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Red Flags for Primary Teachers: 27 Neurodevelopmental & Vision Issues That Affect Learning With Activities to Help

  • Formaat:
  • Ilmumisaeg: 03-Sep-2012
  • Kirjastus: Tendril Pr Llc
  • ISBN-10: 0983158789
  • ISBN-13: 9780983158783
  • Formaat:
  • Ilmumisaeg: 03-Sep-2012
  • Kirjastus: Tendril Pr Llc
  • ISBN-10: 0983158789
  • ISBN-13: 9780983158783
About 10 Million Children Have Difficulties Learning to Read.Learning and Visual-Motor Performances are Linked.In one study, 51% of children who passed an eye chart screening still had vision problems that affected their ability to perform at their full potential in the classroom.Come with Katie Johnson into her world and experience her class tested movement activities that can take the kids with struggles closer to success. Discover the reality of unfinished developmental patterns and how the eyes need to work in order to make sense of print on a page. After 40 years as a teacher, with 15 years of hands-on practice of these methods, Katie paints a portrait of each child s potential in this practical and easy-to-use handbook.
List of Photographs
xi
Foreword xiii
Len Press
Acknowledgements xvii
Introduction 1(10)
Section One What I See
Blurring and Doubling
11(2)
Amina's Story
12(1)
Body-Side Pattern Too Long
13(2)
Ira's Story
13(2)
Covering One Eye
15(4)
Darnell's Story
15(2)
Shala's Story
17(2)
Crawling
19(2)
The Boys' Stories
19(2)
Crossing the Midline
21(2)
Julia's Story
22(1)
Elbow Crawling
23(2)
Kristen's Story
23(2)
Eyes Really Close
25(2)
Lewis' Story
25(2)
Falling Out of the Chair
27(2)
Harry's Story
27(2)
Head Moving
29(2)
Valerie's Story
29(2)
No Back
31(2)
Adrienne's Story
31(2)
Reversals
33(3)
Sophia's Story
34(2)
Skipping Words Horizontally
36(2)
Aric, Jack & Amy's Stories
36(2)
Skipping Lines Vertically
38(3)
Amelia's Story
38(2)
Mindy's Story
40(1)
Tears When Tracking
41(2)
Jack's Story
41(2)
Toe Walking
43(2)
Olivia's Story
43(2)
Wall Hugging
45(4)
Helen's Story
45(1)
Marc's Story
46(3)
Wandering
49(2)
Larry's Story
49(2)
Wiggling and Twitching
51(1)
Sam's Story
51(1)
Words Falling into the Middle
52(3)
Katharine's Story
53(2)
Writing in a Triangle
55(4)
Marcie's Story
55(1)
Jake's Story
56(1)
Yawning and Getting Very Tired
57(1)
Parry's Story
57(1)
Christopher's Story
57(2)
Section Two What I Do
Introduction
59(2)
Back to the Wall
61(2)
Beanie Baby®
63(2)
Bears
65(1)
Building a Match
65(1)
Bullseyes
66(1)
Eyeball
67(1)
Finger
68(1)
In the Hole
69(1)
Knee Smacks
70(1)
Lazy Eights
71(1)
Letter Practice
72(1)
Log Rolling (Spinning)
73(1)
Marker Outline
74(1)
Other Half
75(1)
Paper Clip Pickup
75(1)
Professional Intervention
76(1)
Purple Balance
76(1)
Rocking
77(2)
Same and Different
79(1)
Scarecrow
80(1)
Spiderman
81(2)
Swings
83(1)
Tactile Work
84(1)
Twirl and Point
85(1)
Vertical Tracking
86(1)
What's Missing?
87(1)
Xes/Lazy Eights
87(2)
Section Three What I've Learned about Movement and Vision
89(16)
Twelve ways {at the least) the eyes need to work beyond acuity
100(5)
Children's Play has Changed
103(2)
Afterword 105(2)
Appendices
Appendix A BrainDance 107(8)
Appendix B How the Eyes Work 115(4)
Appendix C My K-1 Screening Assessments 119(2)
Appendix D Other Assessments 121(10)
Glossary 131(2)
Bibliography 133(4)
About Katie Johnson 137