Setting People Straight About Dyslexia

  I found this article online and wanted to share it with you.  It is from The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity.  Enjoy! SETTING PEOPLE STRAIGHT ABOUT Dyslexia               Kacie after MRI.  Photo by S. Shaywitz         Source: Overcoming Dyslexia by S. Shaywitz         Finance guy [...]

Processing and Cognitive Enhancement (PACE) Webinar Replay

Get your copy of the most popular topic in brain training today for only $14.97.   You get a first hand glimpse of the program components, what it entails, how it works and more.    Get all the details now.    Get more details about PACE now Related Posts:Why Chess is Good for KidsNorman Doidge the [...]

Transforming your Child through a System Part 2

In part one of this series we talked about how you shouldn’t focus on strong skills.  I know that sounds strange, right?  Everywhere you go today, you are taught to find your child's strong skills and focus on them.  However, brain trainer's do quite the opposite.  We focus on the weaker skills since those are [...]

How to Transform Your Child into an Independent Learner – Part 1

Using a system to help your child will work if you identify the current level of cognitive learning skills. You need to create an action plan that will target the weak skills and strengthen them. You shouldn’t focus on the strong skills. They’re already strong, so you need to focus on the weak ones so [...]

Play Word Bags to Learn Parts of Speech

  Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around by creating this fun, easy, learning game your child will enjoy playing! What You Need: Eight brown paper lunch bags A stack of index cards Pen or pencil What You Do: Step 1 [...]

BrainWare Safari Program at Bailly helps pupils cultivate cognitive skills

Gary Community School Corp. educators are hopeful a new software designed to boost cognitive skills will in turn increase student achievement. Some 165 students at Bailly Preparatory Academy spend about 45 minutes a day on BrainWare Safari. The software instituted at Bailly in January reinforces cognitive skills such as attention, memory and visual processing and [...]

Brain Awareness Week 3/15 – 3/21 2010

Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research. Every March BAW unites the efforts of universities, hospitals, patient groups, government agencies, schools, service organizations, and professional associations worldwide in a week-long celebration of the brain.  Founded and coordinated by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives [...]

Activities – Embark on a Leprechaun Treasure Hunt!

               First graders love magic, especially if it comes on a holiday and even more if it's connected to “treasure.”  So it's not surprising that leprechaun lore is a big hit in March, when St. Patrick's Day rolls around. This hunt for leprechaun gold is so much fun, kids [...]

Activities – Make a Monster Green Milkshake

For some good “green” fun, pull out your blender. A spinach milkshake?! You better believe it! And kids will not only slurp it up, they’ll beg for seconds.  Check out the recipe below: Yes, it’s bright green, like the mint chocolate chip and pistachio ice creams that kids love so much. This is a great [...]

What Research Says About Brain Training

The following is an article taken from Sharpbrains.com.  Posted By Alvaro Fernandez On July 23, 2008 In an emerging, dynamic, high growth market, like brain training, it is difficult to make precise projections. But, we can observe a number of trends that executives, consumers, public policy makers, and the media should watch closely in the [...]

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