NLP Learning Strategies

At NLP Prac in Dec, we learned NLP spelling strategies and how to teach them to children.

I've been practising them on and off on Miss J, who just turned 5.

Before her birthday, I taught her to spell VICTORIA and AUSTRALIA.

The minute she clinched it, I posted this update our intake's FB page. One of my fellow coaches was so inspired she said she's going to spend the summer hols teaching her Grade Prep son to spell so he can "shock" his teacher when he starts Grade One. :)

Last night, I taught Miss J to spell WOMBAT, KOALA and CUCKOO.

This morning, I tested her again...and she could spell the words perfectly.

Tony Robbins is right. Even with my amateurish style, it works. Imagine what I can contribute once I have learned to do it confidently!

At church yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak with the father of one of our SS kids who struggles with literacy and spelling. The son is a kinaesthetic learner but because the school system focusses so much on visual and auditory learning, he can't keep up. He's good with numbers, putting things together (Lego) and loves handheld computer games.

I'm wondering how to use this knowledge to help him be more engaged at school and in SS.

The goal is to have a chat with his mum before the school year starts. I want to share with her the NLP spelling strategy and to invite her and her son to a session where I will teach him the strategy and elicit his motivation strategy so he can rediscover his love of learning and his aptitude for it. He has the potential to become so much more than he is currently defined by.