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Schools Out But Learning Never Stops…Summer Learning Activities to Improve Learning Skills

May 30th, 2011

Summer Learning Activities to Improve Learning Skills Today

  Summer Vacation has just started and as you know, it is the perfect time to give your child a boost in their learning skills, but you still want to have fun… Join Bonnie Terry, the nation's learning expert, and find out what you can do in just 20 minutes a day to boost your child’s reading, writing, and math skills and have fun at the same time. Some of the activities can be done in as little as 5 minutes and you still improve learning skills! Plus there is a surprise family bonus for being on the call, and trust me, you don't want to miss out on it! You will learn what you can do in the next 24 hours that will improve learning skills.

Improve Learning Skills Webinar

Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET is hosting a FREE Live Webinar to help you improve your child's learning skills on:

Wednesday June 8th 8 pm Eastern, 7 pm Central, 6 pm Mountain, and 5 pm Pacific.

Upon registering you will receive a FREE Handbook on the easy steps you can take to improve your child's learning skills over the summer and still have fun even if they have a learning problem, LD, dyslexia, ADHD, or are gifted and take too long to do their homework. The activities and steps are for all age students - kindergarten through adults.

FREE Surprise Gift to Improve Learning Skills While Having Fun

Those that attend the Live Webinar will also receive a surprise FREE gift. And, of course, if you can’t make it live on the call, you will get access to the recording! Join The Nation's Learning Expert Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET Wednesday June 8th Webinar 8 pm Eastern, 7 pm Central, 6 pm Mountain, and 5 pm Pacific. Space is limited. You can attend via phone, skype, or the internet! Reserve your space for the Webinar now at: Title: What Schools Don't Tell You: How to Help Your Child Learn With Ease and Still Have Fun! Time: Wednesday, June 8th at 5pm Pacific, 6 pm Mountain, 7 pm Central, 8 pm Eastern. Listening method: Phone, Skype, + Web Simulcast Learn About:
  1. 6 Steps to Successful Learning...and make a difference in the next 24 hours
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  2. The Traditional Learning Model that schools use vs the TRUE Learning Model
    3.  
  3. Activities to do at home to improve your child's learning in the next 24 hours
    4.  
  4. How to Awaken the Scholar Within Your Child
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To register, enter in your name and email: Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET Bonnie Terry, the nation's learning expert, has been teaching for over 37 years and has created numerous books, games, and guides to help students reach their full potential. She specializes in helping parents and teachers identify and address learning problems. Bonnie is also  a contributing author to numerous educational journals and magazines. Bonnie, mom to 3, was a girl scout leader for 10 years, a cub scout leader and assistant cub master for 8 years, and boy scout troop committee chairman for 5 years. http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com You CAN improve your child's learning skills and still have fun.

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Best Special Needs Websites

April 12th, 2011

Best Special Needs Websites: Reading Skills

When you are looking for ways to help your special needs child improve their learning skills, especially their reading skills, you want to find the best, the most knowledgeable  website and you want to do that as quickly as possible. What if you are searching to find the best website that offers reading help specifically designed for children with dyslexia or learning disabilities? Where do you go? BonnieTerryLearning.com has just been named one of the top 101 special needs websites and the top in the category of reading.

Why is bonnieterrylearning.com the top reading skills website in the list of 101 Best Special Needs Websites?

BonnieTerryLearning.com was chosen to be the top reading special needs website because Bonnie Terry Learning offers both an understanding of  the 3 roadblocks to reading success as well as specific solutions to those roadblocks. Other special needs websites do not do that. Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET explains in detail exactly why children struggle with reading and then gives you specific solutions that you as a parent can implement with ease. Reading problems can be categorized into 3 areas or roadblocks. These areas are: phonetic related problems, reading fluency problems, or lack of language or vocabulary problems. And, you actually do different things for each of those areas to improve reading skills. And these are parent friendly activities that just take minutes a day. In fact, some of Bonnie Terry's solutions only take 5 minutes a day. Some of them take only 10 minutes a day, and some of the solutions are games that you can play and really make a difference with your children's reading skills even when they have been struggling with dyslexia or learning disabilities. Be sure to check out bonnieterrylearning.com to learn more about these quick activities that you can do to really make a difference in your child's life. Bonnie Terry, a Board Certified Educational Therapist and Learning Disabilities Specialist has been teaching for over 37 years. She brings that experience to her site, sharing with you how she discovered the roadblocks to reading, writing, and math success. She shares with you real stories of her kids and her students. She shares her passion with you to make learning easy for everyone. And she shares solutions to reading, writing, and math problems that those with learning disabilities or dyslexia face.

