Getting Fresh 'Air'

Life's Looking Up

Hello everybody,

All Fast ForWord students are showing some positive results for their hard work.

Those of you requesting results by email will begin receiving reports directly from Scientific Learning each Saturday, starting tomorrow. Check your Junk Mail box as the reports could be deflected there.

You won't be able to reply directly to scilearn.com but if you have any questions contact me at school or email: fthorburn@sd46.bc.ca *All students are registered under Kinnikinnick Elementary.

For those of you wondering more about why the different 'games' or exercises your child works on, focus so much on hearing differences in sound, watch the following slideshow from NorthWestern University. It demonstrates in 19 slides, how hearing differences in sound can help to improve language, reading and working memory skills. Especially interesting to me is the importance music plays in acquiring these skills.

*The graphs and some of the data may be difficult to follow, but the pictures and captions really tell the story.

http://www.soc.northwestern.edu/brainvolts/slideshows/sin/index.php

Have a good weekend.

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