Kindness is a Social Skill: Here’s One Way To Teach It
As a pediatric psychologist who develops research-based activities to help children improve their thinking, self-regulation, learning, behavior, and social-emotional competencies, I observe that the...
View ArticleHaving a Baby? A little something you may not know about me, could be a BIG...
While I have met most of you through our shared interests in developing Thinking, Self-Regulation, Learning, Behavior and Social-Emotional Skills in children, one thing I speak about in our LIVE...
View ArticleHow Can a Cookie Help Children Relax?
The Cookie Breathing Game All children benefit from learning relaxation skills. One of the most commonly used and effective relaxation skills is deep breathing. Deep breathing (also known as...
View ArticleThe Thought Bubble Technique
Thinking, speaking or acting impulsively without planning or thinking things out poses social challenges for children. We can help children better manage their impulsive thoughts, words, and actions by...
View ArticleBloom Your Room FREE Youth Service Project
You can help build social-emotional literacy through youth service. Mentors in older grades help our garden grow by teaching younger peers what kindness is all about! With the help of this cheery...
View ArticleLearn Over 30 Strategies and Activities to Build Children’s Cognitive Skills
Ready to help your students, clients, and children learn better cognitive skills? The Kinetic Classroom is the online professional development platform to improve student thinking skills, learning and...
View Article9 Ways To Tell Your Children Their Feelings Matter
The social-emotional development of our nation's children is foremost in our minds. We have all hugged our children and expressed gratitude for their health and well-being. We pray for those families...
View Article10 Activities To Improve Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom – Video
10 Activities To Improve Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom - Webinar Children with healthy social-emotional skills learn, behave and achieve better. Research shows teacher retention, job...
View ArticleCreating Your Family Mission Statement: Why It Matters (and how to do it)
Today, I had the pleasure of speaking with the amazing parents and teachers in the Big Life Journal - Raising Kids with a Growth Mindset Facebook group. Their dedication to raising their children in a...
View Article5 Steps To Teaching Children Attention Skills
Research shows that we can teach children HOW to attend better. Many children have difficulty with attention. Yet, it’s not an all or nothing proposition. Our attention systems are on a continuum from...
View ArticleBloom Your Room Posters for Classrooms PreK-3rd Grade
It's been a busy year. We have been building our new executive function webinars, social-emotional learning programs, bookmarks, stickers, and cognitive movement programs. Our Bloom Your Room...
View ArticleStart Your Attention Engines!
Attention is a set of cognitive skills, one way to build attention is to coach it. When we teach children a bit about the components of the attention cycle, we are better able to help them manage their...
View ArticleWant Better Self-Regulation? Teach children the “felt-sense” of slowing down
Many children do not have awareness regarding how quickly they move. They rush when doing their written work, speed by classmates, knock things over and are often told, "slow down". Yet, they do not...
View ArticleOur Executive Function Resources all on One Page!
We have a new Executive Function in the Classroom PreK-6th-grade resource page you can share with your schools. Find all our links in one place:). Our new 6th-12th-grade content is in development. Much...
View ArticleCoordinative Steady-Beat Cognitive-Physical Activity May Improve Executive...
Download our Workshop Brochure Here We are Listening. In 2019, we had the pleasure of meeting with over 1500 educators, principals, clinicians, administrators, school psychologists, SLPs, OTs and PTs...
View ArticleGetting Back to School: VIDEO – Plan for Behavioral Success
If your child has had trouble with behavior at school in the past, you may be worried about getting off on the right foot in the new school year. Understood.org and Lynne Kenney, PsyD, pediatric...
View ArticleList of Classroom Physical Activity Programs and Resources
Here are some of the activity resources we share in our Executive Functions in the Classroom Workshops. Click on the Colored Buttons to view the programs and resources. A warm thank you to our amazing...
View Article70+ Executive Function “I DID IT!” Motivation Badges FREE #BrainLiteracy and...
In light of requests by some of the parents, teachers, and clinicians in our worldwide Executive Function community we are developing a few tools for you all to use to support learning, cognition and...
View ArticleKeeping Routines, Schedules and Structure at Home
School Psychologist Rebecca Comizio, Neuropsychologist Dr. David Nowell, Therapist Wendy Young, parenting expert Sue Atkins, I are sharing resources to help parents and teachers maintain routines,...
View ArticleCoping Well as Parents and Teachers During Distance Learning
Teaching, parenting and family life during #Covid19 has brought opportunities for learning and growth to us all. Every day brings new insights, adaptations and reflections. Recently, school...
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