Discounted Brain Skills Assessments

LearningRx Marks National Puzzle Day with discounted brain skills assessments

Local brain training center offers students the opportunity to assess their cognitive skills January 29 - February 4

Saturday, January 29, 2014 is National Puzzle Day and local brain training center LearningRx West Des Moines/Ankeny, is challenging local students to put their puzzle-building skills to the test ... a brain skills test!

January 29 through February 4, LearningRx West Des Moines/Ankeny is offering anyone under 18 a discounted assessment of their cognitive skills - like processing speed, attention, logic and reasoning, visual and auditory processing and the three types of memory. The results can help students decide what steps to take in strengthening certain cognitive skills.

"Puzzles are great toys for kids not only because they're usually very affordable, but also because they help strengthen important brain skills," says LearningRx West Des Moines/Ankeny Executive Director, Nancy Pim. "These include things like attention, visual processing, planning and spatial reasoning. They're especially important for younger children, because a foundation of strong cognitive skills makes learning easier later."

Puzzle Facts:

* Jigsaw puzzles originated in the 1760s when maps were pasted onto wood and dissected.

* In 2008, more than 15,000 people in Ravensburg, Germany assembled a nearly 6,500-square-foot puzzle in the town square. The puzzle had 1,141,800 pieces.

* In the 1930s, puzzle manufacturer Einson Freeman convinced a toothbrush company to give away a puzzle with every toothbrush purchase. More than one million toothbrushes sold.

"Watching your child do a puzzle can give you some insight into which brain skills are already strong, and which need to be strengthened." says Dr. Ken Gibson, author of "Unlock the Einstein Inside: Applying New Brain Science to
Wake Up the Smart In Your Child" (free as an ebook at www.UnlockTheEinsteinInside.com). "And the cognitive skills needed to assemble an age-appropriate puzzzle in a timely manner - like visual processing, logic and reasoning, attention and processing speed - need to be strong to avoid issues in science and math later."

3 RESOURCES:

* Puzzle strategies: Here are 4 tips to help your child finish a puzzle: http://ezinearticles.com/?Jigsaw-Puzzle-Strategy---4-Main-Routes-to-Finishing-That-Puzzle&id=34428806

* Free "Games for Skills" Chart: Find out which common, inexpensive games build certain cognitive skills at www.UnlockTheEinsteinInside.com.

To learn more about the discounted assessments or treating the root cause of learning struggles associated with dyslexia, ADHD, Asperger's, Autism or dyscalculia ("trouble with math"), contact Nancy Pim of LearningRx West Des Moines/Ankeny located at 4949 Westown Pkwy, Suite 160, West Des Moines or 1205 N. Ankeny Blvd., Ankeny, or visit the center's Web site at www.learningrx.com/west-des-moines or www.learningrx.com/ankeny.

About LearningRx

LearningRx specializes in treating the cause - not the symptoms - of learning struggles. The programs' game-like exercises and 1:1 trainer-to-student ratios provide guaranteed dramatic improvement in as little as 12 to 24 weeks. With 88+ centers across the U.S., LearningRx brain training can help anyone - from 5 to 85 - increase the speed, power or function of their brain.