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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 305 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 195 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 85 min read


Q: How Important is Crawling?
This article shares why crawling is an important developmental skill.

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Feb 142 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 63 min read


Engaging children and adolescents through rhythm: A path to better self-regulation
This article is about how to teach children to slow down to think more clearly and self-regulate more effectively.

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Jan 72 min read


Cognitivitiesâ„¢ 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


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


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


The Importance of Rhythmic Coordinative Beat-Based Movement to Engage Executive Functions
Research in the past 20 years has shown a meaningful relationship between moving in time to a beat and symptomology in ADHD, Autism,...

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Oct 12, 20215 min read