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“Final day for the Big Back to School Giveaway.” – Pat Wyman
Here’s the reminder from Pat Wyman of HowtoLearn.com: Last day of Big Back to School Giveaway 2014! – Doc Meek
Dear Doc,
- videos from the World’s Fastest Reader on speed learning, memory, reading and more
- Awaken the Scholar Within Program
- SOS Organization Binder
- Complimentary Consultations .
- Digital Book on Feelings
- Academic GamePlan complete student excellence programs
- Invite-Only Complimentary Kindle Best-Selling Author Course
“Nominate your favorite school for a $3,000 gift.” – Pat Wyman, HowToLearn.com
Today I am grateful (again) for Pat Wyman’s enduring educational leadership, both in person and in her famous HowToLearn.com website. – Doc Meek, Wed, Sept 25, 2013, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA
Here’s another huge FREE gift announcement from Pat Wyman of HowToLearn.com:
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
Enter to win $3,000 in school supplies and the Amazing Grades book for your favorite school
The URL (LINK) for the website for this contest is:
https://www.facebook.com/
Nordic Naturals, the #1 fish oil company in the U.S., is sponsoring the What’s Essential(TM) School Supplies Giveaway September 20 – October 31, 2013.
To enter your favorite elementary, middle, or high school, click here.
Nordic Naturals, a global company based in Watsonville, CA, is committed to giving each generation what it needs to grow healthy and strong. That begins with exceptionally pure and fresh omega oils–essential for optimal health at any age.
Omega-3 fish oils are especially critical for children and students because of the many ways they support brain health.
In Amazing Grades, contributor Dr. Keri Marshall, Chief Medical Officer for Nordic Naturals, writes:
“Recent research suggests that the brain’s frontal lobe, which is associated with impulse control, planning, organization, and decision-making abilities, continues to grow well into a person’s twenties.
“We need all those skills to succeed in life, but especially to succeed in school.”
Dr. Marshall goes on to explain that extensive clinical research shows that the omega-3 essential fatty acids found in fish oil help nourish the brain and offer key benefits in these areas.
“This imbalance in the ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fats,” Dr. Marshall says in Amazing Grades, “can promote inflammation and may contribute to a variety of health problems, including attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, autism spectrum disorders, and other behavioral and psychological issues.
Attention and Behavior: In a University of South Australia clinical study, 132 children with ADHD between the ages of 7 and 12 who were not on medication were given fish oil capsules. At the end of the study, they were calmer, less impulsive, and showed improvements in attention, behavior, and vocabulary.
Higher Grades and Test Scores: Studies show that just the simple addition of cold-water fish to the diet once a week improves grades and leads to higher scores on intelligence tests.
Learning and Literacy: Improvements in verbal learning and spelling, better information retention, and even taking fewer sick days from school were some of the outcomes noted in a group of children who regularly took omega-3 fish oil supplements. That research was conducted with 355 children between the ages of 7 and 12.
Memory and Problem Solving: During pregnancy, mothers preferentially transfer their own stores of omega-3 to their developing babies. “Researchers have found that children whose mothers consumed enough of these healthy fats while pregnant are more likely to score higher on tests of memory function,” Dr. Marshall writes, “while other evidence suggests that babies who receive formula supplemented with EPA and DHA do better at problem-solving tasks than their peers.”
Lasting Benefits: Research also supports the fact that taking omega-3s has lasting cognitive benefits. Eighteen-year-olds who ate more fish at 15 outperformed their non-fish eating counterparts on tests of combined intelligence, verbal performance, and visiospatial performance.
Dr. Marshall summarizes, in Amazing Grades, “Studies like these demonstrate just how important it is to get omega-3s throughout childhood and adolescence. Yet most people aren’t getting anywhere near what they should. That’s why I and many health care experts recommend supplementing with omega-3s in the form of fish oil (algae oil if you’re vegetarian).”
