepares your child to read

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Why talking about the letters we see all around us prepares your child to read

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Why Talking About the Letters We See All around Us Prepares Our Child to Read

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Invented spelling: Your child's first writing

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Invented Spelling: Your Child's First Writing

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- Provides a library of free books from levelled readers to storybooks to informational books
- Activities to develop literacy skills which letter names, letter sounds, phonemic awareness, sight words, etc
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Preschool reading and writing online games

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Preschool reading and writing online games

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Balloon Phonics: Three-Letter Words CVC Game

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Balloon Phonics is a phonics reading game for young children who are learning their letter sounds
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Teach Your Monster: Free Phonics, Reading and Mathematics Games

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Help children learn with our free, award-winning reading, mathematics and phonics games.

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Above is the link to some letter workbooks and computer apps that will help reinforce what is taught in the sessions.

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Toys for 3- to 6-year-olds (preschoolers and kindergarteners)

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Toys for 3- to 6-year-olds (preschoolers and kindergarteners)

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Preschoolers and kindergartners have longer attention spans than toddlers. Typically they talk a lot and ask a lot of questions. They like to experiment with things and with  their still-emerging physical skills. They like to play with friends—and don’t like to lose! They can take turns—and sharing one toy by two or more children is often possible  for older preschoolers and kindergarteners.

Good toys for 3- to 6-year-olds:

Things for solving problems—puzzles (with 12 to 20+ pieces), blocks that snap together, collections and other smaller objects to sort by length, width, height,  shape, color, smell, quantity, and other features—collections of plastic bottle caps, plastic bowls and lids, keys, shells, counting bears, small colored blocks

Things for pretending and building—many blocks for building complex structures, transportation toys, construction sets, child-sized furniture (“apartment” sets, play food), dress-up clothes, dolls with accessories, puppets and simple puppet theaters, and sand and water play toys

Things to create with—large and small crayons and markers, large and small paintbrushes and fingerpaint, large and small paper for drawing and painting, colored construction paper, preschooler-sized scissors, chalkboard and large and small chalk, modeling clay and playdough, modeling tools, paste, paper and cloth  scraps for collage, and instruments—rhythm instruments and keyboards, xylophones, maracas, and tambourines

Picture books with even more words and more detailed pictures than toddler books

CD and DVD players with a variety of music (of course, phonograph players and cassette recorders work too!)

Things for using their large and small muscles—large and small balls for kicking and throwing/catching, ride-on equipment including tricycles, tunnels, taller  climbers with soft material underneath, wagons and wheelbarrows, plastic bats and balls, plastic bowling pins, targets and things to throw at them, and a  workbench with a vise, hammer, nails, and saw

If a child has access to a computer: programs that are interactive (the child can do something) and that children can understand (the software uses graphics and  spoken instruction, not just print), children can control the software’s pace and path, and children have opportunities to explore a variety of concepts on several  levels

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Toddlers are rapidly learning language and have some sense of danger. Nevertheless they do a lot of physical “testing”: jumping from heights, climbing, hanging by their arms, rolling, and rough-and-tumble play. They have good control of their hands and fingers and like to do things with small objects.

Good toys for 2-year-olds:

Things for solving problems—wood puzzles (with 4 to 12 pieces), blocks that snap together, objects to sort (by size, shape, color, smell), and things with hooks,
buttons, buckles, and snaps

Things for pretending and building—blocks, smaller (and sturdy) transportation toys, construction sets, child-sized furniture (kitchen sets, chairs, play food), dress-up clothes, dolls with accessories, puppets, and sand and water play toys

Things to create with—large non-toxic, washable crayons and markers, large paintbrushes and fingerpaint, large paper for drawing and painting, colored construction paper, toddler-sized scissors with blunt tips, chalkboard and large chalk, and rhythm instruments

Picture books with more details than books for younger children

CD and DVD players with a variety of music (of course, phonograph players and cassette recorders work too!)

Things for using their large and small muscles—large and small balls for kicking and throwing, ride-on equipment (but probably not tricycles until children are 3), tunnels, low climbers with soft material underneath, and pounding and hammering toys

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One-year-olds are on the go! Typically they can walk steadily and even climb stairs. They enjoy stories, say their first words, and can play next to other children (but not yet with!). They like to experiment—but need adults to keep them safe.

