Metacognition Helps Build Self Regulation and Executive Functioning Skills
Metacognition is thinking about thinking, knowing “what we know” and “what we don’t know.” This means students take time to think about...
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Karen Fried
Oct 23, 20113 min read
The Frustrated Learner
The Frustration Profile article on my blog, which is about students with high verbal skills and weak motor skills, has gotten more hits...
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Karen Fried
Oct 7, 20115 min read
Learning Differences: How Can Teachers Help?
Many students struggle to learn. When a child is identified with a learning difference teachers and parents can create a plan to end the...
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Karen Fried
Sep 15, 20114 min read
How To Build Flexible Thinking Skills
Does your child have trouble when his routine changes? Is it hard for him to adjust when he wants to do something one way and the...
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Karen Fried
Jun 14, 20112 min read
Setting Summer Goals Helps Build Executive Functioning Skills
Summer is the time to relax and reflect. What went well this year? What could have been better? What can your child improve on for next...
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Karen Fried
May 25, 20111 min read
Excellent Reading Comprehension, But Slow Reading Rate
Alex* has strong verbal comprehension and perceptual reasoning skills. Her excellent reading and comprehension skills make her a strong...
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Karen Fried
May 18, 20113 min read
Helping Students Get Serious About Writing: The Five-Stage Writing Process
Learning how to write well can be a challenge for many students. I am pleased to be able to share with you an article by Heather Hoffman....
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Karen Fried
May 5, 20111 min read
Easy Family Science Experiments: Just for Fun!
Check this out: Scientific American is posting a month-long series of family science experiments. My son and I watched the video of the...
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Karen Fried
May 4, 20112 min read
Learning and Stress Can Be Related
Stress is a major factor for many students these days. Students who have a learning disability have to work harder than their typical...
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Karen Fried
Apr 15, 20112 min read
Executive Functioning and Self-Control
Self-control is the ability to delay gratification. This is important in the development of executive functioning skills for many...
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Karen Fried
Apr 8, 20114 min read
How to Teach Reading Skills: Teaching Tony To Read Lesson 1
How Do You Teach Reading? This is a question I get from many parents. The answer is: it depends on why the child is struggling to read....
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Karen Fried
Jan 20, 20117 min read
TRUST YOUR GUT: One mother’s experience with Sensory Integration Dysfunction
This was written by Victoria W. about her son when he was young. As she shared her story with me, I asked if I could post her article on...
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Karen Fried
Nov 23, 20102 min read
Fun Educational Games
Fun Games that Promote Thinking While researching educational products to help students learn thinking skills, I came across some great...
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Karen Fried
Nov 21, 20101 min read
The connection between vision and learning problems
A parent emailed with this question: “George has had many eye exams, but his reading skills are still poor. I really want to find someone...
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Karen Fried
Nov 21, 20101 min read
How Do Visual Skills Affect Reading?
Many parents ask me what they can do at home to help their child with reading skills. Schools have been stressing phonic skills (rightly...
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Karen Fried
Nov 21, 20101 min read
5 Tips for Fast Math
Make sure your child understands the concept Use Manipulatives ( beans, blocks, pennies) to help build the problems Use manipulative to...
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Karen Fried
Nov 21, 20103 min read
Spelling Tips
"My child’s reading fluency has really improved! When can I expect to see an improvement in his spelling?" This recent question from a...
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Karen Fried
Nov 21, 20101 min read
Teaching Thinking Skills
To teach thinking skills you first have to teach children to stop and think. This process needs to start when children are young and it...
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