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Brain-based Learning Resources for You and Your Kids

On the Web:

Purposeful Play Worksheet Set by Isabel Cohen and Marcelle Goldsmith. thirty-nine full-page, easy-to-use worksheets for you to duplicate as often as you choose. These creative, professionally drawn worksheets are a wonderful tool for teachers and parents.

Kids have fun drawing, tracing and writing while you help them increase handwriting and pre-handwriting skills. They'll develop better eye-hand coordination, finger dexterity, and ability to cross the mid-line. Helps with expressing ideas on paper and even reading. Use as a classroom activity or keep the file on your computer and let children choose their favorite to print out and "play" with.

Get a set for your classroom and a set for your school, or get a set to use at home. Only takes a few minutes to print them out. Purchase and download your Purposeful Play Worksheet Sets now.

Brain Gym classes. You can take a class free. www.BrainGymClasses.com

Brain Boosters for Your Kids Blog: Info, opinions, and the latest news on brain-based learning. Check out www.BrainBoostersforyourkids.blogspot.com.  It's updated every few days--sometimes every day.

Brain Boosters for Your Kids Newsletter: Brain-based learning articles, contests, news, Web sites not to miss, parenting tips, teacher resources. It's Free. Subscribe at www.brain-based-learning.com/newslettersubscribe.htm

The Science Master has a teacher-parent-friendly explanation of how the brain works at  http://www.sciencemaster.com/columns/wesson/wesson_part_01.php

Books:

Rita Carter, Mapping the Mind. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999.  My favorite brain book but not directly written for parents and teachers.

Eric Jensen, Brain-based Learning, 2nd edition. San Diego, CA: The Brain Store, 2000.  Using multiple-intelligences as a teaching strategy. Also has easy-to-understand general information about the brain and how kids learn.

Paul Dennison and Gail Dennison, Brain Gym^®, Teacher’s Edition,  revised, Ventura, CA, Edu-Kinesthetics, Inc. 1994.  Shows how to do Brain Gym movements and what they’re for.  Basic Brain Gym book although a bit hard to learn Brain Gym from a book.

Jerry Teplitz, Paul Dennison, and Gail Dennison, Brain Gym for Business. Ventura, CA, Edu-Kinsesthetics, Inc. 1997.  Although it’s for adults, the book is a bit easier to follow than Brain Gym, Teacher’s Edition. Is alphabetical and has an index.

Edward Hallowell, M.D., Delivered from Distraction, New York: Ballantine Books, 2005. My favorite book on ADD. Up-to-date, readable, excellent information, good what-to-do tips.

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