January is National Book Blitz Month LearningRx - Brain Training

To celebrate January being National Book Blitz Month, one-on-one brain training company LearningRx (www.LearningRx.com/fortcollins) is sharing tips with parents who want to choose appropriate books for their child or teen reader. Here’s a quick reference guide for books by age.

Ages 3-5
What to look for: Books in this age category are typically picture books—heavy on illustrations and bright colors, often written with shorter, simpler sentences.

Ages 6-8
What to look for: Books in this age category are often referred to as “early reader” books. It’s common for these types of books to use lots of sight words or words that can be easy deciphered with the rules of phonics. The illustrations typically reflect the text in order to offer clues to more difficult words.

Ages 9-12
What to look for: This age group (or ages 8-12) is often referred to as “middle grade” readers. Books tend to run longer than for younger children—typically 30,000 to 50,000 words. The protagonist is usually between 10 and 13 and topics are frequently focused on friends and family. The voice is often third person.

Ages 13-18
What to look for: Young Adult (YA) books are longer than middle-grade books, ranging from 50,000 to 75,000 words, and typically told in first person in order to hear the main character reflect on what happens to and around them. YA books for the lower ages in the category (13 and 14), is usually free of violence, cursing and sexually explicit language, while books for the older ages in the category are more edgy.

Looking for tips to help improve your child’s reading comprehension? Check out this list of tips from LearningRx: http://www.learningrx.com/improve-my-reading-skills-faq.htm

To learn more about Read Across America Day, visit www.readacrossamerica.org.

About LearningRx

LearningRx, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is the largest one-on-one brain training organization in the world. With 80 Centers in the U.S., and locations in over 40 countries around the globe, LearningRx has helped more than 100,000 individuals and families sharpen their cognitive skills to help them think faster, learn easier, and perform better. Their on-site programs partner every client with a personal brain trainer to keep clients engaged, accountable, and on-task-a key advantage over online-only brain exercises. Their pioneering methods have been used in clinical settings for over 35 years and have been verified as beneficial in peer-reviewed research papers and journals. To learn more about LearningRx research results, programs and their 9.6 out of 10 client satisfaction rating, visit http://www.learningrx.com/.