Good toys for 1-year-olds:

Board books with simple illustrations or photographs of real objects

Recordings with songs, rhymes, simple stories, and pictures

Things to create with—wide non-toxic, washable markers, crayons, and large paper

Things to pretend with—toy phones, dolls and doll beds, baby carriages and strollers, dress-up accessories (scarves, purses), puppets, stuffed toys, plastic animals, and plastic and wood “realistic” vehicles

Things to build with—cardboard and wood blocks (can be smaller than those used by infants—2 to 4 inches)

Things for using their large and small muscles—puzzles, large pegboards, toys with parts that do things (dials, switches, knobs, lids), and large and small balls

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Older babies are movers—typically they go from rolling over and sitting, to scooting, bouncing, creeping, pulling themselves up, and standing. They understand their own names and other common words, can identify body parts, find hidden objects, and put things in and out of containers.

Good toys for older infants:

Things to play pretend with—baby dolls, puppets, plastic and wood vehicles with wheels, and water toys

Things to drop and take out—plastic bowls, large beads, balls, and nesting toys

Things to build with—large soft blocks and wooden cubes

Things to use their large muscles with—large balls, push and pull toys, and low, soft things to crawl over

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Memory is an important part of building a solid foundation for learning, both in the classroom and beyond. Having a great memory can help your child do better in school, perform well on tests, and achieve better grades.

Simple tips to improve memory:

Create visual as reminders

Create songs

Provide short and simple instructions

Do visualization or mind map

Makes learning exciting

Use all the senses

Encourage questions

Have your child to make his/her examples

Ask your child to teach you

Play games (matching game, card game, memory game)

If you are struggling with a child who seems to have a problem remembering things, take heart: Children’s ability to process information often improves as they grow older and develop new skills.

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Toys for young infants—birth through 6 months

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Toys for young infants—birth through 6 months

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Babies like to look at people—following them with their eyes. Typically, they prefer faces and bright colors. Babies can reach, be fascinated with what their hands and feet can do, lift their heads, turn their heads toward sounds, put things in their mouths, and much more!

Good toys for young infants:

Things they can reach for, hold, suck on, shake, make noise with—rattles, large rings, squeeze toys, teething toys, soft dolls, textured balls, and vinyl and board books

Things to listen to—books with nursery rhymes and poems, and recordings of lullabies and simple songs

Things to look at—pictures of faces hung so baby can see them and unbreakable mirrors

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Follow your child's lead

Elicit curiosity

Encourage children's playful exploration

Prioritize social interaction during learning

Challenge your child just enough

Give your child agency

Provide incentives only when necessary

Praise the process rather than the outcome

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Take a minute to recall:
- what did you do after passing your exam?
- what did you do when you were successfully recruited for a new job?

We feel happy and proud of every success, big or small, and we want to share the moment with our family and friends. We do CELEBRATE it! It is the same for every children.

What are the benefits to celebrate your child's success?

Your child's self-esteem will increase

Good habits develop

Increase motivation

Your child will grow optimistic

Your child will inspire others

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Activity of the Day: Lazy 8's

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YouthStart – Activate & Concentrate – English #4 Thinking cap

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Visual tracking is the ability to control the eye movements using the oculomotor system (vision and eye muscles working together). There are two types of tracking: maintaining your focus on a moving object and switching your focus between two objects.

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Why is it important to build visual tracking?

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We need to track and follow objects moving in space and to follow stationary objects in order to interact with our environment. Visual tracking is a key component to fluent reading, coordination tasks such to catch, hit, throw a ball with accuracy.

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Practice throwing a ball at a target.

Play flashlight chase games – go into a dark room and follow the flashlight on the wall. Hang letters or words on the wall. See if the child can find them using the flashlight in a dark room.

Play letter finds, word finds or hidden pictures puzzles to visually scan and find objects on a page.

Complete puzzles.

Play dot-to-dot games.

Solve mazes.

Play “I Spy.”

Play balloon toss.

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Visual discrimination helps a child to see subtle differences between objects or pictures and to see if something matches up. This visual perceptual skill can be described as “paying attention to detail" and is vital for reading, writing and other school skills.
Visual discrimination is actually a process of the brain, not the eyes

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Visual Tracking - Definition, Exercises, and Activities

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How does visual discrimination skill affect kids?

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Because success in reading hinges on understanding a visual code, students with weak discrimination skills often struggle. These students may reverse or confuse letters such as b, d, p, q, g, m, w, n, s, and z; struggle with tracking and reading left to right, and lack fluency and comprehension skills.

