Join Bonnie’s call and find out what you can do in just 20 minutes a day to boost your child’s reading, writing, and math skills and have fun at the same time.

I’m hosting a FREE Live Teleseminar on Wednesday June 2nd at 8 pm Eastern, 7 pm Central, 6 pm Mountain, and 5 pm Pacific.

Upon registering you will receive a FREE Handbook on the 5 things you can do to help your child over the summer.

Those that attend the Live Teleseminar will also receive a surprise FREE gift. And, of course, if you can’t make it live on the call, you will get access to the recording!

http://www.dyslexiahelpnow.com/summer-training-call/

FREE Live Teleseminar on Wednesday June 2nd at 8 pm Eastern, 7 pm Central, 6 pm Mountain, and 5 pm Pacific.
Space is limited. You can attend via phone or via internet!

Reserve your space for the Teleseminar now at:

Title: Searching for Summer Activities to Improve Your Child’s Skills and Still Have Fun?
Time: Wednesday, June 2nd at 5pm Pacific, 6 pm Mountain, 7 pm Central, 8 pm Eastern.
Listening method: Phone + Web Simulcast

To register, visit:
http://www.dyslexiahelpnow.com/summer-training-call/

Learn:
1. How to improve your child’s reading, writing, and math skills in just 20 minutes a day
2. 5 things you can do to help your child
3. Activities to do at home, in the yard, or in your neighborhood

Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET

The alarming realization that your child is struggling at school, followed by frustration of not knowing why, and the “is there anything you can do about it” often leads to sleepless nights. However, there is much that you can do to give your child reading help, writing, help, and math help. Join us on our upcoming call to find out more.

The upcoming private training call is Tuesday, March 2nd at 8 PM EST; 5 PM PST. To register for the call, just go to http://homeworkwars.com/privatetrainingcall

I do have an IEP meeting scheduled in a few weeks so it will be ready to be implemented when he starts 1st grade. What kinds of things should I have in his IEP so that he is taught visually? Is there anything I should ask about? He is already getting speech and language help one day a week at school, but his diagnosis has changed from delay to disability since that was implemented.

In one word, yes, a language disability is considered a learning disability.

The National Center for Learning Disabilities states the following:

Specific Learning Disability: A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which disorder may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations. The term includes such conditions as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia. The term does not include a learning problem that is primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor disabilities, of mental retardation, of emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage.

Disability categories: IDEA disability categories include autism, deaf-blindness, deafness, emotional disturbance, hearing impairment, mental retardation, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment (e.g., asthma, attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, epilepsy, heart condition, hemophilia, lead poisoning, leukemia, nephritis, rheumatic fever, sickle cell anemia and Tourette syndrome), specific learning disability, (e.g., Perceptual Disabilities, Brain Injury, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Dyslexia, Developmental Aphasia), speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment (including blindness), and developmental delay.

There are a few other things I’d like to share with you.

1. In CA there are services for those with severe speech &/or language disabilities. Kids are typically placed in a classroom where the teacher has a background speech & language [typically a speech & language pathologist].

Placement in a class that is specifically designed for speech & language students where I live are actually county classes – in other words, the county office of education has classes sprinkled throughout several public schools and they bus the kids to the specific school that has the program/class they need. These classes are for those with more severe language problems than one or two sessions per week with the speech person in a pull out program would be providing.

“Language is often described in two ways: expressive language and receptive language. Individuals with LD often have difficulty with both expressive and receptive language. There is a strong relationship between language and learning disabilities. Articles within this section provide information for parents and teachers about early warning signs of speech and language difficulties.” [LD Online]

2. Even if you send your child to a private school, if you want, you can access speech & language services from the public school. You will need to transport your child at the time of day the public school schedules him, but the public school should be providing it.

I was in a similar circumstance a number of years ago. One of my students was in a private school and I attended the IEP meeting at the public school. The parents kept the student at the private school but were able to transport him to the public school for resource services provided by the public school.

3. Regarding the IEP, you will want to come as prepared as possible. You might ask your son’s current teacher for any special things he/she is doing for your son. You will want to also make notes yourself on how he works best at home. To get a fuller picture of what is going on, you may want to avail yourself of an informal comprehensive assessment tool like the Learning Difficulty/Disability Pre-Screening Tool and Informal Comprehensive Identification Tool. It will give you a lot of information so you will be coming from a position of knowledge and strength to the meeting.

Hope this is helpful.

Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET

Here is what Heather Jackowitz, Staff Writer, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine had to say about it.

