Start Learning Those Vowel Sounds Early

Leslie, one of Langsford Learning Acceleration Centers' Learning Coordinators is also is in charge of Assessment. She oversees our Examiners and makes sure all the details that go into figuring out the learning processes of each individual client are covered.

Click here to see a video of her granddaughter and after watching the video, see if you agree with our assessment that Leslie's grandbaby is doing a fantastic job with her vowel sounds. Nice job Rose!

Jonah Reads Everything in Sight

This is Jonah with his Learning Coordinator, Kristin. After doing work here, Jonah's family reported that he tries to read everything in sight and the other day he was reading the air bag warning on the visor in the car!

I also hear that he has now taken up guitar lessons and is working quite hard at that. I hope he'll stop by sometime so we can all listen to him play.

Elizabeth Knows Horses

Elizabeth and her mom traveled here all the way from Tennessee to do sessions with us. She was great fun to have around and knew a lot about horses. One day as I worked with her, we were reading a story about Lippizaner Stallions. Elizabeth already knew quite a bit about them but we were both curious about why they are now so rare. Well later that evening, she did some research on her own and the next day she brought me a printout of information she found on the internet explaining the history of this breed of horse.

That's one reason why it's great working here, it's not just the students that learn a lot!



This picture above is Elizabeth and her mom.



This is Elizabeth and Claudia, who was her Learning Coordinator while she was here this summer doing sessions.

Will's Smiling Face

Will and one of his Instructors, Fran, stopped their session for a moment to pose for a picture for the blog.



Here he is a few days later at his last day celebration.

Dreaming of One Day Competing in the Olympics?

Watching and reading all of the coverage of the 2008 Olympics has certainly caused many children and teenagers to dream of one day competing in the historic games. Besides talent, we all know it takes a lot of time and dedication to reach such a lofty goal. With huge time demands on all athletics, even at younger ages these days, it's important to find ways to stay on top of academics.

The current issue of Greater Louisville Vype Magazine includes an article provided by Langsford Learning Acceleration Center on creating a Study Workout Center. This article includes tips on how student-athletes can get ahead academically, even during a busy sports season. Click here to read the full article.

Mary Caroline Can Picture Her Mom Tripping

This is Mary Caroline and her mother during her last day celebration. She was here doing some work in the underlying process important for good comprehension, which is learning to create images and pictures in her mind of information she reads and hears.

Mom recently had a story to share with us about a trip to Florida this summer. Mary Caroline and mom were out enjoying the beach and mom had to climb a 3 foot sand hill created by the waves to get out of the water. But she fell back into the ocean. This was apparently very funny to her daughter and she said to mom "I'm glad I'm going to Langsford because I have a great picture of that in my mind now!" Although mom is not so sure how she feels about being teased, she told me she was so pleased that her daughter is beginning to understand the concept of picturing.

Josh's Last Day

Josh is all smiles as he celebrates his last day.

Michael's Becoming an Independent Learner

Michael just finished writing a sentence dictated to him by his Langsford Instructor. He's now checking it over for any possible errors he may have made with his spelling. This is a very important part of the work done at Langsford. Our goal is to help all of our students learn to become self-correcting and independent with their skills.

Mallory has Gone Fishin'

This is Mallory and she's playing a game of 'Go Fish' with her instructor as a way to review her sounds. Students love playing games and many instructors have come up with great ideas to help kids learn while at the same time having fun. Sharing such ideas is part of what we do at our bi-monthly staff meetings too.

Staff Spotlight: Jessica

Where were you born and how long have you lived in Louisville?
Louisville, 25 years, with short stints in Cincinnati and Lawrenceburg.

My school/work background is?
I spent 1.5 years at University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music studying Theater Design and Production. I decided it wasn’t for me and now have BA in English from Bellarmine and MFA in Creative writing-Poetry from Spalding.

When I was a child and thought about what I wanted to be when I grew up, I…
...wanted to be the first woman to do something, anything.

In my free time, I….
Write poems, read books, cook/bake, garden, collect LPs, watch Mythbusters and Deadliest Catch.

One of my favorite books of all time would be….
...Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund

One of my hidden talents is…
…swing dancing.

I love and I hate…
I love Elvis and hate the State Fair (I know, completely un-American.)

People say I…
…talk too much and drive too fast.

I once won an award for…
President of Most Improved Student Organization (Ariel Literary Magazine)

More Visitors From Schools

In a previous post, we talked about how visiting Langsford is one of the best ways to learn more about us and what we do.

Last week, we had a visit from a group of 3 teachers from a local Catholic school. Our Director Stephen met with them to talk in some depth about Langsford and then they had the opportunity to sit in and observe some actual sessions of clients attending this summer.

One of the teachers had this to say about the experience:

I learned so much about how children learn. It is very evident that you and your staff are committed to helping children succeed.

If you would like to learn more about how Langsford is helping students learn, contact us to schedule a visit.

More Langsford Lobby Fun

This is Katie, another sister of one of our clients who enjoys playing in our lobby with the blocks. This summer she's also come in with her swim suit on, ready for a day in the pool. As I've seen quite a few swim-suit clad families picking up their kids this summer I've been thinking Langsford should figure out a way to have our summer sessions at the pool too!

What Can You Do In Five Minutes?

I took a photo of these energetic boys while at the Middletown office a few weeks back. Langsford's sessions are 55 minutes long and the students get a 5 minute break, so sometimes we all like to go outside and enjoy some fresh air and sunshine.

And if you're wondering why the fellow on the left, Will, has that look on his face, well, gee, you would probably look like that too if you had to hold up 3 other boys. (By the way, those other boys from left to right are Kasey, Austin and Scott.)

Birthdays are Special

Colin did the bulk of his work last summer and came back this summer for a 2 week refresher. He picked a good time because on his last day, we also celebrated his birthday with a song and a few balloons.

We love birthdays around here. As a matter of fact, some of the Langsford staff, especially two of our Learning Coordinators Rhonda and Leslie, have been known to celebrate their birthdays every day for a week. And last I heard, since they were both born in the same month, they were conspiring to make the celebrations last for the entire month. That's a lot of birthday cake, but we can handle it!