All posts by Ana Escudero

Ana Escudero, Psy.D. is part of Smartick’s content development team. Her work focuses mainly on adapting content for children with special educational needs and developing materials that allow their basic cognitive functions to work.

Oct12

Exercise Regularly and Learn Better!

Regular exercise has many health benefits. These benefits are not just physical, but psychological as well, because exercise affects chemicals that alter one’s mood. It has been shown that physical therapy can act as an antidepressant for some people and can accelerate the recovery process for individuals who have suffered brain injuries or strokes. Apparently, […]

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Sep28

Better Reading Comprehension Leads to Better Math Comprehension

Children reach an important milestone in their education when they go from learning to read to reading to learn. Good reading comprehension opens the door to acquiring new knowledge. Better reading comprehension has a positive impact on a child’s academic performance in all subjects where reading is the main source of information – including mathematics. […]