Sold a Story Podcast – the Case for Phonics
Phonics Is Always The First Choice The six-episode podcast “Sold a Story” has caused ripples in educational circles, challenging the process by which new methodologies are introduced and kept in schools. It's an interesting podcast that crosses over into material...
Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts
Class Wallet Funding for Home-Based Learning in Arizona If your child attends school in Arizona or will start kindergarten in the upcoming school year, you may qualify for an Arizona Empowerment Scholarship. The program was designed to give parents and legal guardians...
Online Resources for Parents of Struggling Readers
Free Reading Resources It’s hard to overestimate the value of reading. Not only does it enrich our lives, but it can profoundly impact a child’s quality of life. Therefore, parents of struggling readers face a daunting challenge. Reading proficiency in grades 3 and 4...
Family Empowerment Scholarship (FES) in Florida – Explained
How FES-UA and FES-EO Work For Families Executive Summary - for Gemm families To qualify for home learning help (under the Unique Abilities scholarship, FES-UA): Income limits, but 50% of FL families qualified in 2021 Documented diagnosis required - listed in handbook...
Ideas to Make Reading Fun at Home
Fun Reading Opportunities are Everywhere! Research has shown that attaching reading to pleasure when they’re young is an investment in your children’s future academic success. Really, you don't need a research study to tell how important it is to attach reading to...
Is It Dyslexia? How to Test for Dyslexia
Tests for Dyslexia and Related Delays While dyslexia describes an unexpected difficulty with reading, the processing and/or cognitive skill delays that cause dyslexia impact learning and life skills. Sometimes the difficulty with reading is the first outward sign of...
APD Dyslexia Scholarship Winner 2022
Living with APD/Dyslexia Scholarship for 2022 Gemm Learning is proud to announce that the winner of its 2022 APD Dyslexia Scholarship is Nicholas Panzarino, an undergraduate at Lynn University, Florida. Gemm Learning has been providing a college scholarship for a...
Brain Plasticity Opens New Doors For Struggling Learners
How to Explain Neuroplasticity to Your Mom "Everything having to do with human training and education has to be re-examined in light of neuroplasticity.” Norman Doidge The scientific consensus on how much the brain can change - and how that impacts learning and...
Our Gemm Learning Journey – 3rd Grader (APD)
How Our At Home Treatment Works - One Story Before Gemm Learning My daughter, Kate, had a classic case of auditory processing disorder. We did not need to get a diagnosis as her APD symptoms were so obvious: Rhyming issues as a 3-year old Trouble hearing when there...
How The Brain Reads and Understands Words
The Reading Brain We consider reading to be a basic skill that can and should be natural. Many if not most children are able to pick up reading around the age of 6 .But have you ever stopped to consider how our brains adapt to learn to read and understand the written...
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