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Want the latest news in brain science? Tips on how to build stronger learning and thinking skills? Updates about what’s happening at LearningRx? Browse brain training articles and news from LearningRx below!

5 Family Game Night Favorites to Improve Reading Skills

If your child reads below grade level or struggles with sounding out words, comprehension, or fluency, playing games may be a great way to help them get a boost! Reading and spelling are complex skills that require a network of cognitive skills. But if your child struggles in any of these areas, these tasks will ...

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Keeping Your Brain Happy: 10 Ways to Improve Your Mood and Think More Clearly

Your brain is central to every part of your life, and keeping it balanced, happy, and healthy is critical to function at your best. But keeping your brain happy doesn’t just mean taking a spa day or “treating yourself.” Here are some practical, daily tips to boost your mental health so you can think more ...

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FAQs from Parents of Kids who Struggle with Reading

Lots of kids struggle with reading. In a time where we are still reeling from the effects of the pandemic and figuring out what a “new normal” is going to look like, young kids especially are facing the consequences of disrupted school years. More than 1 in 3 kids are needing remedial reading support in ...

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“Is It Too Late for My Child to Catch Up?” How to Help Kids who are Below Grade Level

This is a question we hear often, especially after the disruption the last 2+ years have caused for kids in school. Many kids are registering as being “below grade level” in subjects like math and reading, and the stress of trying to keep up has taken its toll on kids and parents alike.  It’s easy ...

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Keep Kids Off the Summer Slide: Smart Ways to Spend the Summer

The “summer slide” may sound like fun, but it’s definitely something you’ll want to keep your kids far away from this summer! During the summer, kids lose an average 2.6 months of grade-level equivalency in math computation skills and 25 percent of their reading skills. That explains why teachers usually spend four to six weeks ...

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Brain Games at Home

Maureen Loftus from LearningRx Reston share how you can use the items in your house to play brain training games with your kids on WUSA9 Great Day Washington.

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Healthy Lunchbox Ideas

LearningRx Reston’s Maureen Loftus talks about brain-power lunch ideas for your kids’ lunchboxes! Click here to watch the video!

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Holiday Games

LearningRx Reston’s Maureen Loftus shares top games that you can put under the tree that provide fun for the entire family and strengthen the brain. Click here to watch the video!

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Iraq war vet

Learn about Pat Horan’s recovery from a traumatic brain injury with LearningRx brain training on Fox5 News. Click here to watch the video!

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Keeping Brains Fit

Learn about foods that can help keep your brain fit by strengthening your long and short term memory! They can help keep your child’s brain fit over the summer or even improve adult memory. Click here to watch the video!

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