Named Top Special Needs Websites, Educational Websites, Top 100 Educational Advice Blogs, and Top 50 Educators to follow on Twitter Offering Reading Skills Advice

In addition to being named in the 101 Best Special Needs Websites, Bonnie's site has also been named in the top 101 list of Best Education Websites, Bonnie's s blog has been named in the top 100 education advice blogs to follow and one of the top 50 education experts on Twitter to follow.

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Learning Reading, Dyslexia, ADHD, Homework Help Webinar

January 19th, 2011

What the Schools Don't Tell You

That You Need To Know to Give

Your Kids a Learning Advantage

Even if They Struggle with Learning

Reading, Dyslexia, or ADHD

You will learn how to give your child a learning advantage even if they have dyslexia, struggle with learning reading, have ADHD, or take too long to do their homework.

You will learn: 1. The Cone of Learning 2. The 5-step formula to give your child a learning advantage 3. The 3 ways we learn and how to access the ‘sweet spot’ of learning reading, writing, and math 4. Specific tips to gain greater access to the brain, making your brain and your child’s brain learn more quickly 5. Activities to implement tomorrow As a parent you do have the power to really make a difference in your child's lives. Once you know the 5-step formula and start implementing it, your life and your child's life of learning will become much easier. I've been teaching well over 37 years and have taught just about every type of learning problem that exists whether it is dyslexia, ADHD, learning disabilities, deaf, blind, physical handicaps, or gifted. There are things you can do, simple exercises that will give your child greater access to their brain, making it work more efficiently. We will go over several of these brain efficiency exercises on the call. All children can learn and can learn with greater ease. Learning should be challenging and exciting, not stressful or boring.

Be on the webinar and see what you can do to make learning reading, writing, and math easy for your child even if they have dyslexia or ADHD.

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Improve Learning Reading Skills Easily