Dr. Marshall recommends Nordic Naturals award-winning supplements for children because of their exceptional purity and freshness, delivery systems kids enjoy (gummies, chewable soft gels and liquids), and great taste.
To read more of Dr. Marshall’s article, enter your school in the Nordic Naturals What’s Essential School Supplies Giveaway and win a copy of Pat Wyman’s best-selling book Amazing Grades for your school library!
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Founder, www.HowToLearn.com (707) 837 8180
Best selling author, Amazing Grades; Spelling Made Easy and more – Amazon Author Page
College Professor for teachers”Be ashamed to die before you have won some victory for humanity.” Horace Mann”There are two ways to live your life; one as if nothing is a miracle, and the other as if everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein
“I can read!” – Doc Meek
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Today I am full of gratitude that I live in a literacy culture. I am so glad that my mother learned to read as a child. She is 95 years old now and can’t do many things, but she still enjoys reading! Even when she’s confined to her bed. – Doc Meek
In all my years as a learning disability specialist and educational therapist I can easily say that about 95% of the students I’ve seen in my 35+ years of teaching kids with reading problems have had reading fluency problems. Reading fluently describes how a skilled reader reads aloud.
Let me give you an example…I met Jason in March; he was in 4th grade. He had brown straight hair and a great smile, although he didn’t smile very often then. He was floundering; it took what seemed like ‘forever’ to read. He repeated, skipped, and substituted words when he read, too. It was painful to listen to his stilted repetitive reading. His classmates were zooming right past him. His mom Kate was losing sleep over what to do and how to help him. She had already been told by the school that Jason would most likely be held back.
Kate, at a loss for what to do contacted me and told me what was going on. First I reassured her that there was much that she could do as a parent to help Jason. Then we got started.
I knew we needed to work quickly to get his reading level up so that he wouldn’t be held back. One of the keys to Jason’s improvement was reading fluency training which helped him to sound out words more quickly and read accurately without repeating, skipping or substituting words. By the end of his third session of specific fluency activities he had already improved his reading speed and accuracy. Within several days he went from 30 words per minute to 60 words per minute. His confidence soared.
What Causes Reading Fluency Problems
Reading problems are typically due to a combination of learning skills, areas of perception, that aren’t working as well as they could, should, and can. And you can have a reading problem without having dyslexia or a learning disability.
So, what specifically was going on with Jason?
Jason did not have an actual learning disability or dyslexia. What Jason did have was a variety of areas of perception (visual, auditory, and tactile/kinesthetic) that weren’t working as well as they could have been which impacted his ability to read fluently.
The Most Important Activity A Parent Can Do to Boost Reading
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“What? Me disorganized?” – Doc Meek
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School counselors and psychologists tell about the huge number of students referred to them for suspected learning disabilities, only to discover that a large percentage of these students simply lack organizational skills.
Parents are totally dismayed because they try to keep everything organized, but they aren’t at school to oversee organization, when it seems to matter most.
Why Is This Happening?
There are three main reasons students have trouble staying organized:
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They have too much “stuff.” Most students have 12 to 16 different folders and notebooks to keep track of across a whole lot of transitions: from home, in the car/bus, to school, in the locker, back into the book bag, into class, back to the locker, and then home again. (Elementary students may only have a half dozen folders, but that’s still five more than they should have!)
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Everything looks alike. When those folders and notebooks are stacked in the locker or book bag, they all look the same!
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Any time students are managing papers, they are in a hurry. Whether they are rushing out of class at the end of an hour, rushing from their locker at the end of the day, or rushing to finish their homework at home, they are always in a hurry.
Let’s Relate This to Our Lives as Adults
Imagine having 12 to 16 different email accounts to maintain every day. Imagine if you were expected to log into each account several times each day, respond to emails and retrieve old/sent emails at the snap of a finger? It would be overwhelming to transition between them quickly.
However, this traditional system is actually creating the problem. The sheer volume of folders and notebooks (not to mention textbooks and workbooks) makes it hard for students to find the right ones, especially when they are in a hurry!
