Recent Posts in the Reading & Dyslexia Category

• Tip #3 for Supporting Learning at Home

  Apr 3, 2020
  ADDitude Magazine has some great advice for parents looking to support their children's learning at home. Here is tip #3: Make learning a game. Kids and teens are motivated to learn when they're ...
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• "Train Your Brain Tuesday" - Episode #1

  Apr 2, 2020
  Friends, did you miss our story about our new video series called “Train Your Brain Tuesday? The exercises in this video are really fun! Kids of all ages can complete against themselves or against ...
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• Tip #2 for Supporting Learning at Home

  Apr 2, 2020
  ADDitude Magazine has some great advice for parents looking to support their children's learning at home. Here is tip #2: If your child gets stressed, take a break. If your child appears to get overly ...
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• Former Teacher-Turned-CEO Creates Video Series to Keep Kids’ Brains Active, Put Parents' Minds at Ease

  Apr 1, 2020
  Kim Hanson, a former elementary school teacher and mother of four, never anticipated the day when families with school-age children would lack the tools they need to keep their kids’ brains active in ...
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• Barnes & Noble Offering FREE Nook Book Collection

  Mar 31, 2020
  Looking for some free online reading resources for your children or teens? Check out Barnes & Noble's Free Nook Book collection. You can sort by age and subject. To find your free books, go HERE .
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• What Is S-RCD (Specific Reading Comprehension Deficits)?

  Mar 27, 2020
  There’s a lot of research on dyslexia, which simply means “trouble with words.” But there’s not as much about S-RCD, or Specific Reading Comprehension Deficits. Where dyslexia is about reading the ...
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• Three Common Learning Disabilities (And Clues Your Child Has Been Trying to Work Around Them!)

  Mar 24, 2020
  The term “learning disability” can strike a chord of panic in parents. “But my child is smart! How can she have a learning disability?” is a common reaction. And the reality is, they’re right! The ...
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• Tips to Strengthen Reading Comprehension at Home

  Mar 22, 2020
  There are lots of things you can do at home to help strengthen your child’s reading comprehension – even before they’re old enough to read! For younger children that you’ll be reading to, start by ...
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• Is reading really better than screen time for preschoolers?

  Feb 27, 2020
  If you've been telling yourself that the jury is still out in terms of the harm of screen time for preschoolers, the jury might have just returned. New studies done by the Reading & Literacy Discovery ...
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• February 27 is National No-Brainer Day

  Feb 6, 2020
  February 27 is National “No-Brainer” Day, created to celebrate “no-brainers:” concepts and tasks that are simple, easy and obvious to most people. But for people with learning struggles, tasks ...
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