Author Archive: LearningRx
10 Fun Brain-Building Games
We are one month into 2012 and time is flying. Here are 10 toys, games, brain teasers, or websites to help your infant, preschooler, or older kids improve their cognitive skills and build brain muscle. This list has a variety of memory, attention, sensory, and processing skills tasks that are not just smart, they’re fun, [...]
Brain Teasers
If you want to test your logic skills and have fun, then this is the right place! You can tackle some of our favorite fun brain teasers at Brainden.com. The puzzles are sorted by category. LearningRx is a fan of anything that will challenge and strengthen your brain. So if you or your kids have [...]
About LearningRx- What do we do?
About LearningRx – What do we do? We change lives through brain training. At the root of LearningRx’s success is a brain training program that has unmatched power to unlock learning potential by effectively addressing the cause behind learning and reading struggles. That cause is unseen cognitive skill weaknesses. The essence of LearningRx is best [...]
Unmasking Attention Difficulties
Read: Unmasking Attention Difficulties Often, symptoms of attention or learning deficits are misunderstood for laziness, lack of motivation, or limited intelligence. Memorization is excessively difficult for ADHD students. Many feel inadequate or dumb, avoid homework, need several reminders to get started, and lose motivation through frustration—but they are neither dumb nor lazy. They most likely [...]
One Mom-Bloggers Testimony on Brain Training
Read: Part 1: “I Love You Guys” One Mom-Blogger Describes How Brain Training Is Changing Life For Her Kids “Last year was a tough year,” Julie Worthy writes in her blog. So begins this mom-blogger’s story of embarking on what she calls an “amazing journey” to find help for her son, recently diagnosed with ADHD. [...]
Read Rich’s Story: 31 Years Old
Read Rich’s Story: 31 Years Old I am a 31-year-old Physician Assistant student. I have struggled my whole life with learning difficulties and school brought these problems to the forefront. Even with all my extra hours of studying, my exam scores were still down below the class average. I decided to go through brain training [...]
Play Bejeweled and Work Those Brain Skills!
Play: Bejeweled Online Bejeweled Twist is an extremely addicting game. It’s like Tetris…with a twist! It exercises many brain skills, including processing speed, visual processing, and executive function. Play this by yourself or challenge your kids or spouse to a few rounds. We promise you won’t be able to stop playing! Play Bejeweled Twist. Click [...]
Eleven Games for Dyslexia Awareness Month
LEARN: Smart Mom’s Toy Box—Eleven Games for Dyslexia Awareness Month Since October 2011 is Dyslexia Awareness Month and the 11th month of the year, we bring you 11 games, at-home brain workouts, and online activities to improve your child’s cognitive skills in reading, phonemic awareness, and verbal and auditory processing. Building a strong foundation in [...]
Play: Shape Trace—Don’t Be Fooled by the Easy Beginning
Shape Trace is a fun challenge that starts out fairly simple. Look at an image and use your mouse to trace the outside of the shape. Easy, right? It is until the shape disappears and distractions (music, kaleidoscope background, extremely slow mouse speed, and other surprises!) are thrown in to divert your attention and mess [...]
Listen For These Red Flags
Sometimes it’s hard for parents to determine if certain struggles or behaviors are just a normal part of the learning process, or an indicator of a deeper issue. There are certain phrases a teacher may use during a parent-teacher conference that can serve as a red flag that a cognitive skill weakness may be causing [...]
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