Last updated on January 1st, 2018 at 02:48 pm
Self-regulation is the ability to monitor and control our own behavior, thoughts or feelings altering them in accordance with the demands of a situation. While we often expect children to be well-modulated, it is most helpful when we teach them what being regulated “feels like”.
Whether you teach, love or parent children from pre-school to high school,...
Last updated on November 1st, 2017 at 12:56 pmDeveloping early reading skills in children ages 9-48 months involves enhancing cognitive skills such as sequential processing, simultaneous processing, focused attention, and inhibition.
Speaking with your child face to face, drawing attention to characters and actions on the written page and practicing how oral-motor sounds relate to phonemic representation,...
Last updated on August 21st, 2017 at 11:25 am
The research is clear, many of us move to think, that means we can cheer for kids who like to wiggle while they learn.
Large motor movement such as walking 15 minutes before school, doing moderate-intensity exercise before a test and peddling or bouncing before academics have been shown to improve performance. Small movements such as fidgeting, squirming,...
Last updated on June 5th, 2017 at 01:03 amI’ve been reflecting this week on the value of making mistakes. We hear that mistakes are learning opportunities. Without making mistakes, we don’t know that we need to revise our strategy or approach.
Yet, it has occurred to me, how do we talk with children about the benefit of making mistakes in a manner that improves their cognition? How do we help...
Last updated on June 6th, 2017 at 11:58 pmTrue or false? More than 50% of children in a Harvard study were not adequately hydrated? True!
“More than half of children and teenagers in the United States might not be properly hydrated, according to a nationwide study from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. In fact, 54.5% of the students in the study had urine concentrations that qualified...
Last updated on September 30th, 2016 at 11:55 am
Kindness is making a comeback and we’re psyched!
How we got away from the simple pleasures of a neighborly wave to passersby, a nod to the old man on the street and an invitation to sit with others at the school band concert, we’re not quite sure. Yet, we’re happy that national organizations including GenerationOn, HandsOn, and Be Kind People...