“I really love games that reinforce my children’s lessons. I checked out a math game from Bonnie Terry Learning, The Math Zone. In The Math Zone, the object is to make the most points within a set amount of turns. There are three decks of cards: an operations deck (add, subtract, multiply, or divide), a deck of low numbers for younger children, and a deck of higher numbers for older children. Number cards have two numbers on them. Players choose an operation card and a number card and perform the given task. The answer for each operation is given on the back of the number cards, and players check their own work after calculating the answer. If the answer is correct, the player scores that amount of points. If the answer is incorrect, no points are scored. Bonus operation cards mean you double your total, and Sorry operation cards mean you half your answer. About the hardest problem to solve in the low number deck would be 35 x 7. Children would also need to know their basic division facts, and how to add and subtract with regrouping. In the higher number deck, children would need to be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers like 2457 and 63. I played the game with my third grader, and she beat me a couple of times, because she kept drawing multiplication cards, and I kept getting subtraction! I also noticed that she checked her work more thoroughly than she does with her math lessons! This would be a great game for keeping up skills during summer vacation or whenever you take a break from regular math lessons.”
– Product Review by: Heather Jackowitz, Staff Writer, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine

Get The Math Zone here. Hope this is helpful. Have fun playing games!

Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET

1. Make paper-bag puppets & put on a puppet show
Make them characters from your favorite nursery rhyme or book �
Use lunch-size bags, crayons, markers, buttons, yarn, & glue

2.  Make grocery sack ‘puppet’ heads you can wear & put on a play or a�
    skit with them – cut holes for eyes & slits for arm holes. 

 e.g.: You can make a cute ladybug costume from a large paper grocery bag.
 You can also make antennae  by wrapping two pipe cleaners onto a plastic headband.

 Supplies needed:

* 1 large paper grocery bag

* Scissors

* Red tempera paint

* Black marker or black tempera paint

 A. Cut a large paper grocery bag open along the seam (this will be the back of the costume).
  Then cut a neck hole in what was the bottom of the bag.�
 B. Cut an arm hole on each side of the bag.
 C. Paint a large red circle (using red tempera paint) on the front on the bag. Let the paint dry.
 D. Draw or paint a black line down the center of the circle and draw black spots on both sides.�
 E. To make cute antennae, wrap two pipe cleaners on a plastic headband. Make loops at the top.

3. Make sock puppets, use old socks, felt pieces for tongue, buttons for eyes,
 cut the plastic rings that hold soda cans together for ‘glasses’, cotton balls,
 etc. Put together a skit or play with several puppets.

Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET

The call is filling up fast – Reserve your spot now. I have had so many calls from parents recently, wondering how to help their child over the summer. They realize summer is a great time to give their child a boost, but they also want to be sure they have an enjoyable summer. So, I decided to have a webinar where I will present information on summer activities to help your child’s reading, writing, and math skills improve as well as being rich in experiences and family time. You will be able to ask me questions too. Attendees will also receive a surprise FREE gift.

So, I’m hosting a FREE Live Webinar on Wed June 17th at 4pm. 

Searching for Summer Activities to Improve Your Child’s Skills and Still Have Fun

FREE Live Webinar on Wednesday June 17th at 4PM Pacific

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/331403458

LD Specialist and Board Certified Educational Therapist Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., is answering your questions about summer activities to help your child improve his skills. The webinar will be recorded; if you can’t attend, you’ll be able to listen later. Plus special surprise bonuses just for registering!

Guest Presenter Mary Leppert, Author and Publisher of The Link Homeschool Newspaper will also be on the call sharing her insight on summer activities including low cost music related activities she exposed her son Lennon Leppert too. He is now an accomplished musician.

Register now!

Learn About:

1. Low cost activities to improve your child’s skills

2. Improve your child’s reading in 5 minutes a day

3. Activities to do at home, in the yard, or on your block

4. Field trips to take

I’m here to tell you, there is a lot you can do to help your child improve their skills. Whether you are homeschooling, tutoring your child at home, or sending your child to a tutor; whether your child is dyslexic, has an identified learning disability, is falling through the cracks at school, you have the POWER to make this summer your best one yet, one that is filled with rich experiences and family time as well as skill building.

You really do have the ABILITY to change your child’s entire future by helping them improve their reading, writing, spelling, and math skills. There are many ways to do this without a lot of money up front. The fruits of what you do this summer will last forever!

Now it’s your chance to ask me, former girl scout and cub scout leader, director of numerous day camps, Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET your questions on how to help your kids improve their skills over the summer. 

Register NOW.

