I have linked the above to LearningRx’s blog, just click on their logo to be redirected. Their website can be found here.
For a while I did not know they had a blog but now that I have found it I love reading about all the success stories other families are having with the centers.
This week (Week 11) I saw my child transform right before my eyes.
My oldest took the initiative to clean up the house before his daddy came home from work. He straightened up the kitchen, vacummed the floors, wiped down the counters and straightened up all our homeschool work from the day.
I had to do a double take. I thought aliens had abducted my son. But I realized I am beginning to see the success he is experiencing at LearningRx trickle down into his everyday life, not just his school work.
Can I just say “floored” doesn’t even describe what I saw two days in a row from my son. On the third day we decided together that the house looked pretty good so we wouldn’t clean before dad came home.
This child has never taken the initiative to do anything like this. His closet looks like a train wreck. His room is slightly better, but not much.
With that said I have a challenge for you. Leave a comment and let me know how you do. What I’m asking of you will get harder each day.
This is taken from LearningRx (just so you don’t give me any credit):
Follow the directions below as a fun way to improve your attention skills. Each level increases the difficulty by adding a second mental challenge. This exercise will actually map new neural pathways in your brain!
Directions: From the top row, left to right, call out the color of each of the arrows without a mistake. Time yourself and see how fast you can do it. Pretty simple, right?
Now call out the direction of each arrow. Do it without error in 40 seconds. Keep trying until you can do it in only 20 seconds. A little harder, huh?
Next, call out the direction of the arrows as if they were turned a quarter-turn clockwise. Get that time down to 20 seconds without error.
Next…..comes the fun!!!!
Let me know how you do! My kids can wiz through this after twelve weeks at an alarming rate! They are better than I am at it.
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Hehe, love how you describe your child and glad to hear about his improvement. It’s great when they realize that they are forces too and can participate of their own volition. Congratulations.
There is a really fun card game called twitch, which works the same skills as your game. It is a wonderful fast paced a slightly physical card game. It sounds like you will always lose to your kids 🙂
Okay I did the colors in 30 seconds and the directions in 29 seconds. No time for more practice though–off to pack! Miss you girl!