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Our brains are wired for language but not reading and writing and so these are skills have to be formally taught and practiced.
There are many adults who are not proficient readers despite attending school. It is estimated that 16% of people have debilitating reading problems.
We know brain composition may have something to do with the problem many people have in learning to read.
In many cases no matter how dedicated the teacher and the way the reading program is delivered many students are still unable to read.
Many of these children are highly intelligent with gifts such as ability with their hands, outstanding sporting ability, scientific curiosity and more.
After much experience in working with struggling readers I believe there is something the educational community needs to incorporate into the language curriculum.
Exercises to stimulate the brain in children particularly those with learning delay need to be undertaken on a regular basis.
Knowing the relationship between exercise and successful brain development has always been known.
Launcelot Johnswood developed his program Basic Movement Therapy for people with learning difficulties in 1971. It is a simple program of exercises that are based on the movements that nature seems to demand in order to develop and arrange the brain in five distinct levels of neural organization.
It is possible that people who are having problems with reading and writing may have missed out on some stage or stages of neural organization.
The term dyslexia was coined to acknowledge that reading problems could be related to something happening in the brain.
If someone has dyslexia it seems the collecting part of the brain gets the seeing and hearing messages muddled up. Some part does not work things out correctly and is not sure what to do. This means the person feels confused and gets upset trying to work out what are the right messages.
People with dyslexia are often pretty smart or even super smart.
It is not a disease but it is a way of thinking.
Often it is a gifted mind waiting to be taught.
Famous dyslexics are said to include Nelson Rockefeller, Ann Bancroft, Cher, Thomas Edison, Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, Tom Cruise, Agatha Christie and many more.
Technology is being used more frequently to find exactly what part of the brain needs stimulation in people with learning challenges.
Brain Gym is an exercise program that everyone can benefit from.
It is a program of 26 easy and enjoyable physical movements that enhance learning and performance in all areas.
The movements integrate body and mind to bring about rapid and often dramatic improvements in concentration, memory, reading, writing, organizing, listening, physical co-ordination and more.
Doing Brain Gym exercises develops the brain’s neural pathways, no matter what our age, the way nature does through movement.
To find more about Brain Gym visit www.braingym.org
There is a lot of excellent information on this website.
Exercise is a process of re-educating the mind/body system for accomplishing any skill or function with greater ease and efficiency.
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