Let's SING to LEARN! If you have been to any of my executive function workshops, you know I love to sing songs with students to teach them about their self-regulation, attention, memory, planning, and cognitive flexibility. Moving and singing in time with peers provides a valuable opportunity to practice beat competency, self-regulation, and focused attention. Music naturally engages multiple attention and memory systems simultaneously. When cognitive skill lessons are embedd

One of my favorite topics to discuss with students is the importance of their Attention Engines. We wrote a song about this, and we now have a downloadable lyrics book to accompany it. Soon, we will also publish a children's book with a story you can read with your students. I'll never forget the day I sang the chorus to Attention Engine with a student, and he replied with a hand on his hips, "Dr. Lynne, why didn't anyone ever tell me about my attention cycle?" Here is the li

Attention shifts from moment to moment. When you raise your awareness of when you are focused and why your brain drifts, you can better monitor your attention cycle. 

The best news about visual processing development is that children can strengthen these skills through play. Even without a formal deficit, all of our children can benefit from playing games that strengthen our visual processing skills.

Visual processing skills are essential cognitive abilities that help children interpret the world around them. These skills form the backbone of learning, influencing tasks from reading and writing to solving math problems and engaging in physical activities.

Here are a few deep-pressure activities for calming.