Visual Spatial Learner

On Thursday, February 5th at 7:00pm

in the Sacandaga Elementary Library

SPACE (Scotia-Glenville Parents Advocating for Challenging Education) hosted a forum on Visual-Spatial Learners (VSLs)

Visual learners are students who remember what they see, and often forget what they hear. They often get “the big picture”, but miss the details, can be excellent problem and puzzle solvers, yet might struggle with organizational skills and sequential tasks. As a result, they present unique challenges to their parents and teachers

Speakers included Jan Tunison, High School Librarian, and Becki Ayers, sixth grade ELA/Social Studies teacher, and Christine McKenna, parent (all mothers of VSLs) The forum discussed the characteristics of a visual-spatial learner, parenting strategies, and how we can help them be successful in the classroom.

The Power Point shown at this event is available for viewing by clicking here

Another online resource for Visual Spatial Learners is

http://www.visualspatial.org/

Sequential or Spatial
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Visual Spatial Learner Resources

BOOKS

Dreamers, Discoverers & Dynamos: How to Help the Child Who Is Bright, Bored and Having Problems in School (Formerly Titled 'The Edison Trait') (Ballentine Books 1999),

By Lucy Jo Palladino

(Available through Schenectady County Library system)

Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual-Spatial Learner (Denver: DeLeon Publishing, 2002), (available at Guilderland HS – email or call Scotia Glenville HS librarian, jtunison@sgcsd.net, 386.4265)

Raising Topsy-Turvy Kids: Successfully Parenting Your Visual-Spatial Child (Denver: DeLeon Publishing, 2004) (available at Scotia Glenville HS library – email or call Scotia Glenville HS librarian, jtunison@sgcsd.net, 386.4265)

If You Could See the Way I Think: A Handbook for Visual-Spatial Kids (Denver: Visual-Spatial Resource, 2005)

The Visual-Spatial Classroom: Differentiation Strategies that Engage Every Learner (Denver: Visual-Spatial Resource, 2006). (CliftonPark Library – see Schenectady County inter-library loan)

No Mind Left Behind by Adam J. Cox, Ph.D (available at Scotia Glenville HS Library - – email or call Scotia Glenville HS librarian, jtunison@sgcsd.net, 386.4265)

Right Brained Children in a Left Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of your ADD/ADHD Child by Jeffery Freed (Available through Schenectady County Library system)

WEBSITES

Visual Spatial Resource (www.visualspatial.org)

Hoagies’ Gifted Education Page: Visual Spatial Learners (http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/visual-spatial.htm)

WEB ARTICLES

http://www.brightkidsathome.com/identify/visual-spatial.html

This is an article regarding techniques a parent used to home school their visual spatial learner. Great list of resources.

http://www.singsurf.org/brain/rightbrain.php

This is a good summary of brain biology, historical development of brain hemisphere theory, and ongoing controversy.

http://www.edvistalearningcenters.com/pdfs/TheLeft-RightBrainContinuum.pdf

An interesting article

http://www.giftedchildren.org.nz/national/article1.pdf

This article was written by Kay Pittelkow, a parent from Australia who’s son was diagnosed as gifted with learning disabilities (Central Auditory processing disorder). She seems to be a parent who is well versed in the topic of visual spatial learners

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/index.html

Math lessons for visual kids

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Gifted+students+with+spatial+strengths+and+sequential+weaknesses%3a+an...-a0128792889

An article by Rebecca Mann, a researcher in gifted education

http://www3.telus.net/giftedcanada/wrtout.PDF

An article full of practical advice from a mother who parented VSLs

VIDEOS

Here is a great you tube video to check out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF6mh5TNcUk&feature=related.
It's part one of a three part series. Jeffrey Freed wrote a pretty good book called "Right Brained Children in a Left Brained World"

Hope you enjoy!

BLOGS

http://www.eideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com

Weekly articles related to brain-based learning and learning styles, problem-solving and creativity, kids, families, and parenting, gifted and visual learners, dyslexia, attention deficit disorders, autism, and more

S.P.A.C.E.

Visual Spatial Learner

Dreamers, Discoverers & Dynamos: How to Help the Child Who Is Bright, Bored and Having Problems in School (Formerly Titled 'The Edison Trait') (Ballentine Books 1999),

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