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Deep Pressure Calming Activities for the Classroom or Clinic
Here are a few deep-pressure activities for calming.
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4 days ago5 min read
🎵 Rhythm, Music, and Movement: Building the Foundation of Executive Function
When we strengthen the brain through rhythm and music, children build the skills they need to succeed in school, relationships, and daily life.
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Oct 1, 20251 min read
Developmental Activities for Cognitive, Social, and Motor Connections Ages 0-5
12 Developmental Activities for Young Children and their Caregivers
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May 30, 20255 min read
Movement Supports Brain Architecture
This article is about how movements supports cognition and brain architecture.
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Apr 12, 20254 min read
Fostering Social-Emotional Learning Skills in Children and Adolescents
This article by Steven Feifer presents the importance of social-emotional skills in childhood.
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Mar 19, 20255 min read
How Important is Music for Cognition in PreK-4th Grade Intervention?
Cognitive-motor and musical resources for parents and teachers.
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Mar 8, 20255 min read
10 Ways Sensory-Motor Skills Support Skilled Reading
Reading requires a complex interplay between cognitive, sensory, and motor processes, here are 10 ways sensory-motor skills support reading.
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Feb 6, 20253 min read
7 Engaging Activities for Parents to Foster Children's Self-Regulation Skills with Cognitivities
7 Engaging Activities for Parents to Foster Children's Self-Regulation Skills with Cognitivities
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Jun 25, 20242 min read
The Importance of Assessing Visual-Perceptual and Visual-Spatial Skills in Physical Education, SPED & Adapted PE
Lynne Kenney, PsyD & Alice Li, BS Boston College Recently an occupational therapist who attended our executive function workshop in...
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Apr 30, 20244 min read
Cognitivities™ for Better Self-Regulation, Response Inhibition, Memory, & Attention
Incorporate Music, Art, and Movement for Self-Regulation with Cognitivities.
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Apr 25, 20242 min read
The Music is Within Us: Building Self-Regulation Skills & Connection Through Music
This post is about using music for social cohesion and self-regulation.
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Mar 25, 20244 min read
Cognitive-Motor Activities For Better Executive Function, Self-Regulation & Learning in Children
Over the past 20 years, we have developed engaging cognitive-motor & executive function activities to help clinicians and educators who...
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Jan 18, 20242 min read
Power-Up Classroom Cognition with Music, Rhythm, and Motor Movement
Incorporating music, rhythm, and motor movement to strengthen executive function in children is an effective way to “Power-Up” children’s...
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Oct 28, 20233 min read
Physical Education and Physical Activity Improve Children’s Cognition, Achievement & Health
Physical Education promotes cognitive development through stimulation of the neural pathways necessary for socialization and learning.
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Jul 14, 20233 min read
How Do Executive Function Skills Contribute to Reading Proficiency?
Executive Function Skills contribute to phonological processing, reading fluency, and reading comprehension. Neurobiological and...
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Jul 2, 20234 min read
How is the Cognitive Skill "Sequencing" Important in Reading and Math?
The role of executive function skills in reading and math is becoming better known in education. Understood in the clinical treatment of...
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Jun 25, 20232 min read
BIG BUDS Kindness and Respect Activity - FREE Download
Our esteemed colleagues Kyle Bragg and Megaera Regan are at Shape America Seattle this week. They have been tweeting about teaching...
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Apr 4, 20231 min read
CogniSuite™ Executive Function Professional Development
Executive Function Skill deficits impact up to 80% of children ages 3-17 who have ADHD, Learning Difficulties, Dyslexia, Developmental...
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Jul 24, 20226 min read
Executive Functions are Cognitive Skills and Cognitive Skills Can Be Learned!
This is my favorite quote from our work at Wellington-Alexander Center, "Executive Functions are Cognitive Skills and Cognitive Skills...
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Jun 11, 20228 min read
30+ Physical Activity Programs + Resources for Parents, Teachers, Principals & Clinicians
We know that physical activity is beneficial for health, stress reduction, social relationships, and cognition. Yet, our children are...
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Mar 12, 20222 min read