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Fostering Social-Emotional Learning Skills in Children and Adolescents
Steven G. Feifer D.Ed. Shared with the permission of Jack Hirose & Associates According to a recent survey conducted by the Canadian...
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Mar 195 min read

How Important is Music for Cognition in PreK-4th Grade Intervention?
We build executive function skills with cognitive-motor movement.
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Mar 85 min read


Q: How Important is Crawling?
Crawling calibrates the sensory system Crawling is a foundational developmental milestone that does far more than help babies move...
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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
Today on our 30-day Executive Function Festival on Instagram and Facebook, we are doing some cognitive-motor activities to enhance...
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Jan 72 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
When we think of music, often what comes to mind, is a song. We may think of Broadway musicals, Bach, or Taylor Swift. In our minds,...
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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 (PhysEd) programs in elementary schools play a vital role in promoting learning, academic achievement, social skills,...
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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

Why We Teach Crossing the Midline Activities in CogniSuite
Crossing the midline refers to the ability to reach across the body's vertical midline with one hand or foot to perform tasks on the...
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Jun 17, 20232 min read

I DID It! Free Motivational Badges for Kids
In light of requests by some of the parents, teachers, and clinicians in our Executive Function community we have developed a few...
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Apr 9, 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


Sensory-Motor and Perceptual-Motor Skills: What's the difference?
Sensory-motor skills and perceptual-motor skills are two closely related but distinct concepts in motor learning and performance....
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Mar 14, 20232 min read

Executive Function Skills and Math: What's the Relationship?
Research on the development of executive function (EF) and early competencies in mathematics has suggested a substantial relationship...
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Nov 14, 20223 min read

What is missing in the conversation about 66% of 4th-grade children not reading at grade level?
If you are an Educator the BIG Conversation is... About school districts shifting their reading interventions to align with an enormous...
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Aug 21, 20224 min read