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When you next find yourself with a problem or isssue that is unresolved,try ‘ daydreaming ‘ in a quiet moment.You don’t have to think about the problem .Simply by changing the state of your thinking will help you.  When you come back to your issue later on, you will  find new ways around it.

For Children this is a very important  mechanisim to learning and should be part of every school day.Here at Learning Solutions we  include  a  daydreaming  element into most of our sessions,but it  needs a purpose, so introduce an aim or objective  such as a science experiment or  comprehension where critical analysis or verbal processing is needed.

Dyslexia in Dudley.Learning Solutions chat to Stourbridge Radio

A very pleasant two hours  was spent at the Bridge Radio  on Sunday 12th April-  an excellent  local commercial radio station near Dudley .Our theme was Learning to Read and Spell  Through Music.Our D.J. and show host Dr.Paul just happened to have a PHD in Psychology!  -how lucky is that and so asked us really relevant questions,and the whole show breezed along very quickly.

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What’s the Score? Report from the BDA Dyslexia and Music Conference

After an early start to meet and greet at the Royal Academy of music in London, we were introduced to our speakers.As a classically trained musician and singer I was particularly keen to hear two keynote speakers- Dr.Usha Goswami from University of Cambridge and Dr. Kate Overy of University of Edinburgh.

Both have studied the effect of rhythm on the phonological development in Dyslexics.

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The Mozart Effect: Has Mozart become blurred….

Dyslexia -learning through musicThe Mozart effect is well known as a potential study enhancing programme suggesting that  the beat of a Mozart piece is linked to the brain state known as relaxed alertness which is the best state for learning to take place in the classroom.However a recent study found that children responded better and retained more information given whilst listening to Blur rather than Mozart.Does this mean that brain states change when listening to music you like-it would seem so  or  does it suggest that an emotional response to a musical stimuli is an factor in changing a brain state?  More trials of this type may help us to undertand the complexity of the music brain.

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