Skip to main content

Focus

How do we help children focus? Today more than ever children are faced with distractions and are becoming less and less focused. I recently completed my own study on how to help children focus. The research project was based on focusing in on the brain body connection incorporating cross body exercises, reflection, and purposeful practice of much needed cognitive skills. You can find the link to my research paper here FOCUS One favorite activity that came out of this was double doodle, here is a photo of what youngsters do during double doodle. To find out more view my research paper.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Books for Body and Mind

Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch it Shape It This a great book for teaching children how they have the power to change their brains and what challenges are helpful to learning. The book published by Little Pickle Press also has a fantastic website with activities to use along with the book. Link to lesson plans can be found here Making a Splash Available on kindle at amazon, Making a Splash is a simple straight forward story of what happens when children persevere and work towards a goal with a growth mindset. This would be a great book to project on a large screen and discuss as the children make connections of their own. The Most Magnificent Thing Do you have children that get frustrated when what they are working on doesn't go as they planned? The Most Magnificent Thing is one girl's journey through the creation process and what techniques and strategies she uses to create her most "magnificent thing". What is the most important thing?...
Post a Comment
Read more

Teaching Writing With Minecraft

Additional materials to use with lesson
Post a Comment
Read more
Math and Fractions great youtube video I thought I would share along with a Mindshift article to get you thinking. Math as Language What Neuroscience Can Tell Us About Making Fractions Stick
Post a Comment
Read more