Exploring Science with Dyslexic Children and Teens

Creative, multi-sensory ideas, games and activities to support learning

Diana Hudson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

2021
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-78775-386-0 (ISBN)

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This book is a collection of ideas, activities and approaches for science learning, to support kids with learning differences aged 9+ to grow in confidence, recall and understanding. The multi-sensory and fun ideas and activities can be adapted to suit individual students' needs and skills, and curriculum stage. Written by an experienced science teacher, the book includes mnemonics, art, drama and poetry activities, board games, card games, and more. All of these strategies will aid neurodiverse students' science learning and memory through boosting their creative thinking, encouraging a play-based and exploratory approach to science.

Whether you want to get creative, play a game or try out a fun experiment, you can dip in and out of the activities to suit your student's unique learning style. The activities in the book will help creative thinkers who learn differently to take alternative approaches to tricky topics, grasping a fundamental understanding of key scientific concepts, whilst gaining confidence as the scientists of tomorrow.

Diana Hudson has taught science in secondary schools for over 35 years to. She has combined her enthusiasm for teaching science with her interest in helping children who think differently to learn effectively and to flourish. She has trained to teach students who have Specific Learning Difficulties and this combination has enabled her to become both a Head of Biology and a SENCO. at different times in her career. She has written articles for journals including the SEN magazine and Education in Chemistry and is the author of Specific learning Difficulties what teachers need to Know, published in 2015 by Jessica Kingsley.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 Creative Thinkers and Dyslexia. Why they sometimes struggle with science
Chapter 2 Look and See
Chapter 3 Hear and Say
Chapter 4 Touch, Make and Do
Chapter 5 Playing cards and Board games
Chapter 6 Action Games and Activities
Chapter 7 Act and Mime
Chapter 8 Dance
Chapter 9 Tips and Tricks for Learning
Chapter 10 Creative Scientists
Glossary
Appendix 1 Useful websites
Appendix 2 Templates.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.06.2021
Zusatzinfo	Illustrated in black and white throughout
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Gewicht	220 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
ISBN-10	1-78775-386-7 / 1787753867
ISBN-13	978-1-78775-386-0 / 9781787753860
Zustand	Neuware