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Activities to promote visual discrimination

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Activities to promote visual discrimination

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Sorting activities (objects, coins, worksheet)

Matching or memory games

Find the difference puzzle

Spot the odd one out

Complete puzzle

Play dominos

Play Lotto or Bingo with picture cards

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Visual discrimination helps a child to see subtle differences between objects or pictures and to see if something matches up. This visual perceptual skill can be described as "paying attention to detail" and is vital for reading, writing and other school skills.

How Does Poor Visual Discrimination Affect Kids?

Younger children with poor skills may struggle to:

match clothing, socks, or cutlery, especially when the differences are subtle

see the difference between similar objects (eg coins, especially foreign coins which are similar to local currency)

A school-going child with poor skills may struggle to:

see the difference between similar looking letters and words (eg b / d, b / p, 5 / S, won't / want, car / cat) - this can affect reading and letter formation skills

complete spot-the-difference type activities

Try the activities and games on this page to help your child develop visual discrimination skills. Even toddlers can start developing this vital skill with the simpler activities on this page!

These visual perception activities are intended to encourage your child's normal visual perceptual development.
If you suspect your child has visual perceptual delays, please seek a professional opinion.

Spot The Odd One Out

Spotting the odd one out can be the first step in learning to discriminate visually between items. Try and look for opportunities in everyday life where you can ask your child to point out the item that is "not the same", or the one that "does not match".

If possible, encourage your child to explain why the object is the odd one out - this will help to develop language skills.

Start with really simple differences like color and size, then progress to more subtle differences.

Spot the one that does not fit...

Sorting Activities for Visual Discrimination

Once you know your child can see the difference between objects, you can give your child lots of sorting activities to develop visual discrimination skills. Sorting teaches your child to look at basic details such as color, shape and size.

For very young kids, start with sorting into just two categories (eg red blocks and yellow blocks), and then increase the challenge by adding more colors, sizes and shapes.

The ideas below are suitable for preschoolers, but do take care with small items, to make sure they don't choke!

Sorting Activities for Color and Shape

Buttons, beads and pegs can be sorted for color and shape in so many different activities, but please take care so that no small items are put in the mouth.

You can put out a pile of items that are all the same shape, and sort them for color. If you have matching color cups into which the items can be placed, that often helps younger kids to master this task.

If your child is overwhelmed by the task of sorting all the colors, ask him/her to pick out just one color - this girl is picking out all the pink pegs.

Using the same blocks, you can also ask your child to sort by shape. In the picture alongside, the rectangles all happened to be yellow, but you can see a variety of colors in the squares and triangles.

Again, start with just two very different shapes (eg circles and squares) and increase the challenge once your child has mastered these. Sorting rectangles and squares is more challenging than sorting circles and squares.

Sorting Household Items

If you have cutlery with different patterns, have your child sort them out into matching sets.

Take a nature walk and collect all kinds of items. When you get home, sort your nature collection into categories such as cones, seeds and leaves.

Matching Activities

You can use any of the items you used for sorting, for a matching activity as well. Just put two of each item in the pile and ask your child to match them up.

Socks work particularly well for this!

Ask your child to help you find the matching socks from a big pile of socks. Start with socks that are very different, and then increase the challenge to socks that are similar.

In addition, there are a few more ideas you could try:

Matching Cards

Use a set of matching cards. Place one from each pair on the table

Then hand your child a card and ask him/her to find the matching card from the pool on the table.

You can increase the challenge of this activity by increasing the number of cards on the table.

Don't have matching cards? Try a second-hand shop, or take a look at this Nature-themed Matching Game

, or Animal-themed Matching Game

from Amazon.

For your convenience, I have looked for similar products on Amazon that will enable you to promote your child's skills in this area. These are my affiliate links to these products - I will earn a small commission if you purchase something through my links, which helps to support my free website. However, you are under no obligation to purchase anything!

Matching Shadows/Outlines

Matching shadows or matching outlines is a good visual discrimination activity.

If your child has activity books at home, look out for pages that require your child to pay attention in order to match identical outlines, like this one.

Sometimes you can find shadow match cards like these ones alongside...

Or you can purchase this inexpensive visual perceptual e-book that contains shadow bingo printouts like the ones shown here.

I turn the bingo game into a matching activity for just one child.

Paying Attention to Detail

Teaching your child to pay attention to detail is an important step in developing good visual discrimination skills.

The following games and activities are the kind I often use to help preschool, kindergarten and early elementary kids develop this skill.

