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Gifted Brain Studios has taken seven of our transformative brain training exercises and reformulated them here in three different varieties to keep your brain challenged and strong! Each exercise moves from its simplest form to more complex, requiring your brain to adjust. Enjoy the activities and reap the benefits of a stronger brain, improved memory, visual tracking and visual perception! We've even included Answer Keys and Record Keeping Forms for your convenience.

A completely adult version of clock work for older students and dementia patients. NEW ANSWER KEY INCLUDED There's a reason that one of the main tests for dementia is the clock test. Reading a clock accurately requires several areas of the brain to work together seamlessly. The exercises in this book will teach one to read a clock but much more than that: The exercises in this book will help with brain balancing, sequencing, directionality and mental organization. Required practice for the elderly as well as for school age children.

THE ULTIMATE STORY LINE CREATOR You Can Draw Your Own Comic Book invites children to create their own stories with picture boxes, word bubbles and lined sections to add writing! PRACTICE VOCABULARY WORDS Children create a comic strip story using new vocabulary words. A fun way for students to improve their writing, reading and storytelling skills! PRACTICE CONVERSATION SKILLS Children fill in talk or thought balloons for different cartoon characters which helps them practice conversation and offers a way to experiment with language, sentence structure and vocabulary. INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING Use the cartoon strips to introduce children to the world of creative writing and using their imaginations more fully. When students create a comic strip, they are also honing their reading and writing skills in addition to tapping into their creativity. The act of creating cartoons allows students to learn in a fun & engaging way.

ART for REVERSALS introduces a new & fun way to correct letter and number reversals, through drawing. Kids who have issues with letter & number reversals are often right brain (creative side) strong and left brain (academic side) weak. ART for Reversals uses kids strengths and interests to help correct reading and writing reversal errors. Your kids will have fun while their right brain is memorizing letter and number shapes!

Don't just give your student more exercises, TRAIN them to see and understand what they're reading. There are just a few key concepts they need to learn and then those keys are applied to everything they read. Comprehension is the understanding and interpretation of what is read. To be able to accurately understand written material, children need to be able to: -decode what they read -make connections between what they read and what they already know -think deeply about what they have read Guided Exercises for Reading Comprehension teaches your student step by step the techniques necessary to understand and remember what they read.

Using the principles of brain plasticity and temporal processing techniques, Creative Exercises to Boost Brain Power actively utilizes cognitive learning skills to improve memory, attention, focus, visual perception and brain balancing.Traditionally used in therapy offices for Dyslexia, ADHD and dementia patients, the new focus is on brain health and revitalization.

We all have two types of consciousness; the conscious mind that thinks and makes decisions and the subconscious mind, which some researchers think comprises 95% of our habits as well as running our circulatory system, lymphatic system, nerves, etc. In other words, it seems as though we have two minds; one powered by our ego and will power, and the other that controls everything else. Which mind do you think is more powerful? Which mind will allow you to reach your life goals? Which mind can erase your fears and replace them with freedom? Hacking Consciousness gives you life's little cheat codes. Learn how to use your incredibly powerful subconscious mind to achieve your wildest dreams. Harness the energy and power of humanity's strongest force, the subconscious. Hack your Mind to Hack your Life!

A new trial funded by the National Institutes of Health has found that the benefits of cognitive training for older adults can last as long as 10 years. The January issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society details how brain training aimed at boosting older adults' skill at memory, reasoning and speed of processing slowed their cognitive decline and helped them maintain cognitive functioning for over 10 years! BRAIN TRAINING BOOT CAMP offers you a program developed to repair, build and strengthen neural pathways. Learn the basics of brain plasticity and how you can apply these scientific principles to sharpen your mental skills. Six specific brain training therapies are introduced with full 9 -12 week programs. Begin today to build a better brain!

Spirit Animals are the mystical guides of the animal kingdom. Each unique Spirit Animal coloring page brings you a message. Spirit Animals Adult Coloring Book introduces your spirit animal guides with character traits and a fun, quirky message. Get insightful and encouraging advice while coloring away your stress and worries. Each adult coloring page is single sided. Appropriate coloring for all ages. Your favorite coloring tools can be used (pens, pencils, crayons, markers).

