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Although much of America refers to the day after Thanksgiving as "Black Friday," a segment of the population prefers to celebrate it as National Buy Nothing Day. If you fall under the latter category, we’ve got four alternative “gifts” that will get your kids through life—not just the long Christmas break: 1. Responsibility. Coddling children does them ...

When Eme found herself struggling with math skills and other school-related issues, Eme took the initiative to talk to her parents and ask for help. She was losing confidence and didn’t enjoy school or homework. She often gave up when things were "too difficult" for her. After completing her one-on-one brain training program with LearningRx ...

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 ...

Every year during the week of Thanksgiving, families across the country celebrate National Game and Puzzle Week by breaking out their favorite boards games, jigsaw puzzles, and card games. It’s the perfect way to not only pass some time during the long holiday break from school, but also keep everyone’s brain engaged! That’s because different ...

Today is National Play Monopoly Day and LearningRx (www.LearningRx.com), the largest one-on-one brain training company in the world, wants you to know about the brain-boosting benefits of the game. Of course, the game is fun and makes for a great night of family bonding, but it also boosts important cognitive skills, including strategy, planning, attention, math ...

When Gavin enrolled at his local LearningRx personal brain training center in Wisconsin, he was really struggling with homeschooling. Although his family had tried a number of things, Gavin still wan’t able to read at the same level as his peers. It was impacting not only his school work, but also his social interactions and ...

This year, American Education Week is November 15-19 and each day has its own theme: Monday, November 15: Kickoff Day Tuesday, November 16: Family Day Wednesday, November 17: Education Support Professionals Day Thursday, November 18: Educator for a Day Friday, November 19: Substitute Educators Day How can you get involved in supporting and advocating for ...

When Sahara’s parents enrolled her at LearningRx Staunton-Harrisonburg, they were concerned about her poor grades at school, her challenges with organization and test-taking and the transition she was making after leaving a homeschool setting to attend a traditional school.  "If she thought she couldn’t do something, she convinced herself that she couldn’t do it," says ...

November 9 is Young Reader’s Day and we’ve put together 9 tips to help parents develop and encourage reading with their young children. 1. Re-read books. This is not to discourage you from reading new books, but rather to build confidence, fluency and comprehension. 2. Show excitement for trips to the library or bookstore. If ...

November 8 is National Parents as Teachers Day and with 2.6 million kids having switched to homeschooling since the pandemic began, the observance seems more relevant than ever. For many parents, being thrown into homeschooling without much preparation was tough enough. But consider, too, that many of those parents had to continue working from home ...