The Cognitive Advantage is BRAIN EXERCISE!
With 17 published books and extensive experience both as a teacher and an administrator in the field of education, Dr. Liz Knowles has been making an impact on the lives of countless children, teachers, and parents throughout her career.
Her Brain Exercise program focuses on these four very important cognitive skills:
- Memory
- Processing Speed
- Logic & Reasoning
- Attention & Focus
Dr. Liz Knowles offers in-person Brain Exercise classes to individuals of all ages (5-95) and groups: clubhouses, community centers, assisted-living communities, churches, schools, etc. in the three-county area – St. Lucie, Indian River, and Martin Florida.
Exercise Your Brain!: You Exercise Your Body – What About Your Brain? Paperback – July 19, 2024
by Liz Knowles Ed.D. (Author)
With brain exercise you can improve four basic cognitive skills: memory, processing speed, focus & attention, and logic & reasoning. Regardless of your age or where you start, you can always improve your mental fitness with brain exercise.
This book is organized so that you can work on a particular cognitive skill or all the skills simply by selecting a game or activity and making brain exercise a part of your fitness routine. As with physical exercise practice leads to improvement!
This program has worked for all ages and notable success has been achieved. Brain exercise strengthens cognitive skills, improves self-confidence, and increases intelligence!
17 Published Books!
Picture Books for Middle and High School? Are You Kidding?
Poignant, sobering, and informative, picture books are short enough to illustrate a point and entertaining enough to drive a message home; they can be used at any academic level, most surprisingly, they are very effective in grades 5-12!
In Picture Books for Middle and High School? Are You Kidding?, Liz Knowles, EdD, uses her 45 years as a teacher, professor, and school administrator, with graduate degrees in reading and curriculum development, to review over 525 titles categorized by subject: science, history, language arts, math, the arts, and character.
Picture Books for Middle and High School? Are You Kidding? is a reference book perfect for teachers of students in grades 5–12, college professors who teach teachers, librarians (school, public, and university), parents and parents who homeschool, reading specialists, and child psychologists.
Poignant, sobering, & informative – picture books can be used:
- To introduce a topic
- For discussion starters
- For creative writing ideas
- To engage readers of all backgrounds
- For discovering writers craft