How Kids Learn—Foundational Skills

Foundational skills are necessary for a student to learn to read or succeed at math. Skills like attention span, digit span, working memory, auditory discrimination, visual perception are all necessary before learning can be easy for a child. And these skills build upon each other. In this video Barb will explain which skills are most important, how they build on each other and how repetition can help build these skills. She will explain what goes wrong when these skills aren't well-developed in a young student. Find out why some students seem to do OK until 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade and then begin to struggle. This series is geared toward parents, but will also be of interest to reading specialists, teachers and tutors alike. If you haven't watched the first video in this series, you might want to start there:    • How Kids Learn--Right brain/Left brain   Or here's the second video that explains "learning styles' or "learning modalities":    • How Kids Learn—Learning Modalities   Or the third video on Visual-Spatial Learners, the kids most at risk:    • How Kids Learn—The Visual-Spatial Learner   In this video I mention the concept of a Pyramid of Repetition, described in the book: The Right to Read by Dr. Jan Strydom. Read a description of this book at [PAID LINK] https://amzn.to/3g9pkBF If you want to see more videos like this more quickly, consider supporting this channel through Donorbox: https://donorbox.org/the-tutor-fix Video Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:14 Assumption #1: There are skills that need to be learned before a child can learn 0:28 Attention or Focus 2:38 Memory 6:25 Auditory Discrimination 8:03 Visual Perception 10:32 Processing Speed 13:07 Assumption #2: Skills build upon each other and should be learned in order 16:15 Assumption #3: The Pyramid of Repetition Disclosure Statement: As an Amazon Associate I will receive a small commission on qualifying purchases made through affiliate links. This does not affect the price you pay, nor what items we recommend. We will only recommend products we believe in or are reviewing in the content, regardless of whether we receive any compensation or not.