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Exercise and Working Memory in School Children

What to help your students with working memory? Researchers have explored the association between exercise and working memory and have found that aerobic fitness, muscle strength, and coordination are all associated with working memory. Working memory is an important skills for students for reading, writing, math, following directions, and more. This executive function skills is […]

Power Exercises for Kids

There are many different power exercises for kids that they can work on to improve their potential.

Do you need ideas to increase power in children? The definition of power is (force x distance) ÷ time.  In other words power is the product of strength and speed over time. There are many different power exercises for kids that they can work on to improve their potential. Many times children who receive therapy services […]

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Writing Posture – Free Printable

Students need to learn how to maintain proper writing posture to prevent long term bad habits. Download a free poster to get started.

Writing posture in school may be more important than you realize. If you look around a classroom, often times you will see students slumped over in their seats, wiggling, or slouching. It is hard work to maintain good posture especially when talking about proper handwriting posture. Students need to learn how to maintain proper writing […]

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Sensory Processing and Executive Function Skills

Do you wonder if sensory processing and executive function skills are related? Is there an association between the two?

Do you wonder if sensory processing and executive function skills are related? Is there an association between the two? Sensory processing is receiving sensory input, organizing the input, and formulating a plan of action or response based on that input. Executive function skills include planning, organization, working memory, initiation, task monitoring, self-monitoring, inhibition, emotional control, […]