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How to Get Your Brain Back-to-School Ready

The back-to-school season is here, and amidst your supply lists and schedule changes, don’t forget about prepping your child’s brain for the year ahead! All learning happens because of cognitive skills that process the world around you. If your child’s brain is lagging in any of these areas, school is going to be harder than ...

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Build a Strong Cognitive Foundation & Make Sure Your Child Is Ready to Learn

Getting your child ready to learn in school requires lots of different areas of focus. Are they socially, emotionally, developmentally, and mentally ready for the challenges that are coming? We would argue that one of the most important areas that you can look at is your child’s cognitive abilities. All learning requires cognitive skills, from ...

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Summer Reading Red Flags

If you and your child are working through a summer reading program, it is such a great opportunity for you as a parent to take stock of their learning skills. Are they reading on level, remembering what they read, and (most important) having fun doing it? If any of these areas are lagging this summer, ...

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Simple Habits That Improve Brain Function

From childhood through your aging years, keeping your brain function in tip-top shape and supporting sharp thinking are important aspects of your whole-body wellness. The things you do daily can help you feel sharp, capable, and confident—or confused and frustrated. For kids, these are habits that are important to instill early so they can develop ...

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Improve Your Child’s Reading Comprehension Skills with These 7 Tips

Does your child dread reading? Do they complain about it, saying that it’s “boring”? For many kids who struggle to stay motivated with reading, it’s because their reading comprehension skills are not as strong as they could be. After all, if you sat down and did the work to sound out and decipher a whole ...

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How Brain Training is Different Than Tutoring for Struggling Students

If your child is performing below grade level in school, the natural first response is likely to hire a tutor. While this is the right course of action in some scenarios, the reality is that tutoring is not going to solve your child’s learning struggles.  What tutoring does is re-delivering information. But what if your ...

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5 Ways to Keep Your Child School-Ready This Summer

Every summer, kids lose up to ⅓ of the knowledge they gained the previous school year. This “summer slide” sets kids up to feel behind before the school year even starts. The things you do over the summer can help make or break the way the school year starts. If you want your child to ...

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The Link between Cognitive Skills and ADHD

Have you heard that a child has ADHD and you think “hmmm, my child is nothing like my neighbor’s kid,” or “my child is nothing like my brother.” Or … fill in the blank. That’s because there are seven different cognitive profiles associated with ADHD. As October is ADHD Awareness month, health experts continue finding ...

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No Screen Time Games

LearningRx Reston LearningRx Tysons talks about fun, family brain games for the holidays on Fox 5 DC with Annie Yu FOX 5 DC!

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Brain Training: The Best Kept Secret

ADHD/Dyslexia Month is here; and WDVM talks with LearningRx Reston LearningRx Tysons about how brain training can help with symptoms of ADHD and Dyslexia!

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