Brain Training Articles & News, Page 20

Even if you’ve never heard of the “Summer Slide” or summer “Brain Drain,” you can probably infer that the term refers to learning losses that students experience over the long break from school. But what you may not know is that, on average, students lose 2.6 months of math skills during summer. Despite teachers’ best ...

As the school year comes to a close, parents of children with ADHD may find themselves facing a new set of challenges. Without the structure of school, managing ADHD symptoms can become more difficult during the summer break. However, with the right strategies in place, parents can help their ADHD children thrive during these months ...

Reading during the summer is a great chance to really get a sense of how your child is progressing (and potentially troubleshoot some struggles before next school year). Whether you’re doing a formal summer reading program (like this one) or just watching your child as they read around the house, here are some warning signs ...

Rosa came to LearningRx roughly 10 years ago between her 3rd and 4th grade years.   Prior to LearningRx, her parents had tried many different strategies and interventions, but they were not seeing improvement.  She could not read and math was incredibly difficult.   Rosa could not retain information which impacted her ability to recognize words in reading.  Her auditory processing weakness ...

Rosa came to LearningRx roughly 10 years ago between her 3rd and 4th grade years.   Prior to LearningRx, her parents had tried many different strategies and interventions, but they were not seeing improvement.  She could not read and math was incredibly difficult.   Rosa could not retain information which impacted her ability to recognize words in reading.  Her auditory processing weakness ...

Rosa came to LearningRx roughly 10 years ago between her 3rd and 4th grade years.   Prior to LearningRx, her parents had tried many different strategies and interventions, but they were not seeing improvement.  She could not read and math was incredibly difficult.   Rosa could not retain information which impacted her ability to recognize words in reading.  Her auditory processing weakness ...

When the final school bell of the year rings, most students don’t intend to look at a single textbook for the rest of the summer. But for parents, this school-free period is an increasing source of anxiety. If your learner has already been struggling—if, for example, they’ve required tutoring services in the past—you may worry ...

Summer is a great time to unwind, relax, and enjoy time together, but it’s also a great opportunity to practice some essential skills like reading! The last thing you want to do is make it feel like more drudgery or more schoolwork, though, so what can you do to make reading fun for your kids ...

The concept of the “Summer Slide”—the loss of knowledge and academic skills over the long break from school—isn’t new. As far back as 1996, a comprehensive study about the phenomenon reported that kids lose significant gains in reading and math over the summer break. Worse still, those numbers are growing. Just check out these statistics ...

“I’m a visual learner.” How many times have you heard someone say that? You may have even heard that from your child. For decades, students of all ages have been subdivided by different types of learning—most commonly, auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learning. These methods are often used to convey how a particular individual learns most ...