1) Graphing Games

Graphing Games require the child to look at the object and then place it in the correct position on the "graph" according to the color and contents of the picture.

This download of reproducible Graphing Games sheets is a fantastic resource packed with different themed graphs like this one.

2) Build-a-Figure Puzzles

These 3 and 4 piece puzzles are different to conventional puzzles in that the backgrounds are usually very simple and each puzzle is only 3 or 4 pieces.

Self correcting puzzles have interlocking pieces which allow only for one solution, where straight line puzzles can be mixed and matched in a creative way when not being used to build matching skills.
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Visual Discrimination Activities for Older Kids

It is always a challenge to find visual discrimination activities that suit older kids. Sometimes the challenge lies in a more intricate activity, and sometimes you can increase the challenge by adding some time pressure.

Here are some ideas I have used with older kids - my own and at schools...

1) Start a coin collection

This is a recent hobby that our family took up, and it has been a great way to help one of my kids to learn to pay attention to small details.

Sorting local coins by date means they need to take a close look at the numbers, while sorting foreign coins necessitated matching our coins to the ones shown on a numismatics website.

2) Play Some Fast Matching Games

Speed Match is a great printable download from Your Therapy Source, that I often use.

For older kids, I print the pages in black and white, and play with a time limit, which I don't use with younger kids.

You can also play Spot It! (or Dobble, if you are in Europe) - this game works on figure-ground perception and visual discrimination skills, but most kids don't know this and just play it for fun!

It is a fast paced game, so if your child struggles to play it in a group, then have your child just play one-on-one with you so you can give a little extra time until his/her skills improve.

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Visual Discrimination Worksheets and Printables

Once a child has done a lot of hands-on matching and sorting activities, there is a place for worksheets and printables to help kids consolidate their skills.

The resources below contain printable sheets that can be cut into activity cards, so they are still hands-on activities. These are my favorite printable visual discrimination activities and I have used them a lot!

Check them out by clicking on the links below:

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Brain gym exercises for kids are an excellent way of developing the cognitive X The brain's ability to acquire, process, store, and retrieve information. and intellectual skills of a child, while also enhancing their mental agility. Brain training exercises may also make the child smarter, aiding their overall growth and development, which may differ for every kid.

These exercises also provide an opportunity to improve your child's cognitive skills, enhance brain function, and display different learning strategies. It may eventually make children brighter, sharper, and more confident than their peers.

This post discusses some fun brain gym activities for children that you may do with your child.

1. Cross Crawls

The exercise helps release excess stress in kids with the possibility of concentration improvement, resulting in an effective focus on studies.

Instruct your child to move his left arm to the right leg and switch sides.

Instruct your child to draw the figure eight multiple times, either an imaginary one in the air or on a piece of paper.

The exercise helps improve your kid's reading speed, eye-muscle coordination, and peripheral visio i XThe ability to see objects from the corner of your eyes. n.

The exercise activates your kid's creative side and loosens the muscles of his arm and wrist.

This bilateral drawing activity requires your kid to sketch two images with both his hands.

The activity encourages your kid's learning skills and improves spelling accuracy, math calculation speed, and recognition of writing symbols. This is a great brain gym activity for kids.

Instruct your child to stretch one of his hands and place it near the same-sided ear.

The movements activate your kid's mind and body balance and encourage the brain to listen to the words correctly.

Ask your child to sit comfortably and bring one of his hands to the opposite shoulder.

The exercising posture and range of motion improves the blood circulation and improves your child's attention and memory.

By holding the hand steady, he has to pinch the shoulder around the trapezius muscle XA large, flat muscle that runs across the shoulders and down the upper back. .

Have your child stretch one of his arms and the other arm should be held at a right angle to hold the extended arm in a firm position.

The exercise strengthens your kid's upper chest and shoulders.

While sitting straight on a chair, your child must stretch his legs and cross the right leg over the left at the ankles.

Taking a deep breath, he should now lean forwards and stretch the arm to reach up to the feet.

Instruct your child to either stand or sit down comfortably.

The earth buttons exercise helps improve mental alertness and whole-body orientation.

He should place the right hand on the lips and the palm of the left hand over the navel position.

Your child has to hold both the ears with his thumbs and the index fingers of both hands and roll and unroll the outer edge of the ear.

Thinking Cap helps to improve hearing, peripheral vision, and short-term memory.

Your child can either perform the exercise while standing, sitting, or lying down.

