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Let's Learn To Think Like A Computer!
Helping cognitively young children learn to use computers.
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Claude and Maude - Canadian Spelling!
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
Claude and Maude is an innovative handwriting program that teaches children how to model handwritten letters freehand with their mouse. Because the program is from Britain, all spelling shown is that of the Queen's Standard of Canadian spelling!
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Crystal Drop Ball: Sensory Integration and Balance
Try sitting the child cross-legged on a ball. Hold their hips firmly, and slowly roll the ball from the center out in the forward directions on a gentle angle.
Watch to see how (and if) the child compensates for the new angle of their trunk. We want to see the chin tip back towards level with the floor. This signifies the understanding that "upright" is not always determined by the position of the hips relative to the floor, but rather is cued by the relation of the inner ears to the floor.
Prompt the child to "sit up straight" both with verbal and demonstrative cues. Once the rolling forward is mastered, work on backwards, side-to-side, and in a gentle circular motion. The see-through ball adds extra fun!