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...
Building reading stamina for struggling readers can be a tricky endeavor. After a few pages of text, many lose interest because reading is a difficult and cognitively taxing chore. So what can be done to increase endurance and help learners find joy in reading. What is Reading Stamina? Reading stamina is a learner's ability to sustain attention and effort when reading independently. Why Do Some Students Struggle with Poor Reading Stamina? Poor reading stamina is often associated with other areas of cognitive-based weaknesses. If readers, for example, are placing too much attention and energy on decoding words, there is little mental space left - if any - to comprehend the material. Perhaps they can decode words, but their tracking, visualization skills, or working memory are lacking. Again, they may not have the cognitive room to make sense of what they are reading. Here are a few possible processing areas that could get in the way: Weak visual proces...