Thursday, September 30, 2004
Earobics home software: for when your child doesn't spend enough time online
They don't sound like "fun" games -- I'd need a tutor to apply them!
Update: I take back the above comments. I've purchased and installed the software. I tested under Mac (Mac Classic running inside Mac OS X 10.3.5) and Windows (98 in this case). The software is impressive overall, but it has some rough spots. For example, the software does not automatically set the screen resolution to 640x480. Almost all game software sold in the past 3-4 years has done this, so it's an odd omission.
I installed and tested on both Mac and PC. Worked well on both. Note that it requires Mac Classic, Apple doesn't sell that any more (Mac Classic does come hidden away on the install disks for the new G5 iMac).
That said, the kids really loved the Level One product. I was amazed. It appealed to them more than all of our Clifford Reading and other whizzier educational software. I think they found the exercises intellectually interesting. Things got a bit tense around the computer.
The home version is simply a limited version of the commercial product. It can track two separate users and a "guest".
Curiously I got a number of the sounds wrong myself. I would not be shocked to learn that I had some cognitive deficits in phoneme recognition -- I was miserable at understanding sounds in spoken French.
It's early going, but I think these may be well worth the limited cost.
Go Phonics Multi-Sensory Phonics Program
Go Phonics Multi-Sensory Phonics Program
Go Phonics is an Orton Gillingham based phonics instructional program. It's teacher developed to provide a strong phonics foundation, and includes K-2 reading, handwriting, spelling, grammar,
punctuation, comprehension, fluency, and more. Go Phonics instruction includes a high percentage of the skills needed to meet the K-2 language arts curriculum requirements.
Parents and Teachers of Explosive Kids
Parents and Teachers of Explosive Kids
This is a parent and child companion to the academic CPS site.
This is a parent and child companion to the academic CPS site.
Center For Collaborative Problem Solving
Center For Collaborative Problem Solving A center focusing on the (very) difficult child.
Arc Hennepin-Carver
Arc Hennepin-Carver :: General Info :: Affiliations
One of many ARC sites. It's a bit hard to sort them out locally. ARC was once an acronym, now it's word:
One of many ARC sites. It's a bit hard to sort them out locally. ARC was once an acronym, now it's word:
In 1990, seven metro ARC chapters, led by a strong group of self-advocates and families, agreed to do away with the name "Association for Retarded Citizens" and its acronym and change their names to Arc. The name change arose out of concern with the label "retarded," and the reference to disability before the reference to personhood. The acronym no longer represented any words, but kept the identity associated with this historic, national movement. The national organization adopted this concept and changed its name to "The Arc" one year later.At one time ARC was the association of retarded children, then retarded citizens.
Psychometric Evaluation Process - Calvin academy
Psychometric Evaluation Process - 12 hours of tests? Hmm. Be interesting to see if they publish in the peer reviewed literature.
Updated 3/2/2010: Calvin Academy is gone and the domain has been redirected - so I've removed the link.
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