Is your child an Alternative Learner?

Alternative Learners are kids who struggle with everything from minor organizational problems to diagnosed issues such as learning difficulties, ADHD, and autistic spectrum conditions. Here at LearningWorks for Kids, we’ll show you how to use popular video games and the latest technologies to help your Alternative Learner achieve real-world improvements in critical thinking and academic skills.

Parenting in a Digital World

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  Asking Your Kids for Video Game and App Recommendations

  Asking your kids to mentor you about one of their favorite apps or games is a great opportunity for childlren to learn about Self-Awareness. This inversion of parent and child (or teacher and student) roles not only provides kids with a different perspective on the ways that they use media, it helps them to understand this thinking skill in a more [...] Read more

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  Writing Without a Pen: Play Together to Improve Writing

  The art of writing may have changed more in the past 5 years than in all of recorded history.  If one simply looks at the number of text messages sent worldwide (1.8 trillion in 2007 and more than 7 trillion in 2011) we can see the enormous amount of writing taking place in the world today. According to a series [...] Read more

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  5 Tips for Playing Together in the Digital World

  In our recent studies at LearningWorks For Kids, we have found that approximately 1/3 of parents play video games with their children. This is consistent with previous large scale studies conducted by the Kaiser Foundation and the Pew Internet & American Life Project. While our studies suggest that more than 70% of parents monitor their children’s video game use, we [...] Read more

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  The Case for Television

  Many parents I see are quite proud of how little they let children watch television, even if they are fully accepting (and even encouraging) of their children's use of more interactive digital media. While some research does show that the interactivity of new media like video games and the Internet make them the better and more stimulating choice for kids, parents should not ignore [...] Read more

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  How Video Games Teach Kids to Prioritize

  Highly engaging activities wreak havoc on your ability to manage time effectively, as you surely know if you've ever gotten so caught up with a book, TV, or surfing the Internet, that you forgot about something important, like cooking the family dinner, or making an important appointment. For our kids, the powerfully immersive and engaging digital technologies that grab their attention (for [...] Read more