Lynne Kenney – Executive Function in the Classroom

This workshop will teach you how to: Lynne KenneyPsy.D. is a psychologist and author who teaches international integration. the The most recent research in Neuroscience, kinesiology, and education for children to learn more efficiently. 

Lynne Kenney – Executive Function in the Classroom

WHAT YOU NEED to KNOW ABOUT MOVEMENT and COGNITION

• Explore new neuroscience + kinesiology research for education
• Teach children how the Brain is built. Manage your 3-Part brains
• Define & teach executive functions to children
• Embodied cognition-learning is a whole-Body experience
• Daily physical activity is important. the Classroom

CURRENT REPORTS ON THE ROLE of MOVEMENT IN LEARNING

• Physical activity is good for your health and academic success
• Exercises that improve executive function
• How to implement a movement plan
• To improve behavior, we can use collaboration and student creativity

ACTIVITIES AND TOOLS STRATEGIES

Alerting, Attending, Energizing

• March Match
• Find the Pulse
• Clap & Tap
• I’m a Star
• Over the Line in 4/4 time
• The Little Jane Fonda
• Wave Jump
• Switch Tasks
• Clap, Snap, Tap
• Rhythm and Rhyme
• Body Percussion
• Play pretend drums

Self-Regulation

• The difference between self and others-Regulation and self-Control
• Task demands and perceived stress
• Stressor identification & arousal states
• Slowing down to improve cognitive control the Marshmallow in the middle
  • Synchrony and Entrainment
  • Entrain me (Walk & Bounce with me)
  • Co-Regulation – Swing, sway and sing
  • Meditation and Mindfulness
  • The Music Carpet Ride
  • Middle C OHM
  • Head, Shoulders, Hips & Knees
  • Tai Chi
  • Pretend balance beam
  • Yogivate in ACTIVATE
  • Rhythm Ball
  • 3,5,7,9 For Calming in Time
  • Mirroring with Big Ben

Attention/Memory

• The BIG 3 – attention, working memory & self-Control
  • Ballooning!
  • ACTIVATE
  • The Sequence is The Secret
  • The Parts of the Task Game
  • Cognitive Conversations
  • The THINK Cards
  • My Attention Engine
  • Play Math

Behavior

• Anxiety, agitation or hopelessness
• What to say and think when children are growing?
• The power of your own self-Talk
  • Who’s Jelly Beans Am I Holding?
  • The Purpose Circle
  • What’s In It For Me?
  • Anger and Perceived Loss
  • Anger Mountain
  • My Anger Manager
  • I’ll Give This 10

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Description:

• Learn how to teach children how to learn better by improving their ability to learn.
• Executive function improves when motor movements are coordinated
• Close the education gap in Poverty with movement and cognition

Teaching students how to think, learn and act empowers them for active participation in Their own learning. Children with ADHD, anxiety, learning difficulties, oppositional tendencies, and disinterest are all common in children. in In school, students are taught how to be “Cognitive Scientists” They become more invested when they can teach their brains to prioritize, plan, attend, and remember. in school and are motivated to learn.

Take the Executive functions are made clearer by teaching students how they can learn more efficiently while calming their defensive brains. This results in better concentration, higher academic achievement and competent interpersonal relationships.-Empathic skills.

This workshop will teach you how to: Lynne KenneyPsy.D. is a psychologist and author who teaches international integration. the The most recent research in Education for kids that focuses on neuroscience, kinesiology, education and education to help them learn more efficiently. Discover over 30 cognitively progressive developmental topics.-Activities, worksheets, and exercises to liven up your classroom. Learn how to enhance cognition, increase learning, and empower children with motor movement sequencing, attending, and self-management.-Regulation and memory activities.

Wear comfortable clothes as we will be moving to the rhythm of music, body percussion, yoga, and other rhythm activities.