October 30th, 2010
Give Your Child a 2 - 4 Year Advantage Learning Reading and Writing Whether Your Child Has LD, Dyslexia, ADHD, or is Gifted... You know your child is bright but you still have homework struggles. You know how painful it is to see your child struggle or take forever to read their assignments. You just want to take that pain away. You so want to see your child read with ease. I'm here to tell you, learning reading doesn't have to be so hard! If you are interested in knowing how to make this the year that you really decide to help your child read, write, and do math with ease, then read on for a private tutoring / training invitation to how to help your child improve their learning reading and writing skills. Build your child's skills NOW! I will share with you are some important concepts and strategies on helping your child improve learning, including:
  • The power of understanding the underlying causes of your child's learning struggles.
  • The 3 Keys to put in place to accelerate your child's learning.
  • How to turn Your Child's Life of Learning Struggles into a Life of Joyful Learning in just 20 minutes a day using Speed to Learning principles.
    • Bonnie Terry, leading Educational Therapist, has spent over 30 years studying the behavioral science behind how kids learn - and more importantly - what gets in the way, slows down and, if left unchecked, eventually grinds to a halt the core learning processes. Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET is giving a no-cost no-obligation private training call revealing how you as a parent can help your children improve their learning skills in just minutes a day whether they have LD, dyslexia, ADHD, are falling through the cracks, or are even gifted. On the call, Bonnie will reveal 5 specific strategies that you can use instantly to have your child on the speed to learning path. To register for the FREE Call, just go to: http://www.dyslexiahelpnow.com/nov-training-call/ Bonnie Terry, leading Educational Therapist, has spent over 30 years studying the behavioral science behind how kids learn - and more importantly - what gets in the way, slows down and, if left unchecked, eventually grinds to a halt the core learning processes. Auburn's Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET is giving a no-cost no-obligation private training call revealing for the first time how you as a parent can help your children improve their learning skills in just minutes a day and still have fun. On the call, Bonnie will reveal 5 specific strategies that you can use instantly to have your child on the speed to learning path.  The upcoming private training call is Wednesday, Nov. 3rd at 5 pm PST; 8 pm EST. NOTE: ONLY 100 parents will join my clients on this exclusive training. To register for the FREE Call, just go to: http://www.dyslexiahelpnow.com/nov-training-call/ NOTE: ONLY 100 parents will be able to join my clients on this exclusive training. Here's what you need to know right now about giving your child a 2 - 4 year advantage in just 20 minutes a day. 1. This will work with every child, whether they have LD, dyslexia, ADHD, are falling though the cracks, or are even gifted. 2. Much of this training is totally 'below the radar.' Your kids won't even realize they are learning with greater ease. Learning just becomes easier for them. 3. This system uses a speed to learning method that I have perfected over the last 35+ years. Not only will you have a way to profoundly impact your child's learning, but you will also impact your whole family's quality of life. Here's what parents have to say: "My son has been GREATLY helped by Bonnie Terry's system.  He is fourteen now, and finally reading quite well.  Bonnie, I want to thank you again for everything you have done to help us homeschooling parents. I recommend your system to all my friends, homeschooling or not.  Thanks again!" Millie H, Parent, FL "I used Bonnie Terry's system to improve my sons´ reading and overall they enjoyed them, and also we had success in the improvement of their reading.  They are both quite good readers now.  They once in awhile like to go back and see how fast they can do the pages, just for fun. Bonnie, thanks for the help you have given us. One of my sons was quite dyslexic in reading, but after using your system, I rarely notice any sign of it. He actually enjoys reading.  He's read Narnia on his own!" Jeanine F, Parent, Il To register for the FREE Call, just go to: http://www.dyslexiahelpnow.com/nov-training-call/ Who is Bonnie Terry? Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET is a Board Certified Educational Therapist and best selling author with over 35 years of experience. She is the CEO of Bonnie Terry Learning, one of the fastest growing high-level education companies specializing in giving a 2 - 4 year advantage in reading, writing, and math to LD, dyslexic, ADHD, and gifted children. With thousands of case studies, articles, and national and international consultations/presentations and awards, Bonnie Terry shows parents, homeschoolers, and teachers how to identify their child's learning problems and how to address them in 20 minutes a day, whether their kids have LD, dyslexia, ADHD, are falling through the cracks, or are even gifted. Then she follows you every step of the way, ensuring your child's success. If you are interested in a system that will help you properly identify your child's learning problems and be able to address them... If you are interested in a system that can instantly turn your struggling children into children that learn with ease... If you are scared or anxious about what will happen to your child if s omething doesn't change and you are afraid you can't make a difference in their lives...   Then join Bonnie on the call. To register for the FREE Call, just go to: http://www.dyslexiahelpnow.com/nov-training-call/

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    Improve Learning Reading, Writing, Spelling, and Math Skills

    October 28th, 2010
    “FACT – It's Not Too Late...

    Give Your Child A 2 To 4 Year Advantage

    in Learning Reading, Writing and Math

    In Just 20 Minutes A Day!”

    Does your child struggle with learning reading, writing, spelling, or math? Do they have reading comprehension problems? Do they understand their homework? Do they do their homework with ease or do they take what seems like forever to get their homework done? If you have answered yes to any of these questions...you want to be on the FREE private training call: How to Help Your Child Improve Learning Reading, Writing, Spelling, and Math.

    Private Training Call reveals:

    1. The 5 things you need to know to put in place to accelerate your child's learning reading, writing, spelling, and math in just minutes a day. 2. Secrets to this proven, easy to understand, Speed To Learning Program. 3. The power of understanding the underlying causes of your child’s learning reading struggles. 4. How to turn Your Child’s Life of Learning Struggles into a Life of Joyful Learning in just 20 minutes a day using Speed to Learning principles. 5. Great for all children, no matter what learning age they are at and especially effective for those children with learning disabilities such as LD, Dyslexia and ADHD.

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    Learning Reading Help: 3 Reasons for Reading Struggles

    October 22nd, 2010

    Looking for help with learning reading

    and don't know where to start?

