Using Music

 Here are three beautiful Persian rugs.
You can easily see that their beauty lies
in the colours and intricate patterns.
Although there is such a mass of busy detail,
each rug has about it a feeling of order
and serenity. This is because the patterns,
and the colours, are carefully chosen and
placed to present an overall balance in what
you see. It is beneficial to the brain to be surrounded by what is balanced, in all areas of life.
If a child is said to be "disabled"....or "unbalanced"
then you can think about bringing balance in
by providing good quality art to look at, and listening to good quality music. These are just two areas of life that can be easily adjusted to improve the child's environment.
Music and art can be part of the general background of life in your home....you don't have to spend time
looking for long stretches at art, or listening to music
while doing nothing else. Have prints of paintings that you like, or even just postcards, around the house. Play music at a low level so that it doesn't dominate. For balance, harmony and beauty in your home, play music that is famous for these qualities. In particular, play it as background music when it is homework time. It helps the brain to focus and work efficiently.

For starters, listen to this one on youtube: Bach Goldberg Variations

This is classical music and you may not listen to music like this usually. Just play it softly in the background......Bach for the Brain! Like the rugs, the music is made up of complex patterns that bring order and balance into the brain.

More help with learning to read

There are some very helpful videos on youtube that give really useful and practical advice about learning problems . Type in    bonnie terry   in the search bar at the top of youtube. There are 40 videos dealing with such things as spelling, reading, handwriting, homework and so on.

Also, approaching learning problems from a different angle, often children who are not progressing well have an idea in their head that they just can't do it and never will. It's a distressing and negative feeling to have to struggle and not make any progress. Even where there is an identifiable physical reason for slow progress...dyslexia, auditory problems, intellectual disability, and so on, there will also be some psychological block happening. This block can be addressed in many ways, as you know how to make your child feel successful and more positive in life generally. I have found that the best way to melt away the psychological blocks is to use certain of the Bach Flower Remedies. For example, you can use Larch for the child who won't have a go for fear that he will get it wrong. You can use Cerato for the child who has very little self confidence to have a go. You can use Walnut for a child whose self image is poor. Walnut helps him/her to let go of that self image . In fact those three remedies....Larch, Cerato and Walnut can be combined quite successfully. If your child seems to have given up and can't be bothered trying, Wild Rose is the remedy to try. I strongly suggest that you research the Bach Flower Remedies. There is plenty of information on the internet. You can buy them in health food shops usually, and it is quite easy to learn how to use them. They are quite safe and very effective. I suppose the main thing that happens when you use them is that the negative in your mind just ceases to be there, and the positive gets to take over in your feelings and thinking.  These remedies are not drugs...they have no effect on your body and they are not habit forming things that interfere with your brain or mental processes in any way.
Go to this site for the best information :
http://www.sacred-space.com.au/

A few cute pics..... animals always want to be inside!