Popping toys seem to be the latest craze. This month you can read why they may actually be good for some kids.
There is another free webinar for you - it has tips from the science of human development you may be able to use to help you as a parent.
And you can read articles about spelling, ADHD, and autism in girls.
Warm regards,
Devon Barnes Learning Brain News
Latest Research
Popping Toys: Mindless Craze, or Stress Reducer?
How many of your students or children play with popping toys? Some teachers and parents may be annoyed by students using them. But according to researchers, this new craze can reduce stress and anxiety, and help people - children and adults - focus better.
Feeling Younger Buffers Older Adults From Stress, Protects Against Health Decline
People who feel younger have a greater sense of well-being, better cognitive functioning, less inflammation, lower risk of hospitalisation and even live longer than their older-feeling peers.
The webinar will be on Wednesday 19 May at 10am AEST.
If you can’t attend live, all registrants will have access to the webinar recording.
Join Brandon Larson, human performance researcher, to hear him explain the evolution of temperament, personality, and human bonding. And how parents can apply the science of human development to inform their parenting and early education practices.
Autism has been diagnosed mostly in boys (4 boys, for every one girl), so research on ASD has often been biased toward males. Now researchers at the University of South Carolina, USA, are exploring the interplay between genetics and sex in ASD. They hope this may lead to sex-specific treatments for autism.
As children learn to spell, their knowledge of words improves, and this makes reading easier. But is English predictable enough for explicit spelling instruction? Well, researchers have found that nearly 50% of English words are and that another 34% are predictable, except for one sound.
To be a good speller, you need to be able to analyse sounds in words.
Why is a good working memory so important for learning? What can you do if your child needs to develop their working memory?
This short e-Book was written in response to numerous requests from parents and teachers for an easy to read explanation of working memory and its role in learning.
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading
By cognitive neuroscientist and child development expert, Maryanne Wolf.
Although this book was published over a decade ago, it remains a classic. Dr Wolf chronicles the journey of the reading brain over the past five thousand years, since writing began, and also over the course of a single child's life, showing why children with dyslexia have reading difficulties and singular gifts.
How Students Can Meet Their Peers All Over the World
IDialogue, an international distance learning website offers a variety of authentic student-to-student learning opportunities. So far this year, they’ve already reached more than 7,000 educators and 100,000 students in different locations worldwide.