    Learning Reading Help Can Be Divided into 3 Categories

    There are actually 3 Roadblocks to Learning Reading, 3 Roadblocks to Learning Writing, and 6 roadblocks to Learning Spelling. Whether your child has dyslexia, has an identified learning disability, is falling through the cracks at school or is even gifted… understanding what is interfering with their learning reading skills makes the difference in reading success or reading failure. 3 Roadblocks to Learning Reading. 1. Learning Reading: Phonics Related Problem This is the type of problem where it is almost ‘painful’ to listen to your child read. This happens more frequently with children in the primary grades, although older children can also have this difficulty. This first roadblock to reading success is phonics related. Phonics reading problems are when a child ‘jumbles’ or mispronounces the words as they are trying to decode (the ability to sound out printed words) or encode (the ability to put letters to the sounds that make up a word). You have no idea what the word is that they are trying to read until you look at it yourself. 2. Learning Reading: Fluency/Visual Tracking Problem This is when you listen to your child read the selection doesn’t make any sense to you. You know something must be missing. The second reading roadblock to reading success is where it takes your child what seems like forever to read the sentence or they have skipped, omitted, or repeated words when reading. They may even re-read the whole selection and still not get meaning from it because they have missed bits and pieces of what they have read. This fluency problem happens quite often with children of all ages, from 1st grade to adults. Over the years I have found that most students that have reading problems or are 'reluctant readers' have fluency/visual tracking problems that interfere with their reading. 3. Learning Reading: Lack of Language or Vocabulary Problem This is when your child reads and you know they don’t understand the meaning of the words they are reading.This prevents comprehension or being able to understand what you read. Many children don’t have a large base of language or vocabulary. This happens often due to poor visual memory or auditory memory skills. This makes reading comprehension difficult. This problem may not be noticeable until the 4th grade and above due to the relatively common vocabulary that is used in reading material for younger students. There are solutions to each of these roadblocks to learning reading skills.

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    Reading Comprehension Game Improves Learning Skills

    October 2nd, 2010

    Playing Reading Comprehension Game

    Improves Learning Skills

    What if you could play a game and improve your child's reading and listening comprehension at the same time? It also sounds too good to be true doesn't it? But a game really can improve reading comprehension. As a learning disability specialist and board certified educational therapist I have probably worked with every type of reading problem, dyslexia, learning disability imaginable over my 37 years or teaching.

    Reading Comprehension Problems

    Many of my students had reading comprehension problems. They were very frustrated with their reading assignments. It was so hard for them when they had to read their social studies book and answer the questions at the end of the chapter. And they would often read the chapter multiple times and still not be able to answer the reading comprehension questions. The problem was, no one had taught my students how to read for meaning. There is a specific way you read for reading comprehension. There is a certain way to listen for listening comprehension.

    Solution to Reading Comprehension and Listening Comprehension Problems

    As a result of teaching frustrated students of all ages, students that had given up on being able to understand what they had read, I decided to create a game that would teach them how to read for meaning and improve their reading comprehension. I knew from both working with my students and from research on learning that game playing was a great way to teach and reinforce skills. So I developed The Comprehension Zone: Rocket Rap to help them improve their skills. What The Comprehension Zone: Rocket Rap™ did for our child: "The Comprehension Zone: Rocket Rap had amazing results for one of our children.   We have been working with him on comprehension for years.  I often have him draw pictures of what I’m reading, we act things out and we read just a few phrases at a time and ask him questions whenever we are dealing with auditory learning.  He simply struggles in this area.  I was interested to see how he would do with Rocket Rap. We began playing Rocket Rap often.  The improvement was rapid and dramatic!  By the end of the second game he was able to play successfully and currently it is easy enough for him to pick out facts while listening that he likes to try reading the card himself. For the first time in his life our child will raise his hand when Mark asks questions during family worship and he will know the answer.  He will come up to us after church and spontaneously tell us something that he learned from the sermon.  He is so amazingly proud of himself and I’m amazingly thankful. For our child who has always struggled with comprehension, for these results, I would happily pay double.  We’ve tried things similar to this in the past, we’ve been focused on this problem for years, but Rocket Rap has been the first activity that has been successful.” Kimberly from RaisingOlives.com

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    Improve Writing Skills with Specially Designed Graphic Organizers

    September 28th, 2010

    Why Use Graphic Organizers to

    Improve Writing?

    Writing is the doing part of thinking. To create good thinkers we need to create good writers. One of the easiest ways to create good writers is to use graphic organizers. The use of fill-in-the-blank organizers helps to prevent the deer in the headlights look kids give you when staring at blank sheets of paper.

    How Do Graphic Organizers Work?

    Using graphic organizers like those found in Ten Minutes to Better Study Skills make writing easy because all a student needs to do  is to fill-in-the-blanks. These are specially designed for students with LD, dyslexia, reading or writing problems, or even gifted students that don't like to write. My students used to bring me in their webbing forms and they couldn't make heads or tails of them let alone use them to write a summary.