Remarkable Memory in 21 Days is a practical, hands-on workbook filled with memory strategies to strengthen and improve your memory. Strategies for Motor Memory (Neuromotor), Working Memory, Visual Working Memory and Auditory Working Memory are included. Each day of the 21 days includes an assignment to put your newly learned skills to use. Learn Research Proven methods to improve your memory and brain function with practical everyday exercises.

Brain Training improves brain processing speed, hemispheric integration between the right and left brain, brain timing and sequencing. As each exercise is done, the right and left brain must communicate to complete the task. This encourages the neurons to connect. Neurons that fire together wire together. Therefore, the more the exercises are done the stronger the neural connections, the quicker the brain responds. Pairing brain training with sight words is a natural way to make a difficult task easier. Reading difficulties can often be a result of left brain weakness. Using brain training exercises with sight words engages the right brain to assist with the task. It also benefits the student by improving memory, sequencing and brain processing speed. The results are often remarkable. Struggling students learn the material quicker and easier. They retain the information and have faster recall, resulting in higher academic achievement, better test scores and school success.

Brain Training consists of programs designed to improve brain processing speed, hemispheric integration between the right and left brain, internal brain timing and sequencing. The exercises in this book are one method of hemispheric integration. While the right brain identifies the color, the left brain is utilized to read the numbers and words. As each exercise is done, the right and left brain must communicate to complete the task. This encourages the neurons to connect. Neurons that fire together wire together. Therefore, the more the exercises are done the stronger the neural connections, the quicker the brain responds. Pairing brain training with sight words is a natural way to make a difficult task easier. Reading difficulties can often be a result of left brain weakness. Using brain training exercises with sight words engages the right brain to assist with the task. It also benefits the student by improving memory, sequencing and brain processing speed. The results are often remarkable. Struggling students learn the material quicker and easier. They retain the information and have faster recall, resulting in higher academic achievement, better test scores and school success.

Reading Syllables is an integral skill of successful readers. Syllabication is the foundational reading skill once phonics have been mastered. Syllables are introduced one type at a time in fun practice activities so students can practice: -Decoding Syllables -Reading Syllables -Building New Words out of Syllables -Breaking Apart Syllables -Writing Syllables

A MUST HAVE RESOURCE! 75% of the printed English language available in one resource. All 1000 High Frequency Sight Words arranged from highest frequency to lowest in a convenient Brain Training format. As your student does the brain training exercises they are building hemispheric integration while memorizing all 1000 high frequency sight words. This perfect combination results in fun, quick & easy learning of the information, faster recall and improved memory.

Using the techniques in this book, your student can improve visual processing skills, sequencing skills, improve visual tracking and lessen the occurrence of reversals.Within these pages you'll find powerful tools to help remedy reversals; Hemispheric Integration Exercises, Visual Processing Activities, Visual Discrimination Practice, Visual Tracking and Reading Practice.This form of cognitive therapy can be used by therapists, teachers, tutors and parents to teach and reinforce important skills needed for successful reading and writing.

Use the power of Brain Training in your Kindergarten Readiness Program! Brain Training, Hemispheric Integration, builds neurons and neural pathways between the right and left brain hemispheres resulting in improved attention, focus, memory, brain processing speed and improved recall of the studied material. Your student is bound to be top of their class after using this powerful and proven technique. Study Colors, Numbers, Shapes, Capital Letters, Lowercase Letters, Phonemic Awareness, Letter sounds and Sight Words while strengthening your child's brain!

Use the power of Brain Training in your Kindergarten Readiness Program! 7 Top Selling Brain Training Kindergarten Readiness books compiled into one handy edition. Brain Training, Hemispheric Integration, builds neurons and neural pathways between the right and left brain hemispheres resulting in improved attention, focus, memory, brain processing speed and improved recall of the studied material. Your student is bound to be ready for school after using this powerful and proven technique.

