A dyslexia treatment that follows the Science of Reading will help Reading Fluency but may not significantly improve reading comprehension.
The challenge is that many students with dyslexia are also a right brain kinesthetic learner, who learns best when he or she sees and experiences information. For the right brain kinesthetic learner with dyslexia, additional strategies and interventions may be necessary to address their specific challenges.
The Science of Reading is an evidence-based approach to teaching reading that emphasizes phonics, phonemic awareness, and other foundational skills. While it is effective for improving reading fluency, it’s important to note that reading comprehension is a multifaceted skill that involves various cognitive processes beyond just decoding words.
Note, if your child does not have dyslexia but learns differently, all the other efforts discussed below to improve visual processing, executive function skills and reading comprehension may be needed.
Note, these students’ profiles often include a combination of 2, 3 or 4 of the following: the student often learns differently, has auditory or visual processing issues, and very often has more than one executive function challenge that may include attention, working memory, processing speed and …
Most students with dyslexia are also a right brain, visual or kinesthetic learner with a visual processing and/or executive function challenge.
Specific problems we see in right brain kinesthetic learners with dyslexia may include:
Problems recognizing words they have seen and not mastered.
Vocabulary instruction: Enhancing word knowledge is crucial for understanding the meaning of texts.
Sight word vocabulary — where the right brain kinesthetic learner does not have a picture for what the words mean.
Visual processing issues frequently occur in this population.
Working memory. A dyslexia treatment and building language skills often requires students to learn and remember rules. This can be difficult for a student with a weak memory.
Processing speed. Many students with dyslexia process information slowly, but it can be improved.
Reading comprehension strategies: Teaching specific strategies, such as visualizing, summarization, questioning, and making connections to their own experiences, can help students with dyslexia improve their comprehension skills. For the right brain kinesthetic learner, the student will often benefit from a hands-on and visual approach that teaches them what the word looks like and creates a visual for what the words and passages mean.
Text structure or sequence awareness: Understanding how different types of texts are structured can aid comprehension. Explicit instruction in recognizing and understanding sequences can be helpful.
Background knowledge development: Building background knowledge using pictures or videos can improve comprehension. Reading a wide range of texts on different topics and relating to their own experiences can contribute to this.
Explicit instruction in comprehension skills: Providing direct instruction in specific comprehension skills, such as identifying main ideas, drawing conclusions, and making predictions, can be beneficial.
It’s important to recognize that dyslexia is a neuro-biological condition that affects the way the brain processes written and spoken language. As such, a comprehensive and individualized approach to intervention is often necessary, taking into account the unique needs and strengths of each student with dyslexia.
To improve reading fluency and reading comprehension for students with dyslexia who are right brain kinesthetic learners, the student often needs:
- A dyslexia treatment to improve reading fluency.
- A more visual kinesthetic approach to word recognition, spelling and vocabulary.
- Auditory and/or visual processing issues identified and addressed.
- Executive function issues identified and addressed.
- Reading comprehension strategies that utilize relevant text and that leverage the student’s ability to learn best when they see and experience information.
If you would like to discuss your situation, you can either call us at 561-361-7495 or click here to find a time on our schedule to discuss “Your Right Brain Kinesthetic Learner with Dyslexia”.
Difficulty with math word problems is one of the most common academic challenges our students are experiencing. If a child is struggling with reading, it is an even bigger frustration, but even for those good readers- trying to solve word math problems is frustrating. We often hear “This isn’t math– this is reading!!” This blog post will cover five main points that are often overlooked when approaching these problems:
- If your child is struggling with math word problems, they are not alone. We think that most of these problems are written by math whizzes who do not really think about the words they used. It is vital that students understand the necessary math vocabulary that they can relate to. (What does “Susie has 4 less apples than Bobby has” mean?)
- Virtually every student we have worked with can do far better in math with a visual kinesthetic approach that allows them to see and experience the problem. This works well for all students, and especially for the right brain kinesthetic learner who learns best when they see and experience information. We are seeing so many students who just have no number sense. They haven’t had sufficient time to “just play” with numbers. Looking for patterns, mastering the various combinations that make 10. We are pushing math “reading problems” before these kids have mastered playing with numbers.
- Visual processing issues are quite common, and students often make what appear to be “silly” mistakes. They might not line up the columns of numbers correctly, or they make computation errors in one of the multiple step problems, making the final answer wrong.
- They HATE to show their work!!! “I can do this in my head… Why do I have to write it down?”