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/331403458

Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET…

Bonnie has been teaching for over 35 years and has created numerous books, games, and guides to help students reach their full potential. She specializes in helping parents and teachers identify and address learning problems. Bonnie is a nationally known expert and contributing author to numerous educational journals and magazines including: The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, Homeschooling Parent, Parent’s Monthly, and The LINK Newspaper, RAW (Real Authentic Women), CEC Today, Education Update, and LDA-CA. Bonnie, mom to 3, was a girl scout leader for 10 years, a cub scout leader and assistant cub master for 8 years.

Mary Leppert, Author and Publisher of The Link Homeschool Newspaper…

Mary is the founder and publisher of the largest all-inclusive homeschool publications in North America: The Link Homeschool Newspaper (1995) and The Link Homeschool Newspaper Online (1999). Ms. Leppert is the author of The Homeschooling Almanac, and The Homeschooling Book of Lists. Since 1997, Mary has also produced The Link “kid comfortable” Homeschool Conferences. Mary Leppert is often sought as an expert in the field of homeschooling by virtue of her all-inclusive approach and knowledge, gleaned from homeschooling her now-grown son and 10 years of publishing The Link.

The webinar will be recorded, but you MUST register to access the recording if you can’t attend live. Plus special surprise bonuses just for registering!

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/331403458

Please forward this to anyone you think might be interested in it.

Thanks! There is limited space & I’ll be doing a massive mailing this weekend, so you’ll want to reserve your space early.

Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET

In fact, yesterday I was speaking with a friend that has a child that is having difficulty. His wife was looking online for programs to help them figure out why their son is having problems. Their cost would be $2500.00 to $3000.00. I could not believe it; I almost choked on my lunch. It should not cost you that much to get help!

So, I’m hosting a FREE Live Webinar on Wed April 29th at 4pm.

Searching for answers to why your child struggles in school?

Now it’s your chance to ask me, LD Specialist and Educational Therapist Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET your questions. The FREE Live Webinar is on Wednesday April 29th at 4PM Pacific Time.

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/423802626

You’ll learn about:

1. The most common cause of reading problems
2. How to find out if your child actually has a learning problem, dyslexia, or learning disabilities.
3. How to help your child…Know where to start and what types of activities you should do to help your child learn with ease.
You will be able to ask your questions regarding your children and why they struggle with schoolwork.

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/423802626

Please forward this to anyone you think might be interested in it.

Thanks! There is limited space & I’ll be doing a massive mailing this weekend, so you’ll want to reserve your space early.

Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET…
Bonnie has been teaching for over 35 years and has created numerous books, games, and guides to help students reach their full potential. She specializes in helping parents and teachers identify and address learning problems. Bonnie is a nationally known expert and contributing author to numerous educational journals and magazines including: The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, Homeschooling Parent, Parent’s Monthly, and The LINK Newspaper, RAW (Real Authentic Women), CEC Today, Education Update, and LDA-CA.

Deborah Kaplan, founder and director of Home Tutoring Plus, will also be on the call sharing additional insights. She is a credentialed teacher and pioneer in the field of home tutoring and she speaks regularly at professional educational conferences such as those of the National Tutoring Association and the Education Industry Association.

The webinar will be recorded, but you MUST register to access the recording if you can’t attend live.

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/423802626

Please forward this to anyone you think might be interested in it.

Thanks! There is limited space & I’ll be doing another massive mailing weekend, so you’ll want to reserve your space early.

Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET

In fact, smell actually plays an intricate part of our lives, of our sensory world, in the way we act. The process of recognition of a place is accomplished by our sense of smell. Think about this for a minute. The dentist’s office has certain smells related to it, so does the doctor’s office. Our homes smell wonderfully inviting when we’ve been baking or cooking a delicious dinner. We like to be in our homes when they smell good. A movie theater has another smell, as does a candy store. On the other hand, there are places we don’t enjoy being at as much, due to the odors. For instance a locker room after a sports event can be full of odors we don’t want to be near.

So, what does this have to do with learning? Our sense of smell adds an additional component to learning; it incorporates another sense so the brain is activated with an emotional and biological stimulus. Any time our brain is activated in multiple ways learning is affected, either positively or negatively.

Classrooms can have a variety of odors in them. Most of the time they are good odors. But, sometimes they aren’t. For example, when a classroom has just had new carpeting put in, there is usually a pretty noxious odor from the make-up of the carpet. Some severe educational consequences can occur due to this.

When the olfactory system is inundated with noxious odors such as formaldehyde that is out-gassing from carpet, children can suffer health, mood, and behavior problems that undermine school performance and productivity. Children can become allergic to their classrooms from carpet out-gassing.

