Your Child is Capable – So why is Learning a Struggle?

Traditional learning often relies on repetition, memorization, or trying harder —which can be exhausting and frustrating for anyone who thinks and learns in pictures. The Davis Method takes a completely different approach.

Instead of treating your child’s learning style as something that needs to be “fixed”, we embrace their unique natural gifts and put their visual strengths to work for them.

We teach them how to control their focus, recognize when they feel confused, and clear up that confusion at its root cause.

Here is what actually happens during a program and how we do it:

• Step 1: Mastering Self-Regulation and Focus

  First, we teach simple, internal tools to switch focus on and off at will. Through quick, interactive mental exercises, your child learns what it feels like to be focused, calm, and in control of their attention. This gives them a reliable foundation to recognize and correct confusion the moment it starts—whether they are reading, doing math, or managing their energy.

• Step 2: Hands-On Exploration with Clay

  Abstract symbols and ideas—like letters, punctuation, numbers, or life concepts such as Time and Order—are often the root cause of learning frustration for visual and sensory learners. We bring these abstract concepts into the physical world using modeling clay. By building letters, words, numerals, or concepts by hand, your child creates real, lasting mental images that eliminate confusion and build true understanding.

• Step 3: Real-World Application.

  Once the foundational tools and concepts are learned, we put them directly into active daily learning. 

• • Davis Reading Strategies:  Specialized reading techniques tailored specifically for picture and sensory thinkers – including Symbol Mastery, Spell-Reading and Picture-at-Punctuation build natural visual tracking, word recognition, and deep comprehension. Punctuation marks serve as a visual “stop signs” where your child learns to translate written text into vivid mental images, allowing them to process and retain what they read with ease. Your child also learns to catch disorientation as it happens on the page, clear their focus instantly, and read or work smoothly without getting stuck on trigger words like the, was, or of.

• • Physical Balance & Coordination:  Specialized balance and ball activities help your child actively practice catching disorientation and restoring focus. By engaging both sides of the body and crossing the physical midline, these exercises strengthen bilateral communication between the brain’s hemispheres – supporting visual stability and smooth left-to-right tracking required for effortless reading.

• • Lifelong Self-Direction: Your child learns to spot confusion, self-correct, and maintain control independently –eliminating the need for temporary workarounds, endless drills, or constant parental prompting.