Remarkable Results! Struggling students learn the material quicker and easier. They retain the information and have faster recall, resulting in higher academic achievement, better test scores and school success. Brain Training consists of programs designed to improve brain processing speed, hemispheric integration between the right and left brain, as well as internal brain timing and sequencing. The exercises in this book are one method of hemispheric integration. While the right brain identifies the color, the left brain is utilized to read the numbers and words. As each exercise is done, the right and left brain must communicate to complete the task. This encourages the neurons to connect. Neurons that fire together wire together. Therefore, the more the exercises are done the stronger the neural connections, the quicker the brain responds. Pairing brain training with sight words is a natural way to make a difficult task easier. Reading difficulties can often be a result of left brain weakness. Using brain training exercises with sight words engages the right brain to assist with the task. It also benefits the student by improving memory, sequencing and brain processing speed.

Practice Phonics & Sight Words with Games to Cut Out, Color, Spin, Play & Read! Digraph Dominoes, Short Vowel Spinners, Consonant Blends Snakes & Ladders, Long Vowel BINGO, Syllable Sort & more! Readers must "know" both phonics and sight words with automaticity in order to be fluent readers. It's usually the result of repetition and practice. Your students will beg to play these games over and over again. Games can be single or multiple players.

Reading Drills Kids Need To Be Fast Readers is filled with the reading drills your reader needs. Four reading books in one: included are a complete Phonemic Awareness Reading Drill Program, a thorough Phonics Reading Drills Program, all 1000 of Dr. Fry's Sight Words and a complete Cognitive Skills Program. These four programs used in conjunction will have your reader at the top of their class in no time. FAST & EASY: Each drill is completely laid out. Five minutes a day is all it takes to raise reading test scores.

Sight Word Spinners is perfect for kindergarten through third grade students. Sight Word Spinners offers a simple and fun way to memorize sight words as students spin their way through 300 high frequency words. Students must be able to recognize sight words automatically, which requires a great deal of repetition. Each spinner covers 8 sight words, making practice and reinforcement easily manageable for young students. Track and record your student's progress easily with the included checklists.

Get rid of stubborn b/d reversal problems-including reading reversals and spelling mistakes. Flipping Letters features a unique combination of working memory intervention, multi-sensory practice, and techniques to target the root cause of reversals. See results in fewer than 12 sessions and see lasting changes in just weeks. Children feel confident about their literacy skills when they master this basic skill.Created especially for children with learning disabilities and difficulties like dyslexia and ADHD, this intervention is designed for targeted one-on-one intervention. If your students keep reversing the letters B and D past age 9, they need help. Effectively cut through letter confusion, while reinforcing key reading and literacy skills. Students have more important things to focus on than remembering their B's and D's.With over 200 pages of exciting activities, Flipping Letters is simple and easy to use. Perfect for busy parents, teachers, educational therapists, or tutors. Take the guesswork out of reversal intervention.Flipping Letters IncludesLEFT RIGHT REVERSAL ASSESSMENT TOOLStep-by-Step Daily LessonsFun, fast, and motivating activitiesTargeted letter recognition instructionDesigned to motivate reluctant learnersBONUS GAMES WITH EVERY LESSONDiscover how simple it is to use these research-based intervention techniques. Flipping Letters includes everything you need.

Over 40 activities broken into 8 tutoring sessions. Developed for parents. Just open the book and begin. Every activity is explained step-by-step. A full month of home tutoring costs you less than ONE physical tutoring session! You don't have to drive anywhere twice a week, just open the book. You can raise your student's reading scores successfully at home using our Reading Tutor's Program developed and used in our Tutoring Center for over a decade. Students progress quickly through a series of Orton Gillingham inspired reading drills, sight word games, cognitive learning exercises and brain training exercises to advance several reading levels in just 2 -3 months.

Telling Time Step-by-Step is a systematic approach to teaching clock reading. Each principle is studied separately with ample exercises and then the next principle is added. Students learn to tell time in a systematic and simple way, one step at a time. Clock reading is actually a cognitive skill. It is a visual perception skill, a number fluency skill and a visual discrimination skill. It requires many areas of the brain to work together to tell time accurately and quickly. The Clock Test is the preeminent dementia test for this very reason. Telling time quickly and accurately is a part of many cognitive learning programs. Even though we live in a digital age, it benefits all students young and old to be able to tell time with speed and accuracy.

