Early Foundations ND Mini-Programs Level 2 Part 2

Specific brain-building activities help life and learning be more productive. Early Foundations NeuroDevelopmental Mini-Programs equips you with the activities that do just that – build connections in the brain for better abilities to handle academics.  In these programs, the school year is divided into three parts. Part 1 is to be done for approximately three months, then you can order Part 2, followed three months later by Part 3 to complete your school year. Changes in the program every three months insure that the brain is continually stimulated in the core areas and doesn’t “turn off” the stimulation because of familiarity. The full Early Foundations program addresses six areas of development (tactile, auditory, visual, manual, language, and mobility) that are needed to do well in school and life.  Each mini-program includes activities that address directly or indirectly these six key developmental areas. Brain boosting activities in each part of the mini-program will take less than an hour to accomplish each day.  Plus, the small segments of time (1-5 minutes for each activity) can be integrated throughout the day as part of your lifestyle instead of a sit-down concentrated hour of time. Activity Category Benefits Gross Motor Activities Improves:  overall brain organization  organization of thoughts  correct interpretation of sense of pain enhances interpretation of social signals appropriate behaviors develops/repairs central nervous system proprioception (awareness of body in space) Improves bonding and attachment vestibular (balance) system the function of the endocrine system, autonomic nervous system (responsible for allergies and asthma) and immune system eye-hand coordination concentration, memory, and learning lymph system muscle tone endurance  Auditory Processing Improves: auditory short-term memory  attention span ability to follow directions proficiency of using phonics maturity level reading comprehension conceptualization abilities which help with math word problems Visual Processing Improves: visual short term memory visualization skills which help with spelling and math visual discrimination Tactile Activities   Improves: sense of pain perception brain body connection pencil grasp Fine Motor Improves: strength in index finger and thumb pencil grip handwriting and fine motor development Listening  Activities Expands: vocabulary auditory short term memory language center of the brain   While the Early Foundations Mini-Program is not an individualized NeuroDevelopmental (ND) program, which comes from a Jump Start Program or an in-person/video evaluation, it is a great starter program to get those little brains working at peak ability!  This innovative series of three different three month programs is considered “Year Two” of the process that prepares the brain to transition into more formal academic curriculum smoothly and easily. By stimulating the brain in the six key areas of development and solidifies those strategic brain pathways that make teaching for you and learning for the student easier for a lifetime.