By Kimberly Hudson Did you know that one in five students has a language processing disorder that prevents them from reaching their maximum academic potential? If your child is struggling in school, you need to get to the root of the problem. Is the problem due to reading or spelling difficulties, or a language processing […]
By Kimberly Hudson If your student’s ACT scores did not come back as high as you were hoping, I have the solution! While many companies promote their curriculum, I stick to the actual ACT test and the brain. I helped my first student prepare for the ACT a few years ago and did not adhere […]
Probably no one at The Curious Edge in Lexington has clearer insight into the struggles of their patients than Shelby Abel – the company’s youngest employee. The 22-year-old education major at Eastern Kentucky University has been a Cognitive Clinician for only three years. But before that she was also a patient. Diagnosed at 8 years […]
By Kimberly Hudson While I thoroughly enjoyed summer, there’s something about the start of a school year that is fresh and crisp. Everyone gets to start with a clean slate and have the opportunity to achieve more than they did last year. That is if you have the tools you need to succeed. Unfortunately, too […]
I am often asked by parents and educators, “Just what is dyslexia?” Dyslexia is a learning disability, which is neurological in origin and presents as having difficulty in word recognition, spelling and decoding. These difficulties are present despite having proper intelligence and being in a good learning environment. Surprisingly, dyslexia affects one in five – […]
By Kimberly Hudson I have to ask: Are you as relieved as I am that it’s summer because there are no more long nights struggling with homework? Are you thankful that you’re not working on spelling words or memorizing math facts? My oldest just graduated from high school and, like many of you, I have […]
By Kimberly Hudson Has this school year been difficult? Why not use the summer to get your child prepared for the next school year? A mom stopped by my office yesterday to share a story about her daughter. Eight-year-old “Katherine” repeated kindergarten for social maturity and is currently finishing the second grade. Katherine has ongoing […]
After watching her daughter struggle in fifth grade, Amy Hopper hit a tipping point when Alexis took days to read only one chapter of a book and then could recall nothing of what she had read. Amy turned to The Curious Edge for help. Alexis was tested a year ago and the diagnosis was unequivocal […]
By John Lynch For more than two decades, Kimberly Hudson has transformed the academic lives of thousands of students through her clinic at The Curious Edge in Lexington. Her reach is about to grow exponentially. The Curious Edge has received part of a U.S. Department of Education grant associated with the Literacy Innovations for Neighborhoods […]
By Dana Stefaniak On a recent school day at Lansdowne Elementary, The Curious Edge Founder Kimberly Hudson was swinging a hammer alongside fifth grade students as part of their math curriculum. They were building a house in their gymnasium as the finale to their “If I Had A Hammer” mathematics program that teaches math in […]