This actually happened to my daughter when she was in the 4th grade. Her class was moved into a new portable classroom during the second month of the school year. The carpet did not have time to ‘outgas’. My daughter came home every day with uncontrollable coughing. She would get some relief at home by morning, and go back to school. By the time she came home again she was worse than when she left in the morning. I took her into the doctor after the 2nd day and then every day for an additional 3 days. We couldn’t figure out what was going on. So I went with her to school to see if I could see anything there that was causing the problem. Upon opening the classroom door I almost keeled over. The odor was horrific! And, at that time I was an asthmatic. I immediately started wheezing. I knew what the problem was.

So, we had to educate the school about the problem. We actually gave some solutions to help the carpet odor dissipate quickly. Unfortunately, they didn’t quite follow the suggestion [sprinkling the carpet every day after school with baking soda and then vacuuming it up every morning before school]. Instead they placed an open box of baking soda in the classroom. So my daughter ended up wearing a mask whenever she was in the classroom for nine weeks. After nine weeks the carpet odor had finally neutralized and she didn’t need to spend her days wearing a max.

The reason I’m sharing this is not so much what happened to my daughter, because she had an extreme reaction to the carpet out-gassing. But the rest of the class was also affected. The absentee rate of students and the teacher in that class due to respiratory problems was higher during that time period than the rest of the school. The behavior of the students in the class during that time frame was also awful. So did maximum learning take place during that time? Of course not.

Other environmental issues that can affect learning

Children can even become allergic their schools when construction is going on from all the molds that are stirred up during the construction. Also classroom pets can create havoc with children. Sometimes children don’t even know they have an allergy to pet dander and they end up being stuffed up in the classroom, which affects their ability to hear clearly. Some children respond to pet dander by becoming restless or irritable. So, you want to check and see if the classroom has a pet. Sometimes the behavior problem you child is having is NOT due to their not following directions, but is due to being allergic to pet dander from the class guinea pig.

So, when we are looking to create an optimal learning place for our children, let’s keep in mind it’s not just the hearing, seeing, and doing. It’s also the smells we smell that lead us to places where we feel good and safe and secure. When we feel good, safe, and secure, we learn with ease. So, let’s create good smelling classrooms to help our children thrive in learning situations!

Learn about the 3 roadblocks to reading, writing, and math success.

Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET

I have had so many calls from parents this year that are wondering how to help their child and confused about why their child is struggling that I finally decided to have a webinar where I will present information and you will be able to ask me questions. Attendees will also receive a surprise FREE gift.

In fact, yesterday I was speaking with a friend that has a child that is having difficulty. His wife was looking online for programs to help them figure out why their son is having problems. Their cost would be $2500.00 to $3000.00. I could not believe it; I almost choked on my lunch. It should not cost you that much to get help!

So, I’m hosting a FREE Live Webinar on Wed April 29th at 4pm. 

Searching for answers to why your child struggles in school?

Now it’s your chance to ask me, LD Specialist and Educational Therapist Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET your questions. The FREE Live Webinar is on Wednesday April 29th at 4PM Pacific Time.

You’ll learn about:

1. The most common cause of reading problems
2. How to find out if your child actually has a learning problem, dyslexia, or learning disabilities.
3. How to help your child…Know where to start and what types of activities you should do to help your child learn with ease.

You will be able to ask your questions regarding your children and why they struggle with schoolwork.

Please forward this to anyone you think might be interested in it.

Thanks! There is limited space & I’ll be doing a massive mailing this Wednesday, so you’ll want to reserve your space early.

Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET…

Bonnie has been teaching for over 35 years and has created numerous books, games, and guides to help students reach their full potential. She specializes in helping parents and teachers identify and address learning problems. Bonnie is a nationally known expert and contributing author to numerous educational journals and magazines including: The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, Homeschooling Parent, Parent’s Monthly, and The LINK Newspaper, RAW (Real Authentic Women), CEC Today, Education Update, and LDA-CA.

Debra Kaplan, founder and director of Home Tutoring Plus, will also be on the call sharing additional insights. She is a credentialed teacher and pioneer in the field of home tutoring and she speaks regularly at professional educational conferences such as those of the National Tutoring Association and the Education Industry Association.

The webinar will be recorded, but you MUST register to access the recording if you can’t attend live.

Please forward this to anyone you think might be interested in it.

Thanks! There is limited space & I’ll be doing a massive mailing this Wednesday, so you’ll want to reserve your space early.

Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET 

There is a way for you to hlp your child improve their skills.Gain 2-4 Years in Reading, Writing, and Math.