Dexterity

Dexterity

If your child says, ‘these pieces are too tiny!,’ they probably are. What may be happening is that your child is struggling with the fine motor skills needed to manipulate the pieces. This struggle may show up when learning to cook, tying shoes, buttoning or zipping...
Non-Verbal Reasoning

Non-Verbal Reasoning

It’s a fact. Some of us like words more than numbers or pictures. A more visual brain is required for activities like building models, reading graphs, or finding your way around a building. Measuring, diagramming, and taking data also fall into this category. If these...
Intelligence

Intelligence

Some brains function differently. Your child may work very hard but still fall behind in school. Some children who tested gifted as a young child may find themselves struggling at a gifted school. Your child may have seemed fine in preschool but is now having a hard...
Verbal Comprehension

Verbal Comprehension

Your child may say that he or she gets lost in class. He may say that he hates it when people talk too much. She may say that she just doesn’t understand what is going on in school. Your child may feel like ‘word work’ is ‘a lot of work’. Some children simply do not...
Spatial Reasoning

Spatial Reasoning

Children who have difficulties with packing, solving puzzles or reading maps may be struggling with some of the ‘visual-spatial’ skills required. The term visual-spatial refers to a set of skills that allow a person to see how something is supposed to look. It is also...

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