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More than 7 million students, or about 15% of those ages 3 to 21, received special education services in the 2020-21 school year under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), according to the National Center for Education Statistics. To ensure the quality of special education services and meet the many needs in their classrooms, …
The First Dog - a new activity to work on episodic memory with children
New activity to teach kids how to manage money This week we present a children’s activity with high ecological value. We are talking about Sort Your Piggy Bank, an exercise for children to become familiar with and identify the coins and bills of their country (of other countries too!). What does it consist of? Children have …
We are back and refreshed after summer vacations and we are back to the routine of releasing a new activity every 15 days! This week we present the new children’s game: Who raised their hand? As we show you in the following video, this activity consists of remembering the order in which the children have raised …
You’ve been asking for it and here it is: a new package to work on laterality in children, specifically cross laterality with children! In addition, we include in this package a maze generator to work on planning with a spatial component. In total we’ve included four new generators to add a fresh new component to …
This week we’re not just releasing one new activity, but two! Both for the kiddos! Search and you will find! and Make up a story with images.
Read on to learn how to make the most out of the new activities:
What is laterality? Laterality is the distribution of functions across the two cerebral hemispheres. The preference for one side of the body over the other (right or left) to perform actions depends on this distribution. This laterality comes from the binary organization of our nervous system. In fact, this duality is found in our body: …
Cognitive Stimulation Activities for Children: 1. The Magic Word The classic word search puzzle remains the cognitive stimulation activity most chosen among professionals to improve attention in kids. NeuronUP offers therapists the possibility of customizing the word search to stimulate patients by using words from their daily life. For example, creating a customized word search with the …
Cognitive stimulation is a fundamental neuropsychological technique for improving mental capacity in people. When applied to children, cognitive stimulation aims to improve basic cognitive processes, including memory, attention, and reasoning. Today, we focus on activities for improving reasoning in children. What is reasoning? Reasoning is a critical function for daily life since it involves the …
