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100 Powerful Learning Specialist and Educational Therapy Materials

This week I wanted to tell you about my online store, Good Sensory Learning. I’m Dr. Erica Warren, and I established this site so I could share all the materials that I have created over the last 20+ years as a learning specialist and educational therapist. When I first began my private practice, Learning to Learn, I had great difficulty finding fun and multisensory materials for my students that were effective and engaging. So back in 2005, I made it my mission to design and distribute high-end, remedial products as well as memorable, motivating lessons that bring delight to learning. If you would like to try a free sampling of my activities , CLICK HERE . How Are the Products Organized at Good Sensory Learning? You can download my Free Printable Catalog or you can browse the site using the grey “search all products” bar in the top right of any page with keywords such as dyslexia, working memory, and executive functioning. What’s more, drop down menus in the red banner allow you t
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St. Patrick's Day Following Directions Activities are a blast

Check out my St. Patrick's Day following directions activities. They are wonderful at strengthening language skills and help students to better understand the subtleties of linguistic cues. They are a terrific sampling of three fun activities that can even develop a student's ability to decode the language behind multiple choice tests.  http://goodsensorylearning.com/following-directions.html   Cheers, Dr. Erica Warren Dr. Erica Warren is the author, illustrator, and publisher of multisensory educational materials at  Good Sensory Learning  and  Dyslexia Materials . She is also the director of  Learning to Learn  and  Learning Specialist Courses . · Blog:  https://learningspecialistmaterials.blogspot.com/ · YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/user/warrenerica1 · Podcast:  https://godyslexia.com/ · Store:  http://www.Goodsensorylearning.com/  &  www.dyslexiamaterials.com · Courses:  http://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/ · Newsletter Sign-up:  https:
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An Easy Way to Teach Main Ideas and Details

Helping student's to understand main ideas and details is a critical step in any elementary language arts curriculum, because it is a necessary skill for reading and writing.   What can I do to Develop this Skill? There is a really fun activity that can help students learn these concepts. Hey, What's the Big Idea is a product that has turned instruction into a game. What's more this fast paced activity can also help to improve processing speed. Cheers, Dr. Erica Warren Dr. Erica Warren is the author, illustrator, and publisher of multisensory educational materials at  Good Sensory Learning  and  Dyslexia Materials . She is also the director of  Learning to Learn  and  Learning Specialist Courses . · Blog:  https://learningspecialistmaterials.blogspot.com/ · YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/user/warrenerica1 · Podcast:  https://godyslexia.com/ · Store:  http://www.Goodsensorylearning.com/  &  www.dyslexiamaterials.com · Courses:  http://www
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Measurement Memory Strategies

This is a clever and fun way to learn measurements - like, to name a few - how many inches in a foot, how many cups in a pint, and how many ounces in a pound.   http://goodsensorylearning.com/math-powerpoints.html Visual memory strategies make the first half of this Power Point fun, and the second half of the presentation will test the viewers' your new knowledge. Cheers, Dr. Erica Warren Dr. Erica Warren is the author, illustrator, and publisher of multisensory educational materials at  Good Sensory Learning  and  Dyslexia Materials . She is also the director of  Learning to Learn  and  Learning Specialist Courses . · Blog:  https://learningspecialistmaterials.blogspot.com/ · YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/user/warrenerica1 · Podcast:  https://godyslexia.com/ · Store:  http://www.Goodsensorylearning.com/  &  www.dyslexiamaterials.com · Courses:  http://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/ · Newsletter Sign-up:  https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pag
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10 Easy Steps to Accommodate Students with Executive Functioning Weaknesses

The 10 Easy Steps to Accommodating Students with Executive Functioning Weakness.    1.    Provide a consistent and structured environment: a.      At home: Create a structured routine and try to schedule activities that are always on the same days and at the same times.  You can even schedule unstructured, free times. b.      In school: All teachers should communicate and post homework assignments in the same way and at an expected time daily.  Home work should also be collected in a reliable, routine manner.  Finally, the classroom need to be managed in a consistent way with clear and concise expectations.    2.      Provide reminders: a.      Use smart phones, iPods, watches with alarms, and PDAs to provide auditory and visual reminders of important dates, activities, and things that need to be done.    3.      Use a large month or two month at a glance calendar to schedule events and post it in a high traffic location.  Review the calendar weekly and verbally highlight
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Four Steps to Making Learning Fun

How can you make lessons exciting and fun for your Students? The expression that it's all in the presentation is the secret. C reate a catchy and attractive name for a new lesson. You could introduce a new lesson and call it, for example, "Script" or "Cursive." But as one of my students said, script sounds like strict and cursive sounds like cursed. Why not call this lesson, "Roller Coaster Letters." All my students can't wait to join letters into words so they can "test out their new roller coaster!" Share your own excitement in your voice, attitude and energy level when introducing a new lesson. If you are excited, they will be too. Students often need to be instructed multiple times before they "get the lesson." Make sure to teach new material to the different learning styles and go as multi-sensory as possible. Student love games, try in integrate as many game-like activities into your lessons as possible. Val
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Puppy Party

I wanted to share a  free copy  of my new favorite reading remediation activity that is one of the many games in my new publication -   Reading Board Games: Making All Phonic & Orton Gillingham Based Reading Programs Multisensory and Fabulously Fun .  Puppy Party Game Board It helps students quickly master the short vowel sounds. Your students/children will have so much fun playing this board game and collecting puppies, that they will learn the short vowel sound in no time at all. I hope you enjoy it, and I look forward to your comments. Cheers, Dr. Erica Warren Dr. Erica Warren is the author, illustrator, and publisher of multisensory educational materials at  Good Sensory Learning  and  Dyslexia Materials . She is also the director of  Learning to Learn  and  Learning Specialist Courses . · Blog:  https://learningspecialistmaterials.blogspot.com/ · YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/user/warrenerica1 · Podcast:  https://godyslexia.com/ · Store:  htt
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