Pat Wyman, The Center for New Discoveries in Learning, Inc., 4535 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 200, Las Vegas, NV 89102 |
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Thank you, Pat Wyman and Susan Kruger!
Doc Meek, Saturday, August 31, 2013, at Sherwood Park, Alberta, CANADA
“Learning Personality Tests are Important.” – Pat Wyman
Today I am full of gratitude for the differences in student personality. – Doc Meek, Sat, Aug 17, 2013, Sherwood Park, Alberta, CANADA
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“Parents, teachers and tutors worldwide are raving about our award-winning Playbook for Learning.” – Jen Lilienstein
This is our guest HowToLearn.com Newsletter from Pat Wyman. Thank you, Pat!
Pat Wyman, The Center for New Discoveries in Learning, Inc., 4535 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 200, Las Vegas, NV 89102 |
“Pat Wyman leads again.” – Doc Meek
Tuesday, May 13, 2013. Today, once again, I have great gratitude for the learning leadership of Pat Wyman and her trusted website, HowToLearn.com. Thank you for this guest post, Pat! – Doc Meek, Sherwood Park, Alberta, CANADA
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“Best Educational Websites 2013.” – Pat Wyman
Tuesday, February 5, 2013. Today I am grateful for both sunshine and snow. 😮 – Doc Meek, South Jordan, Utah, USA
Guest post from our friend and colleague, Pat Wyman, of HowToLearn.com:
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“How grateful we are . . . ” – Pat Wyman
Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Today I am grateful for the Thanksgiving message of gratitude that Pat Wyman sent, so I am passing the joy on to you. – Doc Meek
From Pat Wyman
The Center for New Discoveries in Learning, Inc., 4535 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 200, Las Vegas, NV 89102
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Thank you, Pat Wyman, for all you do for learners and teachers and parents all over the world!
Doc Meek, Tues, Nov 20, 2012, Sherwood Park, Alberta, CANADA
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Virtual Parenting Conference Oct 22-26, Pat Wyman, HowToLearn.com
From Pat Wyman and HowToLearn.com, a Virtual Parenting Conference (no airfare, no hotel bills & no road trip). – Doc Meek
Click on this link: http://www.howtolearn.com/howtolearn-com-virtual-parenting-conference-2012
Are you ready to improve your child’s grades, solve learning challenges, get life skills strategies and find out the latest research in techniques in the parenting field?
Can’t Get to Parenting Courses
and Conferences?
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Take part in our
Virtual Parenting Conference!
OCTOBER 22-26, 2012
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Are you doing everything you know to help your child get better grades? Would you like 5 quick tips?
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Have you ever felt that you didn’t handle a parenting challenge in the best manner?
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Do you ever feel that you could use a boost in the best parenting skills?
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Does your child have specific learning differences you want to know how to handle?
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Would you like to simplify your life, but feel like there is so much on your ‘To-Do’ list?
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Do you get nervous about the direction your child is going in?
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Would you like for your child to have higher self-esteem and make better choices?
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Would you like your child to get the latest on how to finish college and save money on tuition in the process?
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What would happen to your child if they knew how to speed read?
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Do you ever wonder if your child has ADHD?
If you answered yes to even one of the questions above then the HowToLearn.com Virtual Parenting Conference is for you.
Relax. Rejuvenate. Listen. Learn.
YOU’RE INVITED to the HowToLearn.com
Virtual Parenting Conference 2012!
Do you occasionally second-guess your parenting techniques?
Are you looking for a balanced family and a healthy you?
“How will the
Virtual Parenting Conference
Help Me?”
If you have ever been to a conference you already know that you have to travel, pay lots of money, and pay for a babysitter. Just the cost of gas alone these days can be daunting let alone air fare.
The Virtual Parenting Conference solves that and lets you call in and ask experts questions whenever you feel like it. You can participate in the live events, or listen in later and email your questions to the experts.
Are you ready for dose of parenting support and wisdom? Do you need some real guidance to help your child succeed but don’t have the time to travel to a conference?
