SnapWords Sight Word Cards for a Child with Fragile X Syndrome

A parent recently shared:

“My son has probably 1/2 of the most common sight words learned but the concept of your sight words is great! He has Fragile X Syndrome and the SnapWords are awesome for his learning style (whole word, snapshot).”

We always love to hear from individuals and learn about their particular situations. This helps us stay focused on creating solutions where they are most needed.

Over the past six years, we have heard from parents and teachers who shared with us needs their children/students have. We have been encouraged in the knowledge that teaching words through pictures, body motions, humor and implied stories is an excellent learning tool for children who struggle with many different learning challenges. These challenges include Fragile X Syndrome, autism, Asperger's, dyslexia, ADD and other attention challenges, auditory processing, CP, language delays, language disabilities and more.

In addition to those who struggle with learning through “plain ole symbols” such as numbers and letters that they encounter in the classroom, using images, humor, body motion, story is simply best practice for teaching any young child. The first hemisphere to begin to rapidly elaborate and develop in a young child is the right hemisphere, which is where all this lovely stuff resides: imagination, story, image, humor, and all that does not have to do with symbol and rules and memorization.

It is our belief that the child and the way the child learns is far more important than the traditional methods and materials we have come to accept as “the right way to teach.” The right way to teach is the way a child will learn most easily. For thousands of children, learning abstract, symbolic content is much easier learned and remembered when integrated with the elegance of right-brained strategies. Learning becomes fun, appealing, attractive, and because the child can succeed, confidence soars, and then success breeds more success.

Let’s all band together and help our children… love learning.

P.S. The parent of the child with Fragile X Syndrome who shared above, wrote back and let us know how it's going with her child. Check out their story!

Comments

[collaboration solutions]

great post, this is very helpful for me

[Sarah Major]

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