LearningRx Harrisonburg Blog

There are few things more challenging as a parent than dealing with sleep-deprived kids. They can be crabby, belligerent or burst into tears without warning. But these emotional displays are just the tip of the iceberg. When your child doesn’t consistently get a good night’s sleep, they suffer in several ways. Conversely, when your child ...

Cognitive skills are the core skills your brain uses to think, read, learn, remember, reason and pay attention. Working together, they take incoming information and move it into the bank of knowledge you use every day at school, at work and in life. Cognitive skills include attention, short-term and long-term memory, logic and reasoning, auditory ...

If your child is struggling in school, the first option that comes to mind is probably hiring a tutor. After all, if your child is struggling with the content of the class, repetition is the key, right? Not necessarily. You see, a tutor is a great option for repeating information from missed classes, helping students ...

If you’re looking for some inspiration for your next family game night, look no further! Here’s a roundup of some of our favorite games (and how they’re actually great for everyone’s brains, too!) Click HERE to read the full story.

“My child is really struggling…” “She hates school and shies away from telling me about her day…” “I know he could do it, but it seems like he’s given up even trying…” These are the kinds of phrases we hear often from parents of young kids—and it’s heartbreaking.   These are kids who often don’t ...

Identifying learning disabilities can be difficult. One thing that makes this difficult is that they often manifest differently in boys than they do in girls. As a parent, knowing what signs to look for makes identification easier and allows your child to get the interventions they need to succeed in school and beyond. Consider this ...

Every successful reading program is built around the instruction of five key concepts, or pillars. Each pillar is integral to the reading process and a deficiency in any of the first four pillars can hinder reading comprehension. Pillar #1: Phonemic Awareness This is the first pillar in the reading process because it addresses the smallest ...