What is Bal-a-vis-x?
It’s Rhythmic Balance, Auditory, and Vision Exercises for Brain and Brain-Body Integration
Developed by Bill Hubert
Find out more on the link below.
Why does it work? My summation: It makes the brain send neural signals across the corpus callosum by physically crossing body mid-lines. Why is this important? The left brain decodes words, the right brain applies meaning. Both are necessary to be able to read and must be used together to gather content from the written word.
The Lindamood Bell method of instruction uses an Orton-Gillingham approach. What’s that? “The Orton-Gillingham Approach is a direct, explicit, multisensory, structured, sequential, diagnostic, and prescriptive way to teach literacy when reading, writing, and spelling does not come easily to individuals, such as those with dyslexia.” https://www.ortonacademy.org/resources/what-is-the-orton-gillingham-approach/
What is the Lindamood Bell Method?
What does that mean for your student? Letter tiles, colored felts, mental imaging, and fun games to cement new thinking about how letters and words work.
How are People smart, anyway?
Another epiphany on my journey of learning about learning was the discovery of a book titled, “How Am I Smart?” by Dr. Kathy Koch
We can put such pressure on our kids to do well in school, but school typically only measures 2 out of the 8 areas in which people can be intelligent. Want to learn more?
Check out Dr. Koch’s website: