Learn To Read Using Learning Styles

Even preschoolers have a well-defined Learning Style. Some may prefer to learn alone, others with friends. Some may prefer to play games which require a lot of full-body movements, others will be drawn towards pastimes that require working with their hands.

When it comes to learning to read the letters of the alphabet, here is a list of games to play that will engage the senses and appeal to many learning styles. To begin, cut out letters of the alphabet out of fine sandpaper. Use different colours for vowels, consonants and digraphs (qu ai ee ie oa ue ar er or ch sh th oy ou oo).

• Let the child feel the letters in the direction you draw them.
• Ask the child to touch “m”, find “o”, move “d”, hold “a”.
• Spread the letters around the room. Ask the child to hop to “m”, run to “d”, tiptoe to “ee”.
• Point to the letter and ask whether the child remembers what it is.
• Let the child cut favourite pictures from a magazine. Sort them according to what letter they start with. 
• Take one letter. Cut out everything from a magazine that starts with that letter. Paste it onto a page or put into an envelope.
• Every day, put out a basket of different goodies, each beginning with the same letter.
• Play “I spy”. Say, “I’m looking for something that begins with the sound bbbb." 
• Play “I spy” again, but with objects that end in the sound “k”: milk, book.
• Play a rhyming version of “I spy”: “I spy with my little eye something that sounds like book” (hook, nook).

What are your child's learning preferences? Find out.

Asperger Syndrome and Learning Styles

The wikipedia definition of Asperger Syndrome reads: "an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that is characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, alongside restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. It differs from other autism spectrum disorders by its relative preservation of linguistic and cognitive development."

The severity of the disorder varies, but most people affected by it can lead a normal life, often as very successful academics. However, experts warn that diagnosis may be difficult: "The cost and difficulty of screening and assessment can delay diagnosis. Conversely, the increasing popularity of drug treatment options and the expansion of benefits has motivated providers to over diagnose ASD."

Learning Style Analysis is not a tool for diagnosing ASD, however, it can provide guidance to determine whether further assistance from a specialist may be required. Some learning style trends displayed by ASD sufferers include:

• highly analytic with a non-preference for global information processing
• a preference to study alone
• a preference for a formal study area
• a non-preference for change
• high persistence
• internal motivation.

Check your child's Learning Style today.

Introverts and Working Styles

What does the Working Style of an introvert look like? They are usually the ones who prefer working alone in a quiet room. They don't usually communicate very effectively in a situation where they have to address a large audience. Sometimes their contribution to the workload will go unnoticed, because they won't brag about it.

In today's world, we value talkers (extroverts) and often choose them as our leaders. And yet this phenomenon is relatively recent and can be linked to the advent of TV. Prior to that, many leaders were introverts, although the term wasn't widely used back then. Check out this video about the power of introverts.

Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Your Working Style will hold the clues. Have a look.

Learning Styles and Stress Management

Think “childhood” and words such as “carefree”, “long summer days”, “doing nothing” or “fun” will instantly spring to mind. However, nothing can be further from the truth for the current generation of school-goers. In certain parts of the world, even preschoolers feel the pressure to achieve, and thus to secure a place in a reputable private education institution.

Some schools cite education and achievement as their top values. Others prefer to concentrate on learning through fun, treating every child as an individual with a unique learning style, and offering an all-rounded learning option that includes as much dancing as it does arithmetic.

The world out there is tough and competitive. Do you shelter your children and let them enjoy life as long as they can, or do you start grooming them for the rat race in kindergarten? That’s the choice that every parent has to make individually.

Meanwhile, if you think that your child is feeling stressed, their own learning style can give you a clue as to how to help them. Highly analytic children will want to retreat and solve the problem by themselves, while highly holistic children will want to discuss the issue with you. To find out how to deal with your child’s stress, please analyse their learning style.

Some ideas that might also appeal to your child include:

1. Listening to music with a beat that is slower than their heart rate.
2. Taking a walk together - a forest or a beach will particularly well.
3. Essential oils such as lavender, chamomile, mandarin or rose have a calming effect - you can burn them in the room if you have a burner or dab them directly onto the wrist.
4. A comforting healthy snack, like low-fat low-sugar apple pie or cocoa.
5. Distraction: ask your child what the best thing was that she saw or did today.

Just as prevention is better than cure in the area of physical health, so it is with stress. If your child does not thrive on achievement, it’s best not to push them. To check, do their Learning Style Analysis.

Creative World Learning Center Receives 2013 Best of Morrow Award

Morrow Award Program Honors the Achievement

MORROW May 23, 2013 -- Creative Learning Systems has been selected for the 2013 Best of Morrow Award in the Child Care & Day Care Services category by the Morrow Award Program.

Each year, the Morrow Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Morrow area a great place to live, work and play.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2013 Morrow Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Morrow Award Program and data provided by third parties.

About Morrow Award Program

The Morrow Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the Morrow area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.

The Morrow Award Program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in our community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to recognize the small business community’s contributions to the U.S. economy.

SOURCE: Morrow Award Program
CONTACT:
Morrow Award Program
Email: PublicRelations@awardprogram.org
URL: http://www.awardprogram.org

Star Trek Into Darkness and Working Styles

While the second Star Trek movie, INTO DARKNESS, is making millions at the box office, here at Creative Learning we're thinking about working styles.

Specifically, what working style does Kirk exhibit? If you're thinking integrated with a tendency towards holistic, you may be right. Spock is definitely a learnt analytic. But what about Uhura? We'll go with kinesthetic internal unless somebody writes in to convince us otherwise.

What about your own working style? Are you like Kirk, Spock or Uhura? Find out.

Bad Working Habits That Are Good

Working Late

Do you yawn your way through the morning, drinking coffee and staring at the computer screen, only to get your best ideas after dinner? You're not alone! Many people concentrate best in the evening - that's when they are at their most receptive and creative. Its part of their Working Style, a scientifically proved way to perform at your optimum.

Moving About

One of the elements of your Working Style is the preference or non-preference for moving about when you're busy with something new or difficult. Are you somebody who thinks better while pacing a room or tapping your foot?

Snacking

According to Barbara Prashnig, a world expert in education and the director of Creative Learning Systems, snacking on healthy food or sipping water may aid your concentration. Check your own Working Style today to see whether that's the case.