- Problems with language, visual processing, working memory, processing speed and anxiety often make the situation worse. They just have a difficult time knowing what they are supposed to do. It is important to identify and address the relevant issues.
Calm visual parenting helps. By this we mean:
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- Do not assume your child understands your words. Use pictures where possible. Have them “teach” you what they think they are supposed to do. Gently guide them to what is actually supposed to be done. “That’s not the way my teacher does it”- might be their response. Make sure you get clarification from the teacher. Students ARE BEING SHOWN multiple ways to solve a problem– often in a different way than you learned it. This is not a battle! Try to keep those emotions and comments to yourself. (I know. It’s hard!)
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- Kinesthetic learning really helps. Using flashcards when teaching math facts does not create a picture they can relate to. Laying out rows of M&Ms, or clay balls can help them.
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- Most students learn best when they discover the pattern. Math is all about patterns!
- Stay calm. When your child does not understand something — it is because it has not been explained in a way that works for them. Try another more visual kinesthetic approach.
With math word problems, what is possible for the right brain kinesthetic learner
Our expertise is with the student who learns best when they see and experience information – what we call a right brain kinesthetic learner.
For Alex, progress was relatively quick. He thought he understood the words but had visual processing and working memory challenges. It was difficult for him to figure out what he was supposed to do. He was impulsive and did the problems far too quickly. He made a number of mistakes.
After our assessment showed the visual processing, working memory and impulsivity issues, we worked on improving his visual processing and working memory and slowed him down.
We also changed his name to Inspector Alex — he loved it. We had to explicitly show him ways to check his work. He was rewarded if HE found a mistake before we did!!
We also worked with his parents and helped them to be calmer and more visual.
Calm visual parenting both makes you more effective and reduces the stress on your child and you. In this case, Alex was able to reduce the average time to do math homework from 75 to 30 minutes.
Alex did get accommodations at school. We were able to improve the accommodations to allow for less problems on a page, the use of wide margin graph paper and extra time
Within a few short months his math grades went from a 53 to a 97. He soon thought of himself as “good at math”!
Jennifer had more of a challenge. She needed to go back to basic math patterns and understand math concepts as well as the words that were being used. She also needed to improve her working memory and visual processing.
We helped her parents to better understand how to be calmer and more visual.
Jennifer did get accommodations at school. We were able to improve the accommodations to allow for questions to be read to her, less problems on a page,have her draw out the question and the use of wide margin graph paper as well as extra time
She was able to improve her performance from the 1st percentile to the 47th percentile. Math may be harder for her than other subjects will be — but she now has confidence in her ability to lay out problems and know when to ask for help.
Challenges with math word problems do not need to be lifelong challenges. By teaching to your child’s strengths,and identifying and addressing their challenges, performance can improve in months. For the right brain kinesthetic learner — calm visual parenting helps
If you would like to discuss your child’s challenges with math word problems and/or other issues, you can call us at 561-361-7495 or click here to schedule a Calm Visual Parenting conversation.
Dyslexia Assessment, Reading Comprehension and Consult
Normally a $250 investment for $100 through December 15th
(Call us at 561-361-7495 to discuss your situation)
The Florida Empowerment Scholarship for Unique Abilities (FES UA) has been changed. They are now accepting new students through December 15th, 2023. Parents can apply here for the Florida Empowerment Scholarship for Unique Abilities (FES UA). This is for homeschool and private school students with a qualifying disability. Here is a list of qualifying disabilities.
3D Learner is a provider for this program.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss how we can help your child and you, call 3D Learner at 561-361-7395 or click here to schedule a Let’s Have a Conversation on How The Florida Empowerment Scholarship for Unique Abilities can help your child.
3D Learner is best known for helping bright right brain kinesthetic learners succeed. These are the students who learn best when they see and experience information and who are often a lot smarter than present results would indicate.
3D Learner has helped many homeschool and private school students improve their:
- Reading fluency
- Reading comprehension — often, but two, three or even four grade levels in months
- Self-confidence and so much more (e.g. attention, executive function skills, math etc.)
Our first goal is to help parents with a child who learns differently to realize their child can do far better with strength-based training. We often start with a no cost Stress to Success Conversation parents can have by either calling us at 561-361-7495 or clicking on Stress to Success Conversation and finding a mutually agreeable time to talk.
Our second goal is to help parents to better understand their child’s strengths, challenges, and present level of performance with our Comprehensive Assessment that can be done online.
