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When you think of learning to read, what comes to mind? Likely it is one of two things: phonics or sight words (or maybe something of a combination). These 2 main approaches have been at war for decades. New research published as the Science of Reading shows a clear winner: kids need strong phonological processing ...

How we teach kids to read has changed drastically over the past decades. Phonics is in, then it’s out. Now it’s sight words. Oh, now we’re back to phonics… it can be hard to keep up. When it comes to how kids learn to read, there have been some important shifts in recent years towards ...

The way kids learn to read has been debated for decades. There’s been a “reading war” happening in schools and research centers. The outcome is a long string of reading struggles that put kids behind where they should be. As research converges on THE best way to teach reading, the hope is that more and ...

Kids with low reading confidence often struggle, especially if they feel like they are behind their peers. The ability to read impacts every area of school and life, but for many kids, it is a constant source of frustration or embarrassment.  Reading confidence is not necessarily complete mastery. Instead, think of it as their ability ...

We’ve scoured Scholastic’s website to find some of their best book recommendations by age to help ensure your child is not only reading at the appropriate level, but also staying entertained enough to develop a love for books. 

If you have kids struggling with reading, you’re probably familiar with the fight. They don’t like reading. It’s boring. It’s hard.  This battle is exhausting for kids, parents, and teachers alike, and a lack of confidence in reading bleeds over into every other subject area as well. Reading is the foundation for learning, so what ...

Vivian struggled with school and it led to school-related anxiety and frustration. She enrolled in a LearningRx brain training program and was soon doing well in her classes. See what changed her academic trajectory.

July 15 is Give Something Away Day. We are offering a free download of “Unlock the Einstein Inside: Applying New Brain Science to Wake Up the Smart in Your Child.”

Here’s one way to look at learning: At some point your parents shifted from solving your problems for you to teaching you how to solve them yourself. Maybe they taught you how to do your own laundry, fix your bike chain, make a snack, or budget your allowance. They shared their knowledge, but in order ...

At LearningRx, we specialize in targeting and training clients’ brain skills to make learning faster and easier in ANY subject. But we also offer specific programs to build fundamental reading and math skills.