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https://www.easel.ly/infographic/e9iz2w By mrsdvorakravitz | View this Toon at ToonDoo | Create your own Toon It’s Sunday. Deb is upstairs in her room. She has a little math and history homework, and then she plans to run outside and play with her friends. Before she starts, she goes downstairs to eat breakfast. After breakfast, her sister…
Gamification Part 2: What is a “Game”?
What is a game? Although there are different opinions about the definition of a game, here is one which Jonathan Cassie presents in his book Level Up Your Classroom (p. 11): All games are a combination of the four “mother mechanics: Agon, Alea, Mimicry, and Ilinx. The notion of four mother mechanics comes from Roger Caillois,…
Are you aware that you need to…..
Mike never uses his agenda planner. He says he doesn’t need one. Unfortunately, he has a test today, and he forgets to prepare. Mary has a long-term project for science. She knows she wants to do it, but she doesn’t know how to break it down into parts. Executive function starts with awareness. Executive function answers the…
Breathing to Stay Calm and Alert
Our two-year-old granddaughter Molly is tired. It is 3:30 pm, and she will have to wait until bedtime to go to sleep. We’re in my car, and my cousin calls to chat. My cousin is one of my favorite people, but she is a talker. We talk for a half hour, and the little one falls…
Planning and Prioritizing
Jenny’s history project is due tomorrow. She has ten hours to do it. She stays up all night and has it ready to hand in on time. She realizes that if she had given herself time, she would have revised it. Now it’s too late. Jenny doesn’t have the skills to break down the steps…
Self-Help Exercises For Self Regulation
As a homemaker and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who juggles family responsibilities and a profession, it’s not uncommon for me to feel overwhelmed. Since self-care starts at home, I decided to study Polyvagal Theory to update my understanding of the physiology of self-regulation. Terms to know Polyvagal Theory – Polyvagal Theory according to Steven…