Have him cross the left ankle over the right one, intertwine the fingers and place them near the chest and breathe deeply.

This exercise promotes mind and body relaxation.

Now he needs to rub both the upper and lower body parts in a small, circular motion.

The gravitational glider stretches your kid's hamstring XA trio of muscles at the back of the thighs that go from the hip to slightly below the knee. and enhances blood and oxygen flow.

The exercise boosts your child's self-expression, confidence, and stability..

It activates your kid's brain, betters hand-eye coordination, and tool controlling skills.

Your kid should now turn his head towards the direction of the pinched shoulder and take a deep breath.

It improves your kid's thinking ability, increases the ability to pay attention to detail, and is great as a short- and long-term memory booster.

By rotating the extended hand, he needs to make the symbol infinity in the air at least three times, and vice versa.

The slow lateral movement enhances the attention span of your child and mental coordination.

2. Lazy Eights:

3. Double Doodle:

4. The Elephant

6. The Active Arm

Brain gym exercises can enhance a child's cognitive and intellectual skills, brain function, and confidence levels.

These exercises promote a child's attention, muscular and mental coordination, physiological stability, self-expression, and memory.

Brain exercises, such as lazy eights, double doodle, the elephant, active arm, earth buttons, hookups, and thinking cap can boost skills such as vision, hearing, alertness, learning, and critical thinking.

Brain exercises, including the cross crawls, the owl, and the gravitational glider encourage lateral movement and help improve blood circulation and oxygen flow.

7. The Gravitational Glider

8. Earth Buttons

9. The Thinking Cap
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1. What age is brain gym for?

Brain gym in children may start at any age. It is primarily introduced in preschool and school children and may be started as young as one and a half years ( 1).

2. Is brain gym an effective educational intervention?

Brain gym is considered helpful in improving attention, memory, and academic skills but has not been unanimously accepted as an effective educational intervention. Sufficient scientific evidence is yet to be established in its favor ( 2) ( 3).

3. Is brain gym discredited?

Brain gym is considered a myth as there is no clear evidence ( 2) ( 4). The lack of adequate scientific data supporting the effectiveness of the techniques could be the reason.

4. Which brain gym technique should I use to calm children down?

Hook-Ups is one of the several brain gym methods used to calm children's nervous systems and relax their bodies because these exercises link the body's electrical circuits and help circulate energy that has been blocked by tension.

5. How can brain gyms be used in the classroom?

School management can make brain gyms a part of childrens' warm up activities that children can perform before starting a lesson or activity. Alternatively, these activities can be used during breaks to help children get refreshed and re-energized.

6. What are brain exercises for children called?

Brain exercises or brain gym exercises are also called cognitive training that includes age-appropriate routine activities for children to enhance their cognitive abilities, such as attention, memory, and problem-solving skills.

Mind game exercises are a fun and creative way for cognitive development. These brain gym exercises for kids are suitable for enhancing their creative thinking and logical reasoning power. With this collection of children's exercises, you can help them achieve better mental health by improving their executive functioning, memory, alertness, stability, and calmness. Remember not to push them too hard and let them complete the workout at their pace by making them understand the importance of each exercise.

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Brain exercises are believed to improve one's memory and concentration. Check out this interesting video below to understand how they may sharpen your mind and help in boosting your productivity.

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Brain gym exercises for kids can be a fun, effective way to improve their brain function. Discover ideas for some of the best brain gym exercises in this post.

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Memory is an important part of building a solid foundation for learning, both in the classroom and beyond. Having a great memory can help your child do better in school, perform well on tests, and achieve better grades.

But sharp memory skills aren't something that people are born with-these skills develop and improve the more they are used. Like any other skill, practice makes perfect.

In order to become a master of memory, it's important to make sure your child is regularly working his or her memorization muscles.

Improving Working Memory For Students

An effective memory breaks down into two parts:

Short-term memory helps students process and recall new information so they can tackle the task at hand.

This information is transferred to a student's long-term memory, where it helps him or her develop a deeper understanding of a topic.

Students who struggle with memory usually have trouble organizing information and developing a meaningful understanding of a topic. This can cause children to fall behind in class, leading to ongoing struggles in the classroom.
The good news is that there are a number of memory strategies for children that you can use to help improve your child's short-term and long-term memory.
11 Ways To Improve A Child's Memory

Use these 11 exercises and tips to help boost your child's memory power.

