Edublox Explained in a Nutshell
Learning is like building a house. The first step is to lay a foundation. Unless there is a strong and solid foundation, cracks will soon appear in the walls, and with no foundation, the walls will collapse. In the same way one needs to lay a proper foundation before it becomes possible for a child to benefit from a course in reading, writing and arithmetic...
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5 Facts About Dyslexia You Haven’t Heard a Thousand Times Before
October is Dyslexia Awareness Month, and many educational providers share helpful and relevant information on this common problem (including Edublox!). We take a look at a few lesser known facts about dyslexia to add to the wealth of knowledge available on the subject.
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Fact of Fiction? Letter Reversals or Mirror Writing Are the Main Sign of Dyslexia
When learning to read, children may mistake certain letters for other similar ones, especially those that can be reversed or appear the same when seen in a mirror. The child may read “dog” as “bog” or look at the written word “was” and read it as “saw”.
Read MoreFact of Fiction? Dyslexia Is Caused by a Phonological Deficit
Since the beginning of the twentieth century, dyslexia research has been dominated by a search for the Holy Grail: the single cognitive deficit that is necessary and sufficient to cause all behavioural characteristics of dyslexia. Until the 1950s, the belief was that dyslexia is attributable to visual processing problems.
Read MoreFact or Fiction? Dyslexia Is a Myth
Extreme viewpoints exist about dyslexia, which makes it difficult for parents to know how to best help their child. On the one side there is the group who believe dyslexia is a condition that cannot be cured but endured. On the other extreme there are those who say diagnoses of dyslexia are a complete waste of time — and even that dyslexia is a myth.
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Edublox Strengthens Relationship with Professional Minds Through Sponsorships
In 2019, Edublox sponsored a series of conferences organised by Professional Minds, an organisation that is dedicated to enabling Allied HealthCare Practitioners and parents keep abreast of world trends and standards around paediatric and learning-related topics.
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Edublox Joins Hands with EQ4Kids
Edublox specialised reading, maths and learning services and EQ4Kids, an emotional intelligence development franchise business, is forming a strategic partnership to help promote children’s holistic academic and emotional well-being.
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Rich Home Learning Environment in Early Years Boosts Maths Scores at Age 12
The positive effects of a rich home learning environment during a child's early years continue into adolescence and help improve test scores later in life, according to a new study published in School Effectiveness and School Improvement.
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Study: Reading or Listening, the Same Parts of the Brain Are Likely to Be Stimulated
Too busy or lazy to read Melville's Moby Dick or Tolstoy's Anna Karenina? That's OK. Whether you read the classics, or listen to them instead, the same cognitive and emotional parts of the brain are likely to be stimulated. And now, there's a map to prove it.
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Research: What’s the Best Way to Teach Children a Second Language?
People often assume that children learn new languages easily and without effort, regardless of the situation they find themselves in. But is it really true that children soak up language like sponges?
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Three Cognitive Skills that Matter for Academic Achievement
This paper was presented virtually at the EduLearn19 International Conference on New Learning Technologies in Palma, Spain. The study confirms the importance of strong cognitive skills for academic achievement; the cognitive skill with the strongest correlation was auditory short-term memory.
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