The Tina Cowley Panorama Reading Centre, Cape Town

We do therapy in both Afrikaans and English, for all ages.

In the Computer class we concentrate on:

Reading
Spelling
Comprehension

In the Memory Methods class the following therapies are used:

Eye Kinetics
Basic Reading Skills
Brain Gym
Handle Therapy
Reading Skills
Spelling Rules

• These techniques are combined to enhance learning, reading and spelling.

The basic skills of reading equip students with better reading abilities. These skills involve:

Eye span
Spatial Relations
Laterality
Form Perception
Auditory Perception
Sequence

Eye kinetics is a series of eye exercises which is used to strengthen the eye muscles. Like any other muscle in the body, the eye muscles can also be strengthened through exercise. When the muscles in the eye are strengthened, it leads to smooth eye movement which is very important when reading. It is important to note that these exercises won't improve vision.

Brain Gym helps the child to strengthen the nerve-endings between all his senses and brain, by the repetition of easy exercises which involve series of small body movements.

Brain Gym focuses on the physical aspects of reading and learning. When the physical working of the brain is strengthened and improved, the reading and learning process will also be strengthened and improved. Good physical development means that both ears, eyes, hands, feet and all of the senses will work in union.

The aim of Brain Gym is not to change a child's dominance profile (e.g. right-handed, left eyed, right ear) as determined with the initial evaluation, but to enhance the co-operation of the eyes, ears and sense. A person has the lifelong ability to build new nerve paths which will then lead to better writing, learning and reading skills. The right half of the body is controlled by the left brain and the left part of the body by the right brain.

Brain Gym integrates laterality, centring

• Panorama

• Afrikaans
• English