Don’t Buy the Charts, Posters or Flash Cards. Why They Don’t Work.
As a teacher, I spent a lot of money buying colorful charts and posters with alphabet charts, math facts and word lists to put on the walls in my classroom. I assumed they would help my students, just as when
Learning is Socio-Cognitive. What Does That Mean?
If you think about a time when you have been really engaged in learning a new topic, subject or skill, it is likely that you have interacted with other people in that process. Maybe you remember a project you worked
Why Memorizing Isn’t the Same as Learning
When many of us were in school, we were given drills and lists to memorize, like multiplication facts and spelling words. We had to “master” one list before moving on to the next. If we didn’t learn them easily, they
How to Help Your Child Learn to Read- The Neuro Way!
All parents hope their child learns to read easily and quickly. Yet, many children struggle to learn to read. It seems incredible that with all the advances humans have created through our brains’ ingenuity, that reading is still a puzzle
How we look at behavior at INSL LLC
Behavior has become a term fraught with negative connotations, but what is behavior exactly? According to the theory we implement at INSL LLC, it is simply a form of communication, which we all use all day long. Yet how we
We get to know our students so we can build on their strengths
When learners come to INSL LLC, we spend time getting to know them as people, not just as clients. We spend time with the family and ask what the student likes, what they do on a typical day, and what
Language names our thinking! The theory behind our work at the INSL LLC
When we want to communicate ideas to others or understand within our own brains what we are learning, we use language to name our thinking. Language is the highest level of learning, according to Dr. Ellyn Arwood, who created the
Visual thinking explained – how we help our visual learners
You have likely heard that some of us are auditory thinkers and some of us are visual thinkers. So, if you think that you learn by listening to someone talk, you must be an auditory thinker, right? Well actually, you