The third step is to provide parents with a program that can improve their child’s reading fluency, reading comprehension and so much more.
To help you to better understand your child and how you can make the difference we are offering:
If you have any questions or would like to discuss how we can help your child and you, call 3D Learner at 561-361-7395 or click here to schedule a Let’s Have a Conversation on How The Florida Empowerment Scholarship for Unique Abilities can help your child.
A no cost conversation on where your child is at and how they can succeed. You can reach us at 561-361-7395 or click here to schedule a Stress to Success Conversation
3D Learner Helps Students Improve Their Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Self-Confidence and so much more
3D Learner is an approved provider for the Florida Family Empowerment Scholarship for Unique Abilities and the Personalized Education Program.
We have been helping Florida Homeschool students succeed for over 25 years, and we have been providers for the voucher program since it started in 2016. We are now able to offer Dyslexia Treatment. As a Certified Dyslexia Specialist, Mira is able to assess and address issues associated with Dyslexia and reading difficulties. The UFLI ® Program is based on the Orton Gillingham model and is proving to be very successful at helping students succeed. We offer assessments and live training at our Coral Springs location & online services for students from anywhere in Florida. Click here for our no cost “is my child a right brain kinesthetic learner screening tool”.
Two examples of our successes:
A 2nd grader who had been through two dyslexia treatments, but whose reading comprehension was still at the kindergarten level, and also did not read chapter books. With our help, she was able to improve her reading comprehension by 2 grade levels within 4 months and 3 grade levels in 7 months. During this period, she read 23-chapter books. Mom put her daughter on her pathway to success by calling us at 561-361-7495
An 8th grader was 4 years below grade level in her reading comprehension and anxiety was high. With our help, she improved her reading comprehension 4 grade levels in 6 months, her self-esteem was much higher, and her anxiety was much lower.
We help students to improve their reading fluency, reading comprehension, math skills, executive function skills and we strive to ignite a love for learning.
7 ways 3D Learner is different than any other provider:
- Our hands-on program is designed to help the right brain kinesthetic learner who learns best when he or she sees and experiences information,
- We address both reading fluency and reading comprehension. We have had students make 2, 3 and even 4-year gains in their reading comprehension in 4 to 6 months. While we are a hands-on program, we also address phonemic awareness and reading fluency with the University of Florida’s UFLI Program ®.
- We identify and address executive function, visual processing and related issues,
- We strive to ignite a love for learning, while boosting self-esteem
- We help parents to be even more effective coaches for their child,
- We tailor our program to meet the individual child’s needs. We can also address math and writing issues.
- Our assessment, that can be done live or online, will show a parent:
- How your child learns best
- Their learning strengths and challenges
- Whether there is an executive function or visual processing issue
- The child’s present level of performance for both reading fluency and reading comprehension
Dyslexia Assessment, Reading Comprehension and Consult
Normally a $250 investment for $100 through December 15th
(Call us at 561-361-7495 to discuss your situation)
If you have any questions or would like to discuss how we can help your child and you, call 3D Learner at 561-361-7395 or click here to schedule a Let’s Have a Conversation on How The Florida Empowerment Scholarship for Unique Abilities can help your child.
Is your child a smart struggling neurodivergent kinesthetic learner who:
- Learns best when he or she sees and experiences information
- Has many strengths and a number of challenges
- Is a lot smarter than present results would indicate
28 years ago, we realized that despite having excellent teachers, tutors and learning centers, our daughter was still struggling. “As an educator, I realized there had to be a better way”, says Mira Halpert who has her Master’s in Education from the University of Michigan and is the Founder and Director of the 3D Learner Program ®. Over the last 27 years, we have helped thousands of students succeed, with a program that:
- Teaches to our student’s strengths
- Identifies and addresses their challenges
- Produces significant gains in months in academics, executive function and self-confidence
As one parent said after our workshop, “You described my child to a T”, Gail D, Coral Springs.
Her son went from a struggling student at a special school for students with learning differences to a public school, where he later qualified and succeeded in their gifted program.
Another parent commented, “You showed us our daughter’s gifts and helped transform her into an outrageously successful student”. Dr. R St Petersburg, FL.
Their daughter was almost retained at a private school and the next year was in the highest reading group and her anxiety challenges were no longer an issue. When asked how she became such a prolific reader the young lady commented, “3D Learner taught me how to visualize what I read, do you know how cool that is?”.
