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One of the key reasons that children dislike reading is because of poor reading comprehension. What fun is it to read a book when you don’t experience it in a vivid or real way in your imagination? Here’s why this skill is so hard for so many kids and what you can do to strengthen ...

With the New Year come new goals, both for you personally and your family. Whether you embrace this turning of the calendar or you balk at the idea of setting New Year’s resolutions, learning how to set goals with our kids is important. When they see how we think about what we want (and how ...

In short: the best way to keep your memory strong is to use it! Staying both physically and cognitively active during your adult years can set you up to stay sharp and to protect your memory long-term. Warding off dementia, cognitive decline, and memory loss is a growing field of study, but here are 3 ...

Looking for some unique gift ideas to give your kids this holiday season? Brainy gifts keep your child learning and building thinking skills in a way that is fun and engaging. Check out this quick roundup of 10 of our favorite games, puzzles, toys, and more for the kids on your list: Paint By Sticker ...

It’s the season of thankfulness, and if you’re thinking, “Man, my kid doesn’t really get what gratitude even is!”, you are not alone. We teach our kids to say “Thank you” at a very early age, but how do we help them take gratitude beyond this basic pleasantry? Here are 7 gratitude tips to make ...

If anything has changed since early 2020 in our culture, it is that we have grown to expect the unexpected. COVID has thrown a wrench in all our lives, and even as the pandemic eases, many individuals are still feeling its effects. Long COVID continues to impact thousands of individuals. In particular, more research is ...

For years, many people believed that dyslexia was a visual processing issue. People thought that dyslexic learners see letters backwards or out of order. However, now we understand more about this condition and know that in many cases, the real basis of dyslexia and other reading disorders is actually a problem with auditory processing.  What ...

Whether you’re a child learning to read or an adult feeling like you’re losing your edge, protecting the health of your brain is critical. We all wish we could focus better and remember more, but how do we do that? Here are some important places to start: #1: Build Cognitive Skills First The first question ...

When you hear something one time and store it away as a memory, you have one reference point with which to draw out that fact. But the more organization of thought, the more connections to prior knowledge, and the more vivid you are with your memory strategies, the more “threads” you will have connected to ...

The Science of Reading is a great move towards phonics instruction and helping kids learn to read more effectively. In and of itself, it is going to really help some kids “get” reading—but how about those kids that still struggle? Here’s what we believe is missing from the Science of Reading… What the Science of ...