FOCUS – Are you with me? ‘Where are you?’ – Here. ‘What time is it?’ – Now. ‘Who are you?’ – This moment. These are the words from the final scene of the movie ‘The Peaceful Warrior’. It seems so very simple to be here and focused and...
Exercises to cross the midline may not be enough to correct dyslexia - and just being able to listen to the teacher for longer doesn't always mean than the information gets processed properly and leads to the desired results, but it definitely is a...
I really think I ought to put Finland onto my bucket list - with the amount of posting I do about this rather small country, which seems to have the most innovative educational and social approaches. This one highlights the value of silence to not...
Our ability/inability to focus Did you know that the average person unlocks his or her phone 110 times a day? According to the study by Locket (an app creator), we not only can't help but check our smart phones incessantly, we also use them 195 min...
If you have seen young kids just going off into their own little world - or even if you have failed to notice them do so, this will make you smile: Do YOU appear to be FOCUSED? It gives you a snapshot into the life of a daydreaming student - and in...
In the Davis Dyslexia world, the term 'disorientation' is frequently used - and not always understood in connection to Dyslexia. I have written a simple explanation in my book 'Nurturing the Secret Garden': "The feeling of confusion results in a...
These two photographs were attached to an email I received that made me smile and appreciate the creative ways of dyslexic individuals to entertain themselves and create art and beauty as a by-product for us to admire: Thank you so much for...
In order to learn, we need to focus and in order to focus, some kids just need to move. This is a great article telling us why movement is so important.
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