Join us for our Virtual Parenting Conference!
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“What will I learn at the
Virtual Parenting Conference?“
How to improve your child’s grades, solve learning challenges and raise a confident and happy child.
(Yes, you can make optimism your family’s motto)
Get all this and more!
Encourage your child to make high quality decisions.
- Learn the best leadership tips that every parent wants their child to have
- Get the 5 best tips for Amazing Grades
- How to Prevent or Stop Bullying
- Better Reading Skills in 5 Minutes Per Day
- Determine if your child really has ADHD even if they were already diagnosed with it.
- Find out how to balance homework and family life. Yes you can do this and stay sane!
- How to help kids overcome stress, anger, and trauma.
- How to motivate your kids to succeed academically. (End the homework nightmare plus expert tricks and tips to help your child focus!)
- How to make time for your own dreams (You do not need to put your goals on hold because you are a Mom or Dad!)
- Acclaimed ebooks and expert audios. (Extra gifts and prizes just for registering today!)
- Significant self-esteem tips every child needs
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Scroll down to learn how this Virtual Parenting Conference will make a difference in your life
and to see all the presenters’ photos, profiles, and topics.
Register for the Virtual Parenting Conference Now!YES Please reserve my ticket to the Virtual Parenting Conference right away. I’m tired of wondering what my child’s grades will look like this year, struggling with homework, whether my child has ADHD, or how to motivate my child. I’m happy to invest just $8.95 to reserve my spot and invest in my child’s future.
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Fill out your name and email address to access the FREE version of the Virtual Parenting Conference, where you can access all the workshops LIVE on your phone or computer:
- No crowds!
- No outrageous gas or travel bills!
- No need for babysitters!
- No rushing around so you see vendors, and try and finish lunch fast enough.
- No worries if you can’t make a workshop live- you get all the recordings!
Get support from Parenting Experts, Medical Doctors, Learning Experts and Therapists while gaining peace-of-mind, confidence, and healthy family relationships!
Scroll down to see all the presenters’ photos, profiles, and topics.
Click on this link: http://www.howtolearn.com/howtolearn-com-virtual-parenting-conference-2012
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Thank you, Pat Wyman and HowToLearn.com, for bringing us such an incredible Virtual Parenting Conference at such an incredibly low $8.95 investment!
Doc Meek, Oct 21, 2012, Sherwood Park, Alberta, CANADA
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“What if you are smarter than you think?”
THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE, INC.
CANADA: Dr. Meek (587) 400-4707, Edmonton, AB
TONGA: Mele Taumoepeau, P.O. Box 81, Nuku’alofa
USA: Dr. Meek (801) 738-3763, South Jordan, Utah
For optimum brain health, ensure your heart health:
More on heart health: http://www.themeekteam.info
USA: Jeannette (801) 971-1812; South Jordan, Utah
CANADA: Jeannette (587) 333-6923, Calgary, Alberta
CANADA: P.O. Box 3105, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1
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“The great teacher giveaway–time sensitive.” – Pat Wyman, HowToLearn.com
Thursday, September 20, 2012.
Today I am grateful (once again!) for Pat Wyman, of HowToLearn.com, for her ongoing educational leadership! I got another great email from Pat yesterday. – Doc Meek
Pat Wyman
America’s Most Trusted Learning Expert, founder of HowToLearn.com and best selling author of Instant Learning for Amazing Grades and Learning vs. Testing
I am rushing this email to you today for TWO reasons:
2. I want you to benefit from these resources now that term has already started
as we just got notice of a HUGE pile of teacher resources (worth $200)
which you can claim for free right now.
Go here to claim your free classroom management and student engagement resources
The Center for New Discoveries in Learning, Inc., 4535 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 200, Las Vegas, NV 89102
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Thank you Pat Wyman, of HowToLearn.com!
Doc Meek, Thursday, Sept 20, 2012, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, and South Jordan, Utah, USA