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Summer provides the perfect opportunity to help strengthen your child’s reading comprehension – even before they’re old enough to read! For younger children that you’ll be reading to, start by choosing a book that’s age appropriate. Anything too advanced may come across as boring or confusing. You want to hold their interest and ensure they understand ...

Q: What are cognitive skills? A: Cognitive skills are the foundational tools we use to think and learn. Q: What happens when one or more cognitive skills are weak? A: When one or more cognitive skills are weak, it can impact how efficiently we grasp, process, remember, and apply what we are trying to learn. ...

During the pandemic, LearningRx had to adapt on the fly. We quickly launched live, 1-on-1 brain training for students who couldn’t attend in-person training at our centers. Just like our in-person brain training, these 1-on-1 e-learning programs are designed to target and strengthen your student’s unique cognitive weaknesses and learning struggles. And all programs start ...

One of the questions we get the most is, "What’s the difference between tutoring and LearningRx 1-on-1 brain training?" Although tutoring can be very beneficial in some instances—such as when a student misses a lot of class due to an illness, injury or family move–it doesn’t always help the root cause of the problem. That’s ...

Dr. Amy Moore, a cognitive psychologist with LearningRx, and her son Evan were interviewed on Twin Cities Live about 1-on-1 brain training and Evan’s story of overcoming dyslexia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFjHU2UE_W0 To learn more about how LearningRx personal brain training might be able to help your struggling student, visit www.LearningRx.com.

Moms juggle a lot in their brains at any given time: dental appointments, parent-teacher meetings, grocery lists, family members’ birthdays, work deadlines and hundreds of other things. If you’re worried your memory isn’t as sharp as it used to be, you’re not alone. Luckily, there are some things that can help improve your memory at ...

May 7 is National Barrier Awareness Day and LearningRx is sharing some of the myths about learning disabilities and how to overcome learning barriers. Myth #1: Smart kids can’t have a learning disability. The truth: A learning disability can impact the way children of average to above average intelligence receive, process, or express information. It impacts their ability ...

Did you know that there are 3 types of ADHD? They fall into the following categories: INATTENTION Has low “attention to detail” skills, tending to produce work that shows careless mistakes and is messy Can be easily distracted by small noises and sights that would escape the notice of most people Has difficulty maintaining attention on a ...

May 3-9 2021 is Children’s Book Week and LearningRx (www.learningrx.com) has created a list of resources for parents looking to support their children’s interest in reading: 1. FREE bookmarks: Every Child a Reader hosts 5 bookmarks on its site from artists who contributed their artwork: https://everychildareader.net/cbw/bookmarks-2021/ 2. FREE eBooks for kids: TCK Publishing offers a list ...

May 3-9, 2021 is National Screen-Free Week (https://www.screenfree.org/), an annual celebration of “unplugging, reconnection, and joy.”  While the website offers some great resources for download, including an annual book list, screen-free BINGO, and 101 Screen-Free Activities, LearningRx (www.learningrx.com) has a few of its own: 1. Make a time capsule. Include photos, a newspaper or magazine, ...