Dr. Lynne Kenney is the nation’s leading pediatric psychologist in the development of cognitive-physical activity programs for students K-6. Dr. Kenney develops curriculum, programming, and activities to improve children’s cognition through coordinative cognitive-motor movement, executive function skill-building strategies, and social-emotional learning.
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Want 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 [...]
The Music Carpet Ride for Calming
Ready to mindfully find calm? Take A Music Carpet Ride. When helping children “Find Calm” at home or in the classroom, on occasion we will do meditation or mindfulness activities and the children might [...]
Classroom Physical Activity Podcast with Jorge Rodriguez
On the Global Phys Ed Podcast, Jorge Rodriguez and I talk about beat competency, classroom physical activity, and the research regarding building executive function skills and ready-to-learn brains. Here is the video. [...]
Start Your Attention Engines! with the My Attention Engine Sticker Game
Attention is a set of cognitive skills, one way to build attention is to coach it. When we teach children about the components of the attention cycle, they are better able to be mindfully [...]
Bloom 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 social-emotional learning 11"x17" posters just arrived and are [...]
5 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 hyper-alert/over-focused [...]
Introducing…The Kinetic Classroom!
Dr. Lynne Kenney integrates neuroscience + kinesiology + education to improve children’s learning with cognitive and physical activities designed to enhance children’s attention, memory, self-regulation, learning, and behavior.
Bringing Cognition + Movement to Classrooms and Communities Worldwide.
