Roots to Learning: Education & Consulting

Green Seattle Partnership Event: 11/7-11/13

by Roots To Learning: Education & Consulting

Roots to Learning is excited to support Green Seattle Days as a way to encourage students and adults to get involved in their local environment and learn how to better support the local ecology for the benefit of us all! Join daily virtual learning experiences on a variety of topics and then get outdoors and explore! From the Green Seattle Partnership website: This year,...

10 Nov 2020

Continuing Education, Current Events, Latest, Nature, Seasonal, Seattle
Help! I’ve Caught the Bitmoji Classroom Bug!

by Roots To Learning: Education & Consulting

Which, all things considered, is definitely less problematic than catching another bug that is currently rewriting reality, but I may have to stage an intervention soon because Bitmoji classrooms are honestly turning out to be a little too fun, and I didn’t think I would say that about anything in 2020! I continue to find silver linings in the current state of the world as we...

14 Aug 2020

Breathwork, Featured, Handwriting, Movement

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Roots to Learning is a West Seattle-based independent education and consulting service specializing in one-on-one multisensory & interdisciplinary education for K-12 students diagnosed with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and ADHD, as well as typically developing students.

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This site is a bit like a tree that has outgrown its container, so it’s time for some changes! And change is good, but it takes time!

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The Homework Folder

by Roots To Learning: Education & Consulting

Daily & Semi-Daily Homework Teaching a student to use a 2-pocket homework folder labeled on the inside “Homework to Do” and “Homework to Turn In” is a vital step in materials management and homework completion. For students using a three ring binder, a clear homework folder should be purchased and placed in the front of the binder so it is the first thing that...

15 Aug 2020

EF, Homework, Organization, Organization: Materials Management

Materials Management at Home

by Roots To Learning: Education & Consulting

At-Home Filing To maintain organization in the binder or accordion filer, an at-home filing system is vital. Students should get in the habit of filing old tests, relevant handouts and notes at the end of a unit in an at-home filer. This could be a file cabinet or portable file box with hanging files for each subject & manilla folders labeled for each unit. Ultimately, it...

14 Oct 2011

EF, Organization

Recent Reporting & Resources on Dyslexia

by Roots To Learning: Education & Consulting

“Poetry should be a matter of passion, not survival,” writes fellow Rochester, New York native, Philip Schultz. So should schooling. I work with a number of students who bravely face their learning disorders on a daily basis in classrooms and institutions where the ideal of differentiated instruction, the mantra of “all kinds of minds,” and the theory of multiple intelligences have not been fully realized. Institutional constraints (particularly large class size and reduced or non-existent funding for appropriate resources), lack of professional development around learning disorders, and systems reluctant to change all contribute to a climate of misunderstanding, resistance, and frustration for students, parents, and teachers. While media coverage around developmental and learning disorders, including increased visibility of individuals who have managed to succeed both in spite of and as a result of their disorders, may not necessarily result in changes to educational policy or classroom teaching practices, this kind of reporting is important in raising awareness and providing hope to individuals who struggle with cognitive challenges. My Dyslexia: A Poet’s Experience Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Philip Schultz,...

Great Poetry Books for Kids of All Ages

by Roots To Learning: Education & Consulting

As a poet and literacy teacher, I am always on the lookout for great books of poetry as well as poetically written stories that encourage kids to explore and play with language. Poetry is the perfect way to teach phonological awareness, and wordplay is beneficial for all students, but especially those who are diagnosed with language learning disorders. Check out these resources at your local library or bookstore for use at home or in the classroom! All of these books have been selected for their wonderful poetry and visual art. Most can be used for teaching broad language skills such as phonological awareness and phonics. I’ve included target grade levels for each. Great Poetry Books for Kids (Young & Old!) I have used this book of poetry for years in my teaching. It’s a delightful collection of all kinds of poems (including some great concrete & personification poems) organized by theme. Meilo So’s watercolor illustrations are a wonderful accompaniment. This is a must-have for any bookshelf at home or school! Grades 2-12 A gorgeous...

Mindful of the World

by Roots To Learning: Education & Consulting

“I look at the bird before me and imagine how it senses the world, how it feels breathing cold air, how it feels to have its feathers ruffling in the wind, how it feels to always have an eye out for possible food and possible predators. The bird sees me and is a nanosecond from flying off, but it stays. Why? By imagining the life within, the bird I am seeing is alive, no longer a shape and its parts, but a thinking, sentient being, always on the brink of doing something. By feeling the life within, I am always conscious that all creatures have personalities, and so do trees and clouds and streams. To feel the life within, I now imagine myself as the bird that is looking at me. I imagine its wariness, the many ways it has almost died in its short life. I worry over its comfort and safety, and whether I will see my little companion the next day, the next year. To feel the life within is to...

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Green Seattle Partnership Event: 11/7-11/13

Help! I’ve Caught the Bitmoji Classroom Bug!