At 3D Learner, we have found that success starts by helping parents to be Informed, Empowered and Proactive Parents focused on making the difference for their child. Thanks to Dr. Marie Rogers, we are delighted to be offering a no cost workshop at Atlantic Behavioral Health. The details are as follows:
How to Get It Right Starting Now!!
On Saturday September 23rd, from 10 am to Noon,
at Atlantic Behavioral Health
50 NE 26th Avenue Pompano Beach, FL 33062
we will be conducting an Interactive Workshop for Parents of
Neurodivergent, Bright Right Brain, Kinesthetic Learners.
We will be focusing on creating a Pathway to Success for Your Child to
Get It Right Now!!!
Seating is limited. Call 3D Learner at 561-361-7495 to discuss what we are offering and to reserve your spot or click here to schedule a call.
7 Items We Will Discuss
- Why your child might be struggling and yet, have so much upside potential
- Why it is important to reject the status quo now and to commit to helping your child to be all he or she can be starting now
- The value of the right assessment — that highlights your child’s:
- Strengths
- Challenges
- Present level of performance
- Potential
- The value of writing BOLD Goals, affirming them and then and making it happen.
- The value of working with the right team, that might include psychologists, educators, optometrists, teachers, and/or others, where appropriate.
- The value of:
- Journaling
- Mindfulness
- Visual schedules
- A real commitment to Success
- Using tools that create the right picture for your child
- Being Informed, Empowered and Proactive Parents
- Creating a Pathway to Success for your child and you
To discuss your situation and/or to register for the event, call 3D Learner at 561-361-7495 or click here to schedule a call.
For the parents of bright right brain kinesthetic learners voucher programs, like the Florida Empowerment Scholarship are opening up opportunities to:
- Learn more about your child’s strengths, challenges and present level of performance
- Invest in programs that can significantly improve your child’s reading fluency, reading comprehension, math skills, executive functions skills and so much more — with voucher program funding.
Note, with Zoom and our Coral Springs Learning Center, we are able to help students around the state and country.
Parenting a right brain kinesthetic learner can be frustrating and rewarding. Specifically:
- The right brain kinesthetic learner often struggles with:
- Sounding out words
- Understanding what small words mean (e.g. where, the, but, except)
- Recognizing words they have seen and not mastered
- Reading fluency and reading comprehension
- Visual processing
- Executive function issues, where students often have a sea of strengths and challenges, including:
- -An uncanny ability to remember what they see and experience
- -Difficulty remembering what they hear or see
- -Processing video games quickly, but reading slowly
- -Being able to hyper focus on what they love and having difficulty paying attention to tight which is boring
These students often have some and occasionally all of the following
- They are a right brain kinesthetic learner
- They often have visual processing issues
- They frequently have attention, working memory, and/or processing issues
- They may have dyslexia
Many students are right brain kinesthetic learners who can make significant gains in months, when one capitalizes on their strengths, identifies and addresses their challenges and boost their self-esteem.
In 2023-24 Many Parents Are Leveraging Vouchers
to Make The Difference
What is new in Florida and in other states is that;
- Programs like the Florida Empowerment Scholarship have been expanded to cover students with disabilities and all other students
- As a result of school closures during the pandemic, many kids have fallen a lot further behind
- Many parents are continuing to homeschool and …
- There is a significant increase in the number of parents who want to use this next school year to have their child make significant progress
3D Learner has been helping voucher students in Florida for years and last year helped voucher students in Utah and Alaska. These new vouchers provide parents with significant funding that can really make the difference.
We have helped homeschool students who are 6 to 20 years old.
We will be conducting a webinar on
Thursday September 7th at 8:30 pm
To register click on “Helping Your Homeschool Child Succeed”.
Note, while our specialty is helping bright right brain kinesthetic learners succeed, this webinar will be helpful for any parent who wants to help their child to make significant gains in the next 4 to 6 months.
We will be discussing:
- How we shift from a disability focus to what your child is good at
- Why bright right brain kinesthetic learners can struggle with traditional homeschooling
- How these bright right brain kinesthetic learners can succeed in months
- How one can assess for success to better understand your child’s strengths, challenges and present level of performance
- What is possible to achieve in 4 to 6 months
- How programs like the Florida Empowerment Scholarship can be used to make the difference
- How are team helps parents to navigate the bureaucracy and make it work
If you would like to speak with us directly, you can reach us at 561-361-7495
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