Tag Archives: mentalimages

Happy Parent = Happy Child, Nov 5th-6th

A brilliant on-line summit for every parent, with 20 excellent speakers, here for you to enjoy. Parents are children’s first educators and the main role models that determine their thinking and behaviour for the years to come. There are so … Continue reading

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Are you thinking of having your child assessed for Dyslexia?

Before you spend £100s on a formal assessment, and maybe wait weeks, check whether your child is a visual learner, e.g. are they good at lego, creativity, problem solving, memory, etc. If they have visual thinking skills and haven’t learnt … Continue reading

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Time to celebrate creative visual thinkers.

Creative, imaginative children may think differently ………. we should celebrate that they have simply retained the visual skills they were born with…….we all need to understand how they learn visually and learn from them….there is nothing wrong with them. Anyone … Continue reading

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Learn how you can explore your own experiences of mental imagery

What are your experiences of mental images? They can be: In vivid color, black and white, or just cartoons. You may just know what something looks like without a static image. You may think you have no images at all, … Continue reading

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Neurodiversity Celebration Week: Types of Mental Images

There are three types of mental images – things we have seen before and can recall, things we want to create and images that just come to us in a sort of knowing. Let me explain this in more detail. … Continue reading

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How a child simply improved literacy

This is just part of the advocacy report for a child recently, in just one coaching session. XXX is an exceptional visualiser with a very creative brain. It is always a special day when I have the privilege to work … Continue reading

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Reading for Visual Learners

MONDAY FREE IN REDBOURN LIBRARY 2-3 pm ⭐️ Reading Workshop with Olive Hickmott ⭐️ Is your child struggling to spell or read and you don’t know how to help them? This happens to many creative, imaginative children who have other great skills! … Continue reading

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Are you and your child confused by school maths?

I am delighted to offer you a FREE online call with Steve Chinn, a world-renowned expert in the teaching of mathematics, especially in the primary stages. Book your FREE online webinar place here, for Wednesday 10th July at 7:30pm. Steve … Continue reading

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School – Trying to learn in the Dark

Dreading my turn to read – Entering the school system, in the UK, at age 4, my literacy was progressing, fitfully. By the age of seven, I was really struggling. My report at 16 says: “Hampered by lack of vocabulary … Continue reading

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New: The Elephants in the Classroom

The Elephants in the Classroom: Uncovering Every Student’s Natural Power of Mental Imagery to Enhance Learning My latest book, The Elephants in the Classroom talks directly to parents and teachers, providing a much-needed new perspective on the explosion of learning difficulties in our … Continue reading

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