The Reading Focus Card is a Winner!

The Reading Focus Card Awarded Seal of Approval

A very happy third anniversary to the Reading Focus Card (Patent 7,565,759).  We are so happy to have this product as one of our long-standing award-winners.  Developed by Brennan Innovators, LLC, the Reading Focus Card exemplifies the spirit of the Kidlutions Solutions for Kids Award, which is granted to products that change lives. The Reading Focus Card continues to make a difference in lives of struggling and new readers world wide!

How It Helps

The Reading Focus Card is a non-invasive and inexpensive reading aid.  It helps kids with a variety of learning styles by providing differentiated instruction for such issues as: ADD, ADHD, dyslexia, autism, low vision issues and stroke-related difficulties.  It can even help young readers because it promotes left to right reading.  

The Reading Focus Card can be used with e-readers (the shorter version is perfect for Kindle) and e-tablets (the long version works great with iPads, Android tablets, etc.)  This tool has so much versatility!

The Reading Focus Card is Now Tech Savvy

The Reading Focus Card App in Action (above).

The card and reading window size adjustments, as well 

as the color options of both will be nearly unlimited.

It appears we have more to celebrate than an anniversary, however! The Reading Focus Card is now available in an app (Patent 8,360,779)! Seems too good to be true, but it's not! I'd say Brennan Innovators, LLC, is aptly named.  The company is a front runner in innovation and taking things to the next level.

The current desktop app is for PCs and Mac computers and laptops. You can find it HERE. As soon as the iTunes link is available we will share it right here, so be sure to check back.

Complete List of Links

Here is the complete set of links for accessing and downloading the new Reading Focus Cards app (Patent 8,360,779):

 

1. For Windows PCs:

Visit the Microsoft Windows Store and search for the app called "Reading Focus Cards."  (No URLs are ever provided for apps in the Windows Store.)

 

2. Another option to access this Windows PC version:

Visit Gumroad at https://gumroad.com/l/ReadingFocusCards

 

3. For Macs:

Visit the Mac App Store and search for "Read and Focus" or go directly to

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/read-and-focus/id920617853?mt=12

Compatibility with iPads and other mobile devices is hoped for in the near future. With Brennan Innovators, LLC, you can bet future developments are in the works!

It Keeps Getting Better

The Reading Focus Card continues to show its value, not only for reading, but also for use in math, for reading charts and graphs, as well as for easier viewing of stock quotes.  (The video below provides more information.)  The Reading Focus Card is available in two different sizes and the reading filter color can also be customized. 

A very cool feature on the company's site also allows you to change the background color of the page, when you visit! I LOVE that! Don't think it matters so much? Check it out for yourself HERE.

Learn More About the Reading Focus Card

Advantages of Using the Reading Focus Card 

Brennan Innovators, LLC website lists the following advantages to using the Reading Focus Card:

• Enables a reader to more easily focus when reading a line of text
• Promotes better concentration and comprehension
• Is non-invasive with no side effects because no medication is involved
• Is portable and easy to store in pocket or purse
• Can double as a bookmark for easiest access
• Can also be stored on a binder ring to prevent loss
• Promotes accurate placeholder work as in column addition or long division
• Assists with reading charts, graphs, and stock quotes
• Is non-mechanical requiring no energy/maintenance
• Is easy on the eyes—pastel (soothing) or bright (for added emphasis)
• Is very inexpensive to purchase and/or repurchase
• Is very easy to use! 

     Explore More 

    See our previous posts on this gem of a product, and learn more about 
    Joan Brennan, the genius behind the product!

Original Winning Post

First Year Anniversary Post

Second Year Anniversary Post

Congratulations, Brennan Innovators, LLC, and the Reading Focus Card!

We are so happy to have you as part of the Kidlutions family!

The Reading Focus Card is a Game-Changer

Happy Anniversary, Reading Focus Card!



Somebody's having another anniversary with the Kidlutions Seal of Approval and it's the Reading Focus Card (Patent 7,565,759).  That's right, a resource so powerful and so unique, it's patented.

Can you imagine a world without reading?  Neither can I!  That is just one of the reasons why Kidlutions continues to bestow its Seal of Approval upon the Reading Focus Card.

Game-Changer

This simple, affordable tool has been a game-changer to many.  Kids and adults alike have found the ease of use and portability of this tool to contribute to the overall success in using it.  It can fit in a pencil case, a purse or a back pocket. This tool provides a unique, unobtrusive aid to individuals who might otherwise give up reading because of the struggles they experience.  And you don't even have to leave home to get it.  The Reading Focus Card is available on www.FocusAndRead.com.  I can tell you firsthand that this tool is heads above what was used by kids when I was a special ed social worker in the schools.

The Genius Behind the Invention

Joan Brennan, Inventor/Educator

Joan Brennan, the inventor of the Reading Focus Card, is more than just a name.  She's a real, breathing person who cares an awful lot.  Her blog, Help for Struggling Readers, offers an amazing array of resources on a consistent basis.  Joan is about as generous as they come, too.  She's sharing all of her incredible information on facebook, twitter and pinterest.  Be sure to catch her there!

Don't Just Take My Word for It

Not only did the Reading Focus Card pass muster with our reviewers and me, there is a plethora of satisfied customers out there, using the Reading Focus Card every day.  And it's making a big difference.  See what they have to say here on focusandread.com.

