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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

Just in case my newsletter today didn't reach you, here is what I shared with our executive function community. Good Day Colleagues, It's a beautiful day for sharing resources with you all to support children's cognition and learning. We finished our Executive Function curriculum for the classroom. It's heading to the publisher for design. Can't wait to share that with you. I hired a wonderful artist to design the "My Attention Engine" storybook that goes with our FREE Exe

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?" Click the imag

Every student knows the feeling: you're sitting in class, trying to pay attention, and suddenly you realize you have no idea what the teacher just said. Your mind wandered off to lunch, or last weekend, or that thing your friend said at recess. And then comes the familiar thought: What makes me so distracted? Here's what every child—and every teacher—needs to know:   Attention shifts from moment to moment. When you raise your awareness of when you are focused and why your bra

Visual Processing Skills: Building Blocks for Learning and Development Visual processing encompasses a sophisticated set of cognitive abilities that allow children to make sense of the visual world around them. These skills work together as an integrated system, enabling everything from reading and writing to navigating playground equipment and solving math problems. Understanding these skills helps educators, clinicians, and parents recognize both strengths and areas where c

According to the American Optometric Association (AOA), approximately 25% (1 in 4) of all children have a vision problem significant enough to impact their learning. While exact numbers vary, studies suggest around 3-4%  of children have significant visual processing deficits like Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) or Nonverbal Learning Disability (NVLD), though some estimates place general vision problems affecting learning as high as 10-15%, and even higher (30-60%) in childr

Deep Pressure & Vestibular Input Help Children Calm When children become dysregulated in the classroom, their brains are telling us something important: the demands of the moment have exceeded their current capacity to cope. Dysregulation isn't a failure of character or a choice to misbehave-it's a neurological reality. The child's brain has detected a threat, whether that's sensory overload, cognitive overwhelm, social stress, or physical discomfort, and has automatically sh

We enjoyed an engaging webinar on the role of music and movement in cognition and learning with Alex Doman at Advance Brain Technologies. When we strengthen the brain through rhythm and music, children build the skills they need to succeed in school, relationships, and daily life. 🔸 Why rhythm is the foundation for language, cognition, and social connection 🔸 How music helps children regulate emotions and build focus 🔸 Everyday activities that combine movement and rhythm t