Learn Thru Music: Enter to Win a FREE Membership


Using melodies and beats can enhance learning and make memorization a veritable breeze.  I often use this strategy in my practice, but having to create all the content is time consuming.  This problem was solved by Nathan John!  

Nathan John and Learn Thru Music
In August 2016, I had the pleasure of interviewing Nathan John, a creative, ingenious, British entrepreneur with dyslexia that is helping struggling students learn to read and memorize academic content around the globe.  Nathan founded Rewise Learning in 2008 and specializes in providing fun and innovative educational solutions. Rewise Learning offers four distinct brands: LearnThruMusic Courses, LearnThruMusic, PhonicsThruMusic, and Sing-In Success.  Today we will be focusing on LearnThruMusic, a website that teaches core academic subjects using modern music genres, video, and interactive activities. These fun and effective learning resources were developed in consultation with teachers and students, and I know you will be impressed with both the variety and quality presented on their site.

Enter a Contest to Win a Free Year Membership
Nathan is offering my audience a chance to win a free year’s membership to LearnThruMusic.  
To Enter:  
  1. Share this blog or blog image on Facebook, Pinterest or other popular form of social media.
  2. Leave a comment below this blog and let us know on which social media platforms you posted.  We will offer you multiple entries, if you share on more than one site!  
  3. Three lucky winners will be announced and contact on June 30, 2017.

Come Experience Learn Thru Music
LearnThruMusic offer samples on their website, and they also offer a free trial.  Click on the image below to access a full length video sample:



If you would like to watch my video podcast with Nathan from August 2016, click on the image below.  You can also read the accompanying blog post.

Dr. Erica Warren is the author, illustrator and publisher of multisensory educational materials at Good Sensory Learning and Dyslexia Materials.  She is also the director of Learning to Learn and Go Dyslexia, in Ossining, NY.  To learn more about her products and services, you can go to https://godyslexia.com/, www.goodsensorylearning.com, www.dyslexiamaterials.com & www.learningtolearn.biz  


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