Recent Posts in the Back to School Category

• Is your child being bullied for a learning struggle?

  Jan 12, 2021
  January 18-22, 2021 is National No Name-Calling Week and LearningRx is sharing some tips on why bullies target struggling students—and what you may be able to do about it to help your child. How often ...
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• How Personal Brain Training Can Help Families This Semester

  Jan 3, 2021
  The fall semester of 2020 was challenging for most families, but few were harder hit than those with working parents. With students sometimes left to "fend for themselves" as parents were forced to ...
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• November 8 is National Parents as Teachers Day

  Nov 2, 2020
  In 2001, the Parents as Teachers National Center in Missouri declared November 8 as National Parents as Teachers Day. The day holds new meaning under a global pandemic, which has left many parents in ...
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• October is National Dyslexia Month

  Oct 12, 2020
  October is National Dyslexia Month and what better time to learn more about your struggling reader's unique needs and how to address them? Did you know that approximately 85% of all reading struggles ...
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• Brains of boys and girls have equal math abilities

  Oct 5, 2020
  A Carnegie Mellon University study seems have put the "nature vs. nurture" question to rest regarding gender differences in math ability. The research team comprehensively examined the brain ...
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• How Brain Training Could Save Your School Year

  Sep 28, 2020
  Many parents were already worried about the effects of school closures last spring. But as the 2020 school year began, we also realized that nothing was returning to "business as usual." Whether your ...
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• 4 Types of learning styles; What are they and do they matter?

  Sep 14, 2020
  In the late 1980s, Dr. Neil Fleming identified a variety of learning styles which he categorized as the VARK model. (Other researchers and educators have identified additional learning styles, with ...
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• Struggling with Distance Learning? Consider these 10 tips

  Sep 7, 2020
  Most of us were new to distance learning when schools closed in the spring and because the concept was simply an interim fix, it felt chaotic for many parents, kids and teachers. This fall, many ...
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• 10 Tips to Help Your Student With Homework and Studying

  Aug 31, 2020
  The 2020-2021 school year might be the most diverse yet in terms of how kids and teens will be learning. Whether you're doing online classes, homeschooling, in-person learning or some hybrid mix, ...
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• 10 Tips to Help Parents (and Grandparents!) Who are Homeschooling

  Aug 24, 2020
  We scoured the web, asked our experts and compiled our best tips from personal experience to share some advice on homeschooling. Whether you're a working parent, a retired grandparent or a ...
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