by Marlene | Mar 27, 2016 | Brain
Brain Awareness by Kristina Birdsong“We have learned more about the brain in the past five years than during all of human history combined,” said Charlie Rose in a TV series on the brain. This is a great time to reflect on the impressive progress we’ve made and...
by Marlene | Dec 11, 2015 | Brain, Reading
Over the past few weeks, millions of children across the United States began kindergarten. Whether graduating from a full-day preschool or parent-led homeschool or something in between, children will transition into their first year of a formal school setting in...
by Marlene | Nov 9, 2015 | Brain, Fast ForWord, Reading
The Promise of Brain Plasticity“There is an endless war of nerves going on inside each of our brains. If we stop exercising our mental skills, we do not just forget them: the brain map space for those skills is turned over to the skills we practice instead. If you...
by Marlene | Nov 9, 2015 | Reading
Checklist for ParentsWe developed the following parent checklist to learn what concerns parents see in their children and to help them decide if their child is in need of help. Choose one answer for each question and indicate how often the behavior is exhibited in...
by Marlene | Nov 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Dyslexia: fact versus fiction‘Dyslexia’ is a term that has been used many different ways during the past century. As a result, many myths have emerged about the diagnosis and how the term applies to children who struggle to learn to read. As a parent or teacher, if...
