S.M.A.R.T. News
September/October 2006

Better Tools

Welcome back for the 2006-2007 school year

Teachers are the Best Screeners by Kathy Orth

Better Training

Your Learning Style and Another's by Launa Ellison

Please Join Us for a Free Presentation by
Dr. Kevin Wand

Better Results

They GOT S.M.A.R.T. and ACCELERATED STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

 

30 Minutes, Every Day, All Year Through!

Here's HOW to do it...

Remember that you don't have to have a single 30 minute time block.

Say you do your Helicopter Spins for 5 minutes in the morning.

Then later in the morning say you do have a 20 minute block of time you can work out...do Crawling, Creeping, Rolling and Balance for 20 minutes.

Later...as you transition to recess you may stop to do 2 minutes of Basic Vision.

After recess, have the whole class do 3 minutes of Reflex Activities to get bodies ready to learn again.

The remaining 5 minutes of Eye Teaming, Focusing and Eye Movements can be done as transition activities and/or warm ups before reading and/or math, group time, etc...and there you have it...30 minutes!

Remember, 30 Minutes, Every Day, All Year Through gets you to 80 hours!


School is a building with four walls and tomorrow inside.

To teach is to learn twice.

Authors unknown

 

Quotes from participants at Summer 2006 S.M.A.R.T. Workshops

"I am in awe of the information I learned today.   I knew that this workshop was going to be wonderful, but I did not expect to become inspired."

"As educators, we have been asked to implement many programs.   The S.M.A.R.T. program is the first that I have seen that could be beneficial to all students and does not target a specific group."

(workshop schedule)

Save The Date

November 2, 2006
Dr. William Walsh, Founder of The Pfeiffer Treatment Center
To speak at the MLRC on:
Biochemical Imbalances and Nutrient Therapy for Learning Disorders

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Welcome back for the 2006-2007 school year! We are excited to bring you the second edition of S.M.A.R.T. News. Our goal is to continue to share with our S.M.A.R.T. schools...over 215 across the country...a variety of articles to enhance learning readiness.
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Teachers are the Best Screeners
by Kathy Orth

Since 80% of what a child perceives, comprehends, and remembers depends on the efficiency of the visual system, teachers need to be S.M.A.R.T. and CREATIVE!
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Your Learning Style and Another's by Launa Ellison

Each of us has style... the way we prefer to interact with our world. Our significant other has style, which may frustrate us at times. Our children have style also. What is this style? How do I understand it and what does it mean?
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Please Join Us for a Free Presentation by
Dr. Kevin Wand

of the Midwest Wellness Center
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
A Chance To Grow
1800 2 nd St NE Minneapolis, MN 55418
MLRC Room
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They GOT S.M.A.R.T. and ACCELERATED STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

When 811 kindergarteners across six states were measured on nationally normed tests, S.M.A.R.T. students scored higher in Beginning Reading and Story Comprehension. Ninety percent of S.M.A.R.T. students scored in the top half, where only 50% would be expected.
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1800 2nd Street NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418
www.themlrc.org