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Teaching Parenting Skills At Doctor Visits Helps Children’s Behavior

NPR - Vanessa Rancaño "As researchers have come to understand [...]

January 28th, 2016|Categories: ADHD, attention span, Behavior, Brain development, Child Development, Children, Learning, Low Income, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Poverty|Tags: Education, School|

A neuroscientist says there’s a powerful benefit to exercise that is rarely discussed

Quartz - Wendy A. Suzuki "...my favorite neuroscience-based motivation for [...]

January 20th, 2016|Categories: attention span, Brain, Education, Exercise, Learning, Memory, Neuroscience, Physical Activity, School, Stress, Students|Tags: Education, School|

Why children who sleep more get better grades

The Conversation - Dagmara Dimitriou "Sleep plays a fundamental role [...]

December 25th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, attention span, Behavior, Executive Function, Grades, Health, Language, Learning, Memory, Problem-solving, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Teens|Tags: Education, School|

Fast-paced TV harmful to kids’ brain development

KOIN - Eileen Park "Could the type of programming your [...]

November 20th, 2015|Categories: ADHD, attention span, Brain development, Child Development, Children, Television|Tags: Education, School|

When it comes to children’s ability to think, weight and activity level both matter, study finds

EurekAlert! - Public Release "Weight and physical activity levels are [...]

October 28th, 2015|Categories: attention span, Child Development, Childhood Obesity, Children, Cognitive Development, Physical Activity, Planning, Weight|Tags: Education, School|

Want to learn faster? Stop multitasking and start daydreaming

The Guardian - Daniel J Levitin "Information is being created [...]

October 24th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, attention span, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Social Media, Social Skills, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Play Hard, Live Free: Where Wild Play Still Rules

NPR - Eric Westervelt "There are only a handful of [...]

August 4th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, attention span, Belgium, Bilingual, Books, Boston, Budget, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Community Service, Countries, Current Events, Detroit, Diversity, Education, K-3, Language, Learning, Oklahoma, Omaha, Outdoors, Pakistan, Parenting, Parents, Philadelphia, Physical Activity, Playing, Russia, San Francisco, Tanzania, Tax Credit, Teacher, Uncategorized, United Nations, United States, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Emotional Intelligence, Not Just ‘Executive Function,’ Influences A Child’s Ability To Pay Attention

Medical Daily - Susan Scutti "Why do some kindergartners find [...]

July 19th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, attention span, Brain, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Current Events, Education, Emotional Literacy, Executive Function, Learning, Parenting, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Speaking more than one language makes you smarter

Boston Newstime - Staff Writer "People who speak two or [...]

July 16th, 2015|Categories: attention span, Bilingual, Brain, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Executive Function, Language|Tags: Education, School|

Emotional Intelligence, Not Just ‘Executive Function,’ Influences A Child’s Ability To Pay Attention

Medical Daily - Susan Scutti "Why do some kindergartners find [...]

July 8th, 2015|Categories: ADHD, attention span, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Emotional Literacy|Tags: Education, School|

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