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Vol. 3 Issue 3 • July 15 - August 31, 2015

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Indexp.3 . . . . . 5 Sure Signs It’s

Time To Downsize

p.4. . . . Brain Training 101

p.5 . . . . . Sylvan Learningof Dr. Phillips

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p.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . Events

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The nest is empty, and all isquiet. The pitter-patter of lit-tle feet has turned into thesound of creeks in hollowhalls, and that’s whenyou’re at home. Most of thetime, you are not home because if you are not on acruise, you are on a flight tovisit friends and familyacross the miles. So, howdo you know when it is timeto downsize your familyhome and start a new chapter in your “home ownership?” The followingare five signs that it’s timeto downsize you currenthome.

1Home repairs and maintenance are eating

up your budget. If you haveto make a choice betweengetting a new water heaterinstalled and buying groceries and prescriptions,it’s time to downsize.

2If you only live in 25% ofyour home, it’s a good

indication that it’s time todownsize. Let's do themath: 5 bedrooms, 3.5bathrooms, a kitchen, agreat room, a dining room,and a living room all equalabout 13 rooms, right? Youlive in your bedroom,

kitchen, and one bathroom.That’s only 25% of yourhome. But, what aboutwhen there are visitors orholiday dinners? The addition of those seasonaloccurrences still only uses40% of your home. It is timeto downsize to a more manageable space to avoidthe dust in the other unused75% of your home, precipitating sneezes inyour well lived-in 25%.

3And speaking of welllived-in, are those

rooms well lived in or haveyou rightfully taken

advantage of the free timeyou have to travel and beadventurous? Maybe youcould travel more if yourhome expense budget, including your mortgage,was not such a large part ofyour monthly expenses. If you have paid off yourhome, you are in an even more desirable situation to downsize because you could sell your home and purchaseboth a new home or condoand a vacation home.Wouldn’t that be fun?

4Aside from the monetary concerns of

maintenance, let’s look atthe time commitment to theupkeep of your home.Many maintenance-freecommunities exist for people just like you who areon the go and want tospend time putting on thegreen, not mowing one.

5Thinking back to thepercentage of the home

in which you dwell, how isyour real estate tax calculated? Is it calculatedbased on 25% of yourhome or 100%? You see for

yourself that it would be-hoove you to downsize ifyour personal propertytaxes owed don't reflect theactual space you are using.

It is a real eye-openerwhen you assess whetherto downsize your home ornot. It may seem like a difficult decision because ofthe investment you havemade in your current property. Yet, you will notlose that investment. Youwill actually gain a quality oflife that you deserve withmore time, more money,and more adventure.

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is relatively new, becauseuntil recently, scientists be-lieved IQ and intelligencewere fixed at birth. However, modern brain sci-ence revealed the brain’sneuroplasticity - its ability tobuild new pathways, mem-ory, and reasoning “powercenters.” This plasticitymeans the brain can bestrengthened, IQ can be in-creased, and quite often,learning disabilities can beeliminated.During a one-on-one

brain training sessions atLearningRx Orlando, per-sonal brain trainers focuson strengthening the weak-est cognitive skills. Cogni-tive skills are the underlyingmental skills that allow usall to think, learn, reason,remember and pay at-tention. They includeskills such as memory,attention, processingspeed, logic and

reasoning, and visual andauditory processing. Theyquickly push their studentonto faster, harder, more in-tense exercises, with lots ofquick corrections, immedi-ate feedback, and extensivedistractions.Brain training differs from

tutoring. Tutoring is a short-term fix. It addresses thesymptoms of learning strug-gles by simply re-teachingacademic information thatthe child should have al-ready learned. Brain train-ing is a lifetime fix. It attacksthe source of learning prob-lems by strengthening corelearning skills, and eliminat-ing the problem.For example, consider a

student diagnosed with At-tention Deficit HyperactivityDisorder (ADHD). Braintrainers will target the cog-nitive weaknesses andfocus on building up thethree different types of at-tention to strengthen themto the point where there isno longer a deficit of atten-tion skills. When attentionskills are strong, quite oftenthe symptoms go away, theneed for medication is elim-inated, and the label nolonger fits.

Reading strugglesare another exam-ple of how braintraining can revo-lutionize learning.Studies showthat more than80% of readingproblems arecaused by

weak auditory processingskills, more specificallyphonemic awareness.That’s the ability to analyze,blend and dissect sounds.Once that skill is success-fully trained, reading andlearning become much eas-ier and faster.The 2014 Report of

LearningRx Training Resultsshows impressive gains forstudents of all ages and lev-els of academic abilities.The study of more than6,000 students showedLearningRx brain trainingprograms resulted in an av-erage IQ increase of 15+points and a 3.1 years read-ing growth.Before you spend money

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Every parent wantstheir child to excel in

school. But parents knowthat their child may not al-ways have the bestgrades in a particular sub-ject. Whether it’s withmath, reading or writing, achild could struggle inschool, and parents maynot be able to provide thehelp they need. It is un-derstandable that someparents may not have thetime to tutor their ownchild or the skill neces-sary to adequately pro-vide the specific tutoring.But now, Sylvan

Learning of Dr. Phillipsoffers parents the opportu-nity for their child to re-ceive the tutoring that willenable them to get thegrades parents would beproud of. Sylvan Learningof Dr. Phillips offers after-school private tutoring

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Sylvan Learning of Dr.Phillips are certified bythe Orange County PublicSchools or privateschools. This ensures thatevery child will receive thehighest quality of tutoring.Each student is providedwith an iPad® to facilitatethe learning process.Only three students are

assigned to one teacher,so they can receive indi-vidualized instructionwhenever they need it.This allows students to ex-press themselves and mo-tivate them to participatein a friendly environmentwithout feeling uncomfort-able. This also helps thechild develop social skills.Parents are kept informedand involved with updatedprogress reports and ac-

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Camps, SylvanLearning of Dr. Phillipsalso offers Math Edge(basic math program forgrades 1 – 5), and Gen-eral Tutoring. The sum-mer schedule is fromJune 15th through Au-gust 7, 2015.For those parents who

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