1. Encourage questions

Understanding a subject is the first step to being able to remember the material. Encouraging your child to ask questions helps ensure he or she is developing a deeper comprehension of the topic. This also helps students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

2. Create rhymes and songs

Help your child make a rhyme, poem, or song from the information he or she is learning. Our brains are wired to remember music and patterns, so using music or rhymes can help your child improve his or her memory and recall.

3. Make learning exciting

Encourage your child's enthusiasm of learning by taking a trip to the library to check out books or videos on different subjects. You can also visit a museum or art gallery. If your child is interested in the material he or she is learning, it will be easier to remember it in the future.

4. Encourage active learning

Make learning more engaging for your child by having discussions about different topics, asking your child what he or she thinks. This encourages students to keep the information in their minds long enough to answer questions about it, helping them develop critical thinking skills while improving memory power.

5. Use visual aides

Encourage your child to use visual aides to help him or her remember information that has been recently read or heard. Create flashcards that include words or images-these can be used for matching exercises or to practise word definitions.

6. Have your child make his or her own examples

When your child creates his or her own examples by relating it to his or her personal experiences, it makes processing the material much easier. Connecting material in a meaningful way helps your child remember the information.

7. Create mind maps

Create a mind map of various ideas and how they relate to each other. Building connections between words and topics helps children actively engage with the material and develop a deeper understanding, which is an important part of memory.

8. Make a list of keywords for an idea or subject

Create a word list and use it to build associations between each of the words and concepts. The more distinct the associations, the easier they'll be for your child to remember.

9. Ask your child to teach you

Encourage your child to explain the information he or she is learning to you (or a sibling or friend). Make it a challenge to see how much he or she can remember. Then go back and review any of the material your child was unsure about.

10. Use all the senses

Take a multisensory approach to learning by using sight, touch, and sound-read aloud, have a conversation, and use props. This helps engage your child with the material in more than one way, making it easier to connect with the material.

11. Break information into smaller chunks

Bite-size amounts of information are easier to remember than tackling a lot of material at once. Start small with the basics and build comprehension from there. Organize the information with headings, lists, and colours to make it easier for your child to recall later.

Use these tips and exercises to help boost your child's memory so he or she can become an even better learner. For even more memory tips, check out these 5 memory tricks the pros use.

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11 Ways To Improve Kids' Memory Power | Oxford Learning

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Memory is an important part of building a solid foundation for learning, both in the classroom and beyond. Having a great memory can help your child do better in school, perform well on tests, and achieve better grades. But sharp memory skills aren't something that people are born with-these skills develop and improve the more they are used.

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https://www.daniel-wong.com/2015/10/19/raise-happy-successful-child/

https://www.orchidsinternationalschool.com/blog/parents-corner/celebrate-a-childs-success/

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Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

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How to Motivate Children: Science-Based Approaches for Parents, Caregivers, and Teachers

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The intrinsic motivation to learn about the world around us begins in infancy. Learn science-based strategies to encourage children's intrinsic motivation.

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The link above gives some tips on how to choose toys for your child that will help with his/her development. Hope you find it useful when buying your child's next birthday/ Christmas present 🙂

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Hi Daddy/Mummy, research has shown that reading regularly to your child is the best way to develop their reading skills.
Above is  the link to a short article in different languages that gives some tips on how to read to your child. Happy Reading 🙂!

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Hi Mummy/ Daddy, the link above is a series of fun exercises that you can teach your child to help improve his/her memory, coordination, tracking, etc which are important building blocks for learning.
Hope you have fun with your child 🙂

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Hi Mummy/ Daddy,
The link above brings you to some videos that explains how you could help your child develop important foundational skills for learning to read and write. Hope you find them useful 🙂.

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Hi Mummy/Daddy,
Visual tracking is very important for fluent reading, coordination tasks such as to catch, hit, throw a ball with accuracy.
The link above gives suggestions for some activities you could do with your child to develop his/her visual tracking.

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Do you find that your child often confuse or reverse letters such as b, d, p, q, g, m, w, n, s, and z?
The link above shares some visual discrimination activities you could do with your child to help him/her develop skills to discriminate similar looking letters/numbers.

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Hi Daddy/Mummy,
Here are some resources to share about recognizing your child's strengths and tips to motivate your child, to promote success in their life! Do take efforts to celebrate their successes too!

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Hi Mummy/Daddy,
Is your child struggling to remember things and what he/she has been taught? Here are some resources to help build your child's memory.