Nurture for the future.
Some time back we were invited to try the iTooch educational apps series but with so much going on, it took us a while to get around to it. I’m glad we finally made time for it because it is actually pretty good. The iTooch series of apps are created by eduPad. What’s great about them [...]
Thanks to BrillKids Little Reader, Hercules’ reading vocabulary has expanded enormously. Whenever we pass random signs, he will read out the words and/or attempt to decipher the pronunciation if the word is unfamiliar. He still likes to pull out his books at home and “read” them but he only ever really reads the books with [...]
Some of the best educational apps are the ones by organisations supporting education, like the British Council. They’ve got an app called British Council Phonics Stories which teaches children how to speak and spell English words with the help of two aliens – Sam and Pam. It comes with a series of phonics stories using the [...]
Ever since we started Right Brain Education, I have been looking for a Linking Memory app. So far, I haven’t seen any to replicate the activity that is done in class. Most of the apps I have come across that teach the concept of linking memory have not been found to be satisfactory by my [...]
Splash Math by Study Pad is one of the best Math apps we have come across so far. We’ve seen and played with many Math apps but I have yet to see one to the caliber that the Splash Math Apps are at. I have been really delighted with Aristotle’s Math progress – he has already [...]
See Me Talk is an app designed for people who have difficulty communicating effectively. It is based on a picture exchange system developed for people with speech delays to communicate their needs independently and effectively. It was developed by a Special Education Teacher with over 12 years experience, in consultation with Speech Pathologists and parents of children [...]
When I was little, I loved playing the game Cluedo. Back then, it was a board game. Now, there is a card game edition which is simpler and faster to play. So when I started introducing Aristotle to the good old fashioned games of my youth, we started playing Clue – Suspect and he really enjoyed [...]
Phonics and Reading with McGuffey is an app for the iPhone and iPad that teaches children to read using the McGuffey reading method. What is the McGuffey reading method? The McGuffey readers graded reading books that were used to teach children to read dating back to the mid 19th century. They are sort of reminiscent of [...]
We’ve written about right brain education apps previously but I thought it was time for an update since there are a lot more available now that did not exist before. The apps below feature some of the activities covered in a typical Heguru class. 1. Mandala Practice: Mandala Memory Trainer - which we wrote about previously. [...]
I was reading the about the research by Lumosity recently and noticed a peer-reviewed study on “Improving fluid intelligence with training on working memory” which showed that “cognitive training with a task called Dual N-Back enhanced fluid intelligence”. What is fluid intelligence? Fluid intelligence refers to the ability to reason and to solve new problems independently [...]
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