Raising Smarter Children

        How To Use The Visual Eye-Brain Connection For Written Test Success

If you’ve been following this mini series, excerpted from the best seller, Learning vs. Testing,  on test taking success strategies, today is THE Day to find out HOW to help your child or student add that visual learning style strategy for the ultimate boost in test taking scores! 

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     Part 1 of our series on visual strategies for test taking success, excerpted from Learning vs. Testing,  Strategies That Bridge The Gap Between Learning Styles and Test Taking Success, talked about how my students revealed their own visual learning and recall strategies to get higher grades on their tests.

Today, we continue with how your child’s eye movements are a clue to creating mental snapshots, which enhance their memory during tests.  While I didn’t understand why when I first noticed the eye movements, the physical act of looking up helped my students created and recall nearly everything they read…

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Did you know that your child may suffer unnecessarily from visual stress?  In fact, eye doctors say that kids may be working much harder than necessary to read and write, simply because their visual system is stressed and it’s undetected.  On page 53 of the book,  Learning vs. Testing , here are the four ways eye doctors and reading specialists say you can reduce visual stress for your child.

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It’s amazing how one person’s generosity can make a real difference in a child’s life.

One person, who experienced remarkable success with strategies they learned in Learning vs. Testing, made a large contribution which helps every child succeed in school.

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We hope you enjoyed the interview on how your baby can read with Janet Doman this week.

Several questions on baby reading milestones came in so we thought you may like to know a bit more about what your baby should do with respect to reading readiness by preschool age.

Of course, your baby can read, if given the proper instruction by age 1, but these are the general milestones according to the U.S. Department of Education, National Literacy Institute, KidsHealth.org and several other sources:

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Yesterday, I promised that we’d interview the author of the book on how your baby can read.  Today, we’re so fortunate to have Janet Doman with us, Director of The Institutes For The Achievement of Human Potential.  Read on for her interview and you can even download the link to your mp3 player!

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