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Lynne Kenney, PsyD www.lynnekenney.com @drlynnekenney Play: It’s more than therapy 2014

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Dr. Lynne's 2014 Workshop on Play: It's more than therapy. We explore the neurocognitive underpinnings of play with an emphasis on brain development ages 2-12.

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Lynne Kenney, PsyDwww.lynnekenney.com

@drlynnekenney

Play: It’s more than therapy2014

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Learning the neurocognitive underpinnings of Play

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Where we will travel today Learn why and how play therapy works in light of current

neuroscience research Explore how play therapy improves executive function Apply brain research to play therapy techniques Review clinical decision making, goal setting, diagnostic

considerations and justification for play therapy treatment

Review short-term play therapy techniques to maximize behavior change

Clarify the roles of nutrition, sleep, OT, medication and respite in play therapy

Explore why and how to engage the family for long-term success

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What Is Play

Activities that are freely chosen and self-directed arising from intrinsic motivation.

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Elements of Play

Play is self-chosen and self-directed Play is activity in which means are more valued

than ends Play has structure, or rules, which are not

dictated by physical necessity but emanate from the minds of the players

Play is imaginative, non-literal, mentally removed in some way from “real” or “serious” life

Play involves an active, alert, but non-stressed frame of mind.

Dr. Peter Gray in Free to Learn

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Play Is Evolutionarily Driven The play-as-preparation hypothesis Training for the unexpected Relaxation Developing neuronal connections Self-control and constraint Learning social rules Forming alliances Practicing needed skill sets for success and

survival

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Stuart Brown's TED Talk- Play is fundamental

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Purpose of Play ~ Theory

New York Times Magazine ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG February 17, 2008 www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/magazine/17play.html

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Patterns Are Innate

A pattern is consistent repetition What does a pattern look like? What might a pattern sound like? Why patterns are important for brain

development.

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Shape Color Sound

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Cognitive Recognition

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Inhibition + Cognition

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Cognitive Inhibition

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Patterns in Play Attunement Body or movement play Object (trucks, dolls)

What non-directive play looks & sounds like

Social Imaginary or pretend Story telling and narrative

I knew a person who (message), Chief up & Down (build rituals), Green Eggs & Ham (rhyme and rhythm)

Creative

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Leong, Jan 2012 Young Children NAEYC

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Play is growing, learning and connecting.

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How Critical is Play?

Play is essential to development because it contributes to the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional well-being of children and youth (AAP ~ Ginsburg,

January 2007, p. 182). Play is so important to children’s

development that the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (1989) recognizes it as a basic right of every child.

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Why Play? Build the brain Become a successful social animal Build creativity and imagination Intrapersonal, interpersonal and

developmental growth Learn to think and problem solve Learn shapes, size, letters, numbers Learn narrative language

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From Neurons To Neighborhoods Human development is shaped by a dynamic

and continuous interaction between biology and experience.

Culture influences every aspect of human development and is reflected in childrearing beliefs and practices designed to promote healthy adaptation.

The growth of self-regulation is a cornerstone of early childhood development that cuts across all domains of behavior.

National Academy Press, 2000

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www.allianceforchildhood.org

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Play is Brain Development

Emergent literacy and math skills Scribbling, shape formation, letter

formation, number concepts Narrative story telling, verbalizing,

organization, vocabulary Self-regulation

Managing intensity, identifying & managing energy states

Problem Solving & Decision Making

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What’s In The Way of Play Age progression of academic standards Belief in didactic literacy and math Doubling the burden Larger class size Smaller budgets Curriculum drivers Failure to note that movement improves

brain function above all else

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Goodbye PE

From 1991 to 2003, % of high-school students enrolled in daily PE classes in America plummeted, from 42 percent to 28 percent.

50% of America’s youth meet the current evidence-based guideline ~ at least 60 minutes of vigorous or moderate-intensity physical activity daily. Source: HHS

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Hope For Play

Playborhoods Cul de Sac Kids Brain Breaks Movement Morsels Role of Exercise in Cognition Emphasis on Nutrition Play Ambassadors

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Parents wish to Learn How to PLAY with their children

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Cash Rich Time Poor

In a 2009 IKEA study 45% of parents internationally felt they wished they had more time to play with their children.

What does playing with your children mean?

What can you do?

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Introduce “Being Present”

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Woolfson

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The Space Between

NEED

IMPULSE

BEHAVIOR

Practice, relating, skill sets

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My Very Own School

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At Home Play Schedules

Free play (blocks, trains, cars, dolls)

Circle Time Story-Time Small manipulatives