Tabla de contenidos para April 2025 en Brain Train

Welcome to Brain Train! We're thrilled to have you with us as we embark on this exciting journey to support and empower individuals with dyslexia. Our team of experts has carefully curated each issue of our monthly magazine to offer practical, playful, and engaging activities that will enrich your life and help you gain a better understanding of your unique strengths and abilities. With our love of learning and illustration, we've created fun and interactive activities for all ages, from children to adults. We hope to inspire new generations and help individuals with dyslexia feel more confident and in control. We're passionate about taking a strength-based approach to dyslexia, and our goal is to help you discover the simple things you can do to feel more empowered and in control…

ALL ABOUT GEL BAGS WHAT ARE THEY? Gel bags are tools that students use as they are learning new letters, sounds, and sight words. They are used in multisensory approaches to learning. They keep students engaged in learning! HOW DO YOU MAKE THEM? You will need: plastic bag, hair gel, food coloring, glitter, and tape. Combine all materials in the plastic bag. Tape the top shut so the gel doesn't come out. You are ready to use your gel bag! HOW DO YOU USE THEM? Use gel bags to help students practice tracing letters and saying sounds. It is important that students trace the letter and say the sound the letter makes out loud, and trace and say the letter and sound three times in the gel. Three is the…

Multisyllabic Closed Syllables Compatible with WRS 3.1 DIRECTIONS: MARK THE WORD IN EACH BOX. THEN COMPLETE 1-10. 1. Use a red pencil to trace each box containing words with prefixes 2. Use a blue pencil to trace each box containing compound words. 3. Use a green pencil to trace each box containing words with suffixes. 4. List three words that have a “schwa” sound. _____ _____ _____ 5. Which word means “garbage” or “waste material”? _________ 6. Use an orange pencil to trace each box containing words that have one consonant between two vowel and are divided after the consonant to close the first syllable. 7. Which word means “without fat”? __________ 8. Which word means “to talk about”? _______ 9. Which word has a closed syllable exception? 10. Which…

George Washington First U.S. President One of the most famous figures in American history, General George Washington, the first President of the United States and one of the nation's founding fathers, overcame extreme difficulties in reading to help lead America through the Revolutionary War. Historians believe Washington's issues in reading and grammar likely stemmed from dyslexia, but that the Commander in Chief eventually taught himself workarounds so that he could make sense of the written word. From these struggles and the effort required to overcome them, Washington gained the knowledge, strength and self-confidence to become one of the most respected political figures and thinkers in history. It also gave him a sympathetic perspective when it came to perceived failure. “When a man does all he can, though it succeeds not…

Place a bicolor teaching lace under your thigh. Cross the lace and make an ‘X’. Tuck the blue lace under the white lace. Pull the strands until they stop. You have just made your very first knot! Step five is the most important in the “Shoe Tying Made Simple” program. Use a fabric pen that is the same color as the darker half of the bicolor shoelace. After making the initial knot, mark the lace at the base of the knot with a blue fabric pen. Make sure you mark both sides of the shoelace. Make a second mark on the white portion of the lace about four to five inches higher Allow the marks to dry prior to your teaching session. See the dots on the white lace? Pinch…