A useful skill for communicating with those deaf, and as a kinesthetic aid for teaching to children just learning to write the alphabet.

There is the possibility at any age that a child may cling. Though, if your child has learning disabilities the extra attachment may be compounded because the child may have a need not being met when away from you.

When kids have a stable home life to go from and come home to, the challenges they have to meet out in the world are lessened and seem more manageable.

The natural world has an abundance of colors and all shades, too. Think of green to begin.

Children do not need to be gifted musically or excel in academics to enjoy music.

Yoga poses and meditation are activities that can be done individually or in a group of different ages or mixed abilities.

From the Adults with Learning Disabilities series: Whether it´s in the genes or acquired by environment, sometimes kids and parents have the same challenges.

I have found when teaching learning and physically challenged students that most could learn rhythms and songs by practicing with a partner for each child, as needed.

Richard Scarry's cheerful illustrations bring 50 Mother Goose nursery rhymes to life in this 96 page collection put together by Golden Books.

I think this is a valuable book for children just learning about numbers and quantities from one to one hundred.