01
Nov 15

Working dyslexia in language learning.

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Dyslexia is a topic that had not tried before on the blog. You know what, generally, I usually address issues, either they have a direct bearing on my way to work in the classroom, or I investigate to help and work best with one of my students.

A few weeks ago I met this challenge, and I have been aware of the few resources they have and how the education system, at least in the case with which I have found, It has not done anything, in the center, to help this student.

I invested a little on this subject, obviously, applied to learning a foreign language, and today I will activities or leave you some tricks that English teachers can do to help students with such difficulties.

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13
Sep 15

4 tricks to teach kids to write.

4 basicos para enseñar a los peques a escribir

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The course has just begun, and certainly there are many teachers who are just out of college begin their wanderings in this wonderful world.

I am convinced that most of these new, and not so new teachers, they are now looking for resources to teach certain skills than, however much they work in textbooks, do not the way we would like.

In today's post, I will specifically address the issue of the writing. First, because it is one of the issues that most concern not only teachers, but also parents. Y, in second place, because this year the kids who have grown up with me, go to first grade, and I hope this helps a little to their moms and dads.

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07
Dec 14

Finland says goodbye to the pen ...

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photo credit: thms.nl via photopin cc

Do not panic! Although the title of the post is that, It is not exactly true.

For the last couple of weeks we do not talk about something else: Finland, the country benchmark in education worldwide, cease to teach calligraphy to teach typing.

In recent days many parents and professional colleagues who have contacted me to comment me the news.

I usually like to contrast the information reaching me, and so I have started to work to see how that that Finland stop teaching handwriting is ...

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