Brain Training consists of many different programs designed to improve brain processing speed, hemispheric integration between the right and left brain, internal brain timing and sequencing. The exercises in this book are one method of hemispheric integration. While the right brain identifies the color, the left brain is utilized to read the numbers and words. As each exercise is done, the right and left brain must communicate to complete the task. This encourages the neurons to connect. Neurons that fire together wire together. Therefore, the more the exercises are done the stronger the neural connections, the quicker the brain responds. Pairing brain training with sight words is a natural way to make a difficult task easier. Reading difficulties can often be a result of left brain weakness. Using brain training exercises with sight words engages the right brain to assist with the task. It also benefits the student by improving memory, sequencing and brain processing speed. The results are often remarkable. Struggling students learn the material quicker and easier. They retain the information and have faster recall, resulting in higher academic achievement, better test scores and school success.

A MUST HAVE RESOURCE! 75% of the printed English language available in one resource. All 1000 High Frequency Sight Words arranged from highest frequency to lowest in a simple and fun word spinner format. Sight Word Spinners offer a fun alternative to sight word flash cards as students spin their way through 1000 high frequency words. Students need to be able to recognize sight words automatically, which requires a great deal of repetition. Each spinner covers 8 sight words This book contains 130 spinners and covers all 1000 Fry Sight Words, making it ideal for a wide range of grade levels and learners. Once students master the words on the first spinner, they move on to the next spinner. Sight words are critical to reading not only because they are used so frequently, but also because many of them cannot easily be sounded out or illustrated. ... Because they are used so often it is important that readers be able to recognize these words on sight.

FIRE YOUR TUTOR! All the resources you need to boost your readers' test scores are compiled into this one publication; Phonemic Awareness Workbook, Phonics Drills Workbook, Sight Word Lists and Cognitive Skills Exercises. Test their phonemic awareness skills and start the drills. It's that EASY! "I wanted to let you know how well the boys where doing in school. We just finished the school year in 3rd grade. They both made high honor roll for the entire school year! In addition to having straight A's all year they both did well on the CRCT and got the highest score for math, science and Reading! I just wanted to take a moment to share this with you. Last year at this time I was in such despair and now I am filled with joy and pride with the accomplishments above and beyond my hopes!" Tammy S. "My daughter went from struggling in school to ending the year with honor roll and most improved reader and several other awards." Renee S. "My son is enjoying reading a little more due his increased confidence because of his instant success. He's motivated to read the next book in his favorite series. I would highly recommend." Carla H. "We recently found out my sixteen year old has dyslexia. After three months of working with him he has moved up four levels in reading, with better processing, attention and improved self-esteem. I highly recommend!" Brenda

Using the techniques in this book, your student can improve visual processing skills, sequencing skills, improve visual tracking and lessen the occurrence of reversals. Within these pages you'll find powerful tools to help remedy reversals; Hemispheric Integration Exercises, Visual Processing Activities, Visual Discrimination Practice, Visual Tracking and Reading Practice. This form of cognitive therapy can be used by therapists, teachers, tutors and parents to teach and reinforce important skills needed for successful reading and writing.

The Hands On Phonemic Awareness Workbook is the perfect tool to assess and correct Phonemic Awareness problems. Included in the text is a complete assessment referring to each Phonemic Awareness skill & coaching on how to best implement the activities. So simple to use. Everything is laid out for you. Just open the book, take the test and follow the step-by-step directions to do the Hands-On activities!

Speedy Syllables uses simple and fun activities to help your student decode, spell and understand multisyllabic words. The exercises in this book help your student read and spell words that contain two or more syllables. Speedy Syllables is designed to progress from the simplest multisyllabic forms to the more complex, ensuring that your student understands how to decode and read each type of syllable. Each lesson builds on the last with thorough review built into the lessons. Give your student 30 days to become a better reader!