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‘Teachers are brain engineers’: UW study shows how intensive instruction changes brain circuitry in struggling readers

‘Teachers are brain engineers’: UW study shows how intensive instruction changes brain circuitry in struggling readers

A study from the University of Washington found that when children with reading difficulties underwent an intensive tutoring program, their brains’ white matter strengthened, and their reading skills improved.
Posted in Education, Neuroscience, Reading Skills

Honing Children's Language and Literacy Skills

Honing Children's Language and Literacy Skills

If parents want to help their children develop language and literacy at a young age, reading bedtime stories together isn’t the only key to success.
Posted in Attention, Education, Language, Reading Skills, School Readiness

Block play could improve your child’s math skills, executive functioning

Block play could improve your child’s math skills, executive functioning

Semi-structured block play among preschool-age children has the potential to improve two skills – mathematics and executive functioning – critical to kindergarten readiness, according a new study by Purdue University  researchers.
Posted in Education, Mathematics, School Readiness

When it comes to school recess, a quality playground experience matters, researchers suggest

When it comes to school recess, a quality playground experience matters, researchers suggest

Recess periods can offer physical, cognitive, social and emotional benefits to elementary school children, but those benefits are tied closely to the quality of the playground experience.
Posted in Education, Engagement, Movement & Exercise

NeuroNet Success Stories: KidSense Therapy

NeuroNet Success Stories: KidSense Therapy

Marcia Washington, OTR/L, has been practicing pediatric occupational therapy for more than 10 years. She is the owner of KidSense Therapy, a sensory clinic providing occupational therapy for children birth to age 18 years in Pontotoc, Mississippi. We recently had the chance to catch up with Marcia and ask her about her experience using NeuroNet programs in her therapy practice:
Posted in Attention, Education, Engagement, Health & Wellness, Language, Learning & Memory, Mathematics, Motivation, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience, Reading Skills, School Readiness, Social Development, Social Skills

Changing students' attitudes to mathematics improves test scores

Changing students' attitudes to mathematics improves test scores

Study shows for first time that a free, online course can change students' mindsets towards their mathematical abilities, leading to increased academic achievement
Posted in Education, Engagement, Mathematics

Want to help your child succeed in school? Add language to the math, reading mix

Want to help your child succeed in school? Add language to the math, reading mix

Research shows that the more skills children bring with them to kindergarten - in basic math, reading, even friendship and cooperation - the more likely they will succeed in those same areas in school. Hence, "kindergarten readiness" is the goal of many preschool programs, and a motivator for many parents. Now it's time to add language to that mix of skills, says a new University of Washington-led study.

 

Posted in Education, Language, Mathematics, Reading Skills, School Readiness, Social Skills

NeuroNet Goes to China!

NeuroNet Goes to China!

We recently travelled to China to see how schools in Beijing are using NeuroNet, as well as to share the science behind NeuroNet with parents and teachers in Shanghai.
Posted in Attention, Education, Engagement, Health & Wellness, Language, Learning & Memory, Motivation, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience, Technology

Curiosity is key to early childhood success in math and reading

Curiosity is key to early childhood success in math and reading

Curious children are better able to grasp basic math and reading, according to a new study investigating a possible link between curiosity and early academic success among young children.
Posted in Engagement, Mathematics, Motivation, Reading Skills, School Readiness

Researchers Identify Factors Promoting Physical Activity in Childhood

Researchers Identify Factors Promoting Physical Activity in Childhood

Physical activity plays a major role in children's and young people's health. International studies, however show that physical activity is currently decreasing rather than increasing.
Posted in Education, Health & Wellness, Movement & Exercise

Girls more likely than boys to struggle with social, behavioral, academic needs

Girls more likely than boys to struggle with social, behavioral, academic needs

 The more failing grades students have during eighth grade, the more likely they are to experience social-emotional learning problems, academic difficulties and behavioral problems during their freshman year in high school, a new study found.
Posted in Education, School Readiness, Social Skills

New study finds younger aged children with symptoms of ADHD have reduced brain

New study finds younger aged children with symptoms of ADHD have reduced brain

Findings could help determine new ways to predict which children are most at risk for developing ADHD.
Posted in Attention, Education, Neuroscience