    How Specially Designed Graphic Organizers Help

    I remember one student in particular, Adam. He was a junior in high school. He spent a lot of time on his webbing form and was quite proud of the fact that he was able to do it. However, now that it was done he had to use it to write a paper. He was stymied, stuck in his tracks. He had no idea how to use it. He couldn't tell what went with what. It was a mess. So, he handed me his webbing form, totally frustrated saying 'help' in a panic stricken voice because the paper was due the next day. We spent time going over his webbing form, rewriting it in a linear fashion, showing connections so he could actually make sense of it. Then he was able to turn the new form into a fill-in-the-blank essay with the forms that are in Ten Minutes to Better Study Skills. That is why these graphic organizers are specially designed with the end use in mind. Even if you struggle with reading or writing skills, these graphic organizer forms make your life a lot easier. Eric Jensen, author of Brain Based Learning, (1997) states that up to 87% of students do NOT learn from hearing alone. He goes on to state that we under-utlilize our visual system when learning. Using graphic organizers will increase student's learning. Through visual and kinesthetic methods you’ll increase student performance and writing skills. Do yourself a favor and start using these specially designed graphic organizers from Ten Minutes to Better Study Skills today.

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    Looking for not only good but great education advice?

    September 22nd, 2010

    Top Education Advice Blogs to Follow

    It is often hard to find who to go to to get advice and special ed questions answered. What if you could find the top education experts all in one place? There is now a list of the 100 top education advice blogs worth subscribing too. I was just informed that such a list exists...and I'm on it. The list includes many advice blogs related to getting into college as well as student success. But it also includes blogs that help you with struggling students and students with learning disabilities or dyslexia.

    What type of Education Advice Blogs are on the list?

    Each of these advice blogs give you the best cutting edge information on education. The list put out by CollegeScholarship.org includes blogs addressing:
    1. struggling students
    2. dyslexia
    3. writing essays
    4. test prep advice
    5. college prep
    6. college admissions
    7. high school success
    8. college success
    9. college applications

    This email just came in announcing the 100 Education Advice blogs...and I thought I'd share it.

    Looking for not only good but great education advice? Many parents and high school students often seek advice regarding what to do and how to prepare their children for college. What do you do when you are a struggling learner and want to get your skills up so you can get into college? What do you need to know to prepare for the SAT test? What do you need to know when you are trying to figure out financing college? What do you do to prepare for entering college? What is the first year like? Adjustment problems during the first semester? These blogs cover those topics and more. I wanted to let you know that CollegeScholarship.org just posted an article with the top 100 education advice blogs in it. You'll notice a familiar one at number 21. That's right...Reading, Writing, & Math Help for Dyslexia is number 21 on the list of the top 100 education blogs to follow!

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    Is your child struggling with dyslexia, reading skills, writing skills, spelling skills?

    August 16th, 2010

    Does Your Child Struggle with

    Dyslexia? Reading skills?

    Writing skills? Spelling skills?

    Many children struggle with learning or work harder than they need to. In fact, many children work 3, 4, or even 5 times harder than they need to. I'm not just talking about children with dyslexia or an identified learning disability, or ADHD. Children that are falling through the cracks or are average in school or even gifted also often work a lot harder than they need to. I believe all children as well as adults are talented, but sometimes there is something going on that is interfering with learning which makes reading, writing, spelling, or math harder than it needs to be.

    Stressed Because Your Child May Have Dyslexia and Struggles with Learning?

    That being said, are you stressed out because you know your child is bright, but you also know they struggled with school last year? Is your stomach in knots because you know the homework wars are coming? It doesn't have to be that way any longer. Reading, writing, and spelling do NOT have to be hard. Learning doesn't have to be hard. It is time to Awaken the Scholar Within your child.

    It Is Possible for All to Learn With Greater Ease Even with Dyslexia

    Typically when a child is struggling it is due to one or more areas of visual, auditory, or tactile/kinesthetic perception not working as efficiently as they could be, should be, and can. There are answers to how to identify what the underlying problems are as well as what you as a parent can do to help your child improve their skills. Watch this video and see what parents are saying...that it is possible for this year to be different. Be sure to read the 4 activities you can do to help your child even if they have dyslexia improve reading.

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