What Makes the Reading Focus Card Different?

The following was excerpted directly from focusandread.com .

What To Look for in an Educational Tool

Children and adults with attention deficiencies need tools to help focus on individual words.  It is difficult for them to first focus to read a full sentence and then process its correct meaning.  Many basic, educational methods fail to provide 3 basic parameters needed to be effective and aid struggling readers:

1.  A good reading aid for kids and adults must help them focus more easily on a specific part of a page.
2.  The tool should allow them to concentrate on individual words when needed.
3.  Such a device needs to encourage the eye to move easily from left to right and from one line of text to another.
4. The ideal reading tool should be research-based. 

The Reading Focus Card is a reading aid that provides all of the above and helps kids and adults of any age to experience more reading success. The Reading Focus Card is also an effective learning tool for kids and adults who need supportive tools and learning strategies to focus their attention on printed material at hand and the exact meaning of that material.

So there you have it folks.  The Reading Focus is the real deal.  Get one for your struggling reader today.

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The Reading Focus Card Changes Lives

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The Twooth Timer Makes Toothbrushing FUN

Do you struggle to get your kids to brush their teeth?  And when you do get them to brush, do they do so in a hurried and inefficient manner?  Stop those battles with the Twooth Timer!

The Twooth Timer to the Rescue

Helping your child move towards independence with oral hygiene is an important task, but one that is often easier said than done.  Kids can come up with about a thousand different things that they'd rather do than brush their teeth.  Building skyscrapers out of blocks, jumping through puddles and playing in a pots'n'pans rock band is often way more appealing than tooth-brushing.  That is, until the Twooth Timer makes its entrance!

Antoinette deJanasz, inventor of the Twooth Timer

The Twooth Timer is a tooth-shaped timer that was invented by Antoinette de Janasz, president of the company.  The timer can be set for one minute or two minutes (the amount of time experts recommend we brush our teeth).  The company's tagline aptly reads, "Get your kids to brush for two minutes without 'pulling teeth'."  I have to tell you, they're right. 

If you have never timed yourself brushing your teeth, you will be amazed once you do.  You'll realize that, like most people, you don't even brush for half of the recommended time.  In fact, most young adults brush about a quarter of the recommended time.  Younger kids, I am sure, brush way less than that when nobody's looking.

Why Twooth Brushing Matters

Brushing teeth has always been important for healthy teeth and gums, but it turns out that the proper care and keeping of our chompers also protects our overall health.  According to the Twooth Timer website:

"New research is finding that heart disease and strokes,

as well as diabetes and respiratory disease,

may be linked to gum disease. Consider

your mouth as a doorway to your body. Plaque is a

colorless film of bacteria that sticks to

teeth and if not properly removed, can lead to gum

disease. The bacteria associated with gum disease can enter

your bloodstream and travel throughout your body.

Good oral hygiene is the best prevention."

Start Early, Stay Strong

Building healthy habits starts from a young age.  Making oral care a regular part of the day from the time your baby is born, makes this life-long skill second nature.  Early on, you'll be doing the cleaning and brushing for your child.  Then, you'll move on to assisting your child, until your child is old enough to brush herself.  Making the Twooth Timer part of the whole routine makes it fun and more effective. 

Be sure to keep the Twooth Timer's contact information on hand, because cousins, friends and other visitors may want to know how they can score one for themselves!  I'm not kidding.  The Twooth Timer is just that fun!  And it costs way less than the copay for the cost of one filling!



The Twooth Timer



Great for Toddlers, Tweens and Teens!

You may think that the Twooth Timer would be something that kids will use as toddlers and preschoolers, then quickly outgrow.  Not so, as my own homegrown research has proven.  When my review unit of the Twooth Timer arrived, I thought I would check it out, do my review and then donate it to a family, preschool or other such program.  Not so!  My two youngest, a tween and a teen, saw the Twooth Timer and begged to open it.  They have been using it ever since.  It is perched (ever so cutely) on a shelf in our bathroom!  My youngest has even discovered that, since the Twooth Timer has the one minute mark, he can use it to swish anti-cavity rinse in his mouth, as well.  He was psyched to find another reason to use it.

In fact, Antoinette shared with me in one communcation, that she developed the Twooth Timer when her kids were well past toddler and preschool age.  They also loved the timer!  And...her children, now grown, have never had a cavity!  Clearly, Antoinette was on to something with this invention!

How the Twooth Timer Changes Lives

Taking care of ourselves goes a long way towards boosting our self-confidence and is an expression of self-love.  People who take care of themselves seem to feel good about themselves and people who feel good about themselves tend to take better care of themselves.  It's a never ending cycle.  Our confidence and self-esteem is tied making healthy life choices.

When Antionette submitted this product, I was so impressed with both its simplicity, and the far-reaching impact it can have on people's lives. I have worked with teens in the past, who have had many dental problems (cavities, poor oral hygiene, etc.), and who were teased mercilessly as very young children.  The effects of that teasing was still very fresh in their minds as teens, even though their beautiful, permanent teeth were in.  Our smiles very much affect our self-esteem.  Therefore, the Twooth Timer changes smiles, changes self-perception and changes lives.

Welcome, Twooth Timer and Antoionette, to the Kidlutions family of award-winners!  We are so glad to have you!