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The Best Way to Teach Reading
Brain Coach Tips
05/04/17 • 21 min
The almost militant battle of how to best teach reading has been waged over the last 150+ years with proponents from both sides being adamant about their recommendations. As the reading curriculum pendulum has swung back and forth from phonics to sight to phonics the controversy roars on with little attention given to anything except technique. This narrow view of reading has resulted in millions of individuals being diagnosed with dyslexia and other reading and language delays.
With the introduction of learning styles even more reading techniques abound. Phonics is an auditory approach to reading. One must hold each sound in auditory short-term memory long enough to get the word “sounded out”. If the child’s auditory short-term memory (processing) is low, phonics doesn’t work well, and the parents typically finds themselves moving from one phonics program to the next. This is often the case in the home school community because phonics is viewed as “THE” best way to teach reading. Don’t get me wrong; I love phonics and it is a terrific way to teach reading IF the child has good auditory processing. If not, there is frustration, tears and feelings of low self-esteem.
A visual learner might pick up sight words easily but struggle with phonics because of the learner’s visual bend. For the tactile learner, reading is a real challenge as it is time consuming and inefficient to create each word you need to learn out of pipe cleaners or the like.
In this episode, the Brain Coach will give you tips on what functions must be working well in the brain for reading to take place as she reveals the best way to teach reading.
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05/04/17 • 21 min
Why Cursive?
Brain Coach Tips
01/24/18 • 20 min
Have you ever wonder if it is really necessary to teach your child cursive? Do you have a child that just doesn’t get it? Today Dr. Jan Bedell visits with Prisca Lecroy one of the co-owners of CursiveLogic.
Prisca shares how their method of teaching cursive came about when her mother was tutoring a 23-year-old young man who needed to be able to sign his name to take the driver’s test. She developed a method that help this young man (age 16) sign his name in a 45-minute session. Since then many others have benefited from their easy method of learning cursive including those children with learning struggles.
They discuss the neurodevelopmental benefits of writing and reading cursive. As well as the importance of being about to read historical and family documents from the past. Tune into the Brain Coach Tip of the day to find out more about CursiveLogic.
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01/24/18 • 20 min
Come and Be Encouraged
Brain Coach Tips
01/18/18 • 25 min
Do you attend Homeschool conferences? If the answer is no, you may want to reconsider your decision not to go. Today Dr. Jan Bedell visits with Leslie Nunnery who along with her husband David, started the Teach Them Diligently Home School Conferences.
Leslie shares the call they felt to encourage homeschool families to stay the course in their ‘High Calling’. Our very own Brain Coach, Jan Bedell will be speaking and exhibiting at all the Teach Them Diligently locations this year. The new locations have been expanded for this coming year’s conference season so they are more convenient to more families or make a great family get away. Today, you will also learn what Teach Them Diligently offers to homeschool families outside of the conference arena.
The Little Giant Steps team will be conducting NeuroDevelopmental Screenings at all of the Teach Them Diligently conferences. Discover exactly how a screening can benefit the individuals in your family by tuning in to today’s Brain Coach Tips and by following this link – NeuroDevelopmental Screenings. These screening are helpful if you have a gifted child because the way the brain is organized, even when the individual has a high IQ, makes all the difference in the ability to use that intelligence. Screenings are valuable when you have a child that is doing “OK” in your eyes but you know he is having to work much harder than you would expect. Screening are also valuable to help you identify the root causes of learning difficulties or even when children already have learning labels like ADD, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, CAPD, OCD and Learning Disabled. When you know the root cause of learning struggles, you can become equipped to change the outcome for that child.
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01/18/18 • 25 min
Hidden Gem
Brain Coach Tips
01/04/18 • 32 min
Do you have a child that struggles to maintain focus when completing tasks? Do you have to supervise every minute of your teen’s school day?
Today Dr. Jan Bedell visits with the founder of Paradigm Accelerated Curriculum, Dr. Ron Johnson. Doc, as many like to call him, was formerly a public-school principle and superintendent who saw the need to reestablish virtues and values in today’s society. Doc was an executive in a major home school curriculum provider for 21 years. He saw the effects of fatherlessness on our society and, coupled with all this experience, set out to create curriculum that gives students positive male role models. It is the mission of Paradigm Accelerated Curriculum (www.PACworks.com) to recover at risk children and build a better foundation for those that are not struggling.
Tune in to today’s Brain Coach Tip to learn the hidden gems of his many years of experience. Dr. Johnson shares his personal experiences and will give you gems to motivate your students. So, whether you have typically developing students or you are dealing with the effects of labels like ADD, ADHD, Dyslexia or behavioral challenges, this episode will encourage and equip you.
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01/04/18 • 32 min
Neuroplasticity – Rewiring The Brain
Brain Coach Tips
03/02/17 • 21 min
Neuroplasticity – Rewiring The Brain with Dr. Jan Bedell Podcast #19
Neuroplasticity, hmm? Do we really have to use such an unfamiliar word? Yes, to describe the amazing gift that God has given us we can start with a big word and break it down. It really is quite simple – “neuro” is having to do with the brain and “plasticity” is the ability to change. Our brains are changing all the time. This is really good news when you have a struggling learner or a child with a label like dyslexia, ADD, ADHD or autism. The key is knowing how to fuel the brain with the right kind of stimulation so it builds new pathways. From these new pathways, the brain can receive, organize, process and store information well enough to bring it out and use it in everyday life. With the right kind of stimulation, your brain can take little developmental steps to achieve giant strides in academics and overall function. That is what happens when you use the products and services of Little Giant Steps.
In this episode, you will hear the experience of a teacher that had taught first grade for 17 years before using The NeuroDevelopmental Approach in her classroom in year 18. It made a huge difference for her students and can make a difference for you and your family as well. Applying just a little information can make all the difference in your child’s future. We shouldn’t leave out the adults either! It is never too late to change the brain. Two ladies in their 50’s, one a reading tutor and the other a Montessori teacher who had always struggled with reading comprehension, raised their reading comprehension score by 3 1⁄2 years in only four months’ time. And guess what? They didn’t do any specific reading program. All it took was organization and specific stimulation to the brain and their abilities radically changed.
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03/02/17 • 21 min
Draw Close To God In A Busy World
Brain Coach Tips
11/17/16 • 20 min
Draw Close To God In A Busy World with Dr. Jan Bedell and Pastor Alan Bias
Pastor Alan Bias joins Brain Coach, Jan Bedell for some tips on how to hear God in the “everyday”. Learn how to escape the “Big Gray Swirl” of busyness and distractions to experience life to its fullest. When you have a child that has special learning needs as gifted children do or learning labels like dyslexia, ADD, ADHD or autism, life can get much more complicated. Pastor Alan gives examples of why life can seem like a blur and how to slow down and be available to hear God speak to you. God has answers for us for every situation in life if we quiet ourselves and give Him an opportunity to speak.
You will also enjoy some wisdom from Alan on how to enhance your marriage in this podcast.
Be sure to get a copy of his book, Walking with God in a World Gone Busy at www.LittleGiantSteps.com. It will help you:
- See Biblical examples of how cultural expectations and busyness hindered people from enjoying God’s presence.
- Build your faith by being fully present with God in the midst of your busy day.
- Realize the signs and symptoms of a busy, distracted life and the solutions to it.
- Understand simple steps you can take to enjoy more “God Moments”.
- Live a productive life without being overwhelmed and busy.
This book makes a great gift for adult friends, family and assoiciates!
“Walking with God in a World Gone Busy”
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11/17/16 • 20 min
Special Needs Resources
Brain Coach Tips
12/07/17 • 23 min
Do you have a child with special needs? Are you lost, and you don’t know where to turn for help? Do you just need some encouragement? Today Dr. Jan Bedell talks with Peggy Ployhar, the CEO and founder of SPED Homeschool. The mission for SPED Homeschool is – Helping students succeed through parent directed special education homeschooling.
Peggy, the guest on Brain Coach Tips this week, is a homeschool mom, writer, speaker, blogger and has served in two state home school organizations as their special needs advisor. Peggy’s life has been full of special needs situations as her parents adopted 10 children with special needs and she home schooled both of her sons that had special learning requirements.
Peggy brings many years of knowledge about special needs home schooling to this interview and can guide you to resources to help in your journey of home schooling your child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ADS), Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, ADD/ADHD, CP, Down, or a myriad of other syndromes. Peggy will also share her dreams and vision for SPED Homeschool, a nonprofit organization that serves the Special Needs Homeschool Community.
Listen in to today’s Brain Coach Tips interview.
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12/07/17 • 23 min
Etiquette Made Easy
Brain Coach Tips
11/30/17 • 26 min
Do your children have an awareness of the impact of good etiquette? Today Dr. Jan Bedell speaks with Monica Irvine from The Etiquette Factory about how life-enhancing proper etiquette can be.
“If you are not taught, you don’t know,” is what Monica has learned from speaking with parents who have used her products. It is never too early to start your children on the road to good manners. Monica has help for all ages. Preschoolers to high schoolers can benefit from these life-enhancing social graces. These lessons touch on everything from wedding and funeral etiquette to cellphone manners. Monica has been told by many parents that their children have grown in confidence when they understand these etiquette skills.
“Children learn best when they can relate [to their environment] with the [proper] etiquette skill,” says Monica. Our society no longer teaches etiquette the way it has been taught in the past. Our children need to be taught because we are sending messages to others no matter what we do. Do we want to send a message that we are thinking of others or thinking of ourselves? Tune in, to today’s Brain Coach Tips to learn how to teach your children how valuable it is to prefer others in social situations.
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11/30/17 • 26 min
Behavior Alert – What’s the Root?
Brain Coach Tips
11/16/17 • 21 min
Do you have a child that is constantly in trouble? They don’t look at you when you talk to them. They don’t follow directions. They don’t answer when spoken to. They will not sit still and do their school work. Guess what? This may not be defiance!
Dr. Jan has worked with clients using the NeuroDevelopmental Approach for over 20 years. She has seen dynamic change in children after addressing the root cause of what, on the surface, seemed like poor behavior. Of course, we are all born with a sin nature, but that is not always the sole cause of problematic conduct. If a child skips a NeuroDevelopmental step, there may be an issue with how they see, hear, or process, which can manifest as “bad” behavior. But there is still hope! Because we are fearfully and wonderfully made, we can still develop the pathways needed to complete these steps.
Dr. Jan will ask you to think differently about why your children are responding the way they are behaviorally. She will discuss some of the root causes of behavioral issues and introduce you to what you can do to fix them. Are you ready to have peace and harmony in your home? Tune in to the Brain Coach Tip of the Day.
Special Thanks to our Network Sponsor!
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11/16/17 • 21 min
Cornerstone of Math
Brain Coach Tips
10/12/17 • 22 min
Is your child struggling with math? Do you have a gifted child that needs to secure a good math foundation that will let them soar? Is your 5, 9 or 15 year old having trouble remembering their math facts? If the answer is yes to any of these questions, this is the podcast for you!
Dr. Jan will lead you through the foundation and cornerstone of math.
Foundation:
1. Rote counting – Counting CD
2. Understanding quantity – first count accurately, then be able to look at fingers, pictures on a page, and dice and be able to recognize the quantity
3. Counting from any random number to a specific number
4. Skip Counting
5. Concept of math operations:
a. What is addition, subtraction, multiplication or division?
b. Progression through the different aspects of each operation, i.e. multi-digit addition all the way through 2 and 3 digit division. This progression is made available through Visual Circle Math
(downloadable & printed copy), a way to advance quickly through understanding of concepts if a child is advanced in math. Great also for remediation if a child is struggling with math as
they can go at their own pace. Also available in: Visual Circle Math (download only)
6. Word problems – holding pieces together long enough to figure out what is important information requires good auditory processing.
Get your free Auditory Processing Test Kit at LittleGiantSteps.com
Cornerstone:
Math Facts – Rapid Recall System be sure to choose the operation you want (addition, subtraction, etc. or get all four operations at a major discount).
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Special Thanks to our Network Sponsor!
We’d like to thank our Ultimate Homeschool Radio Network sponsor Sony and their new movie, The Star, the Story of the First Christmas – Coming in Theaters November 17th!
Visit TheStarMovie.com to learn more.
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10/12/17 • 22 min
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How many episodes does Brain Coach Tips have?
Brain Coach Tips currently has 64 episodes available.
What topics does Brain Coach Tips cover?
The podcast is about Parenting, Kids & Family, Podcasts and Education.
What is the most popular episode on Brain Coach Tips?
The episode title 'The Best Way to Teach Reading' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Brain Coach Tips?
The average episode length on Brain Coach Tips is 23 minutes.
How often are episodes of Brain Coach Tips released?
Episodes of Brain Coach Tips are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Brain Coach Tips?
The first episode of Brain Coach Tips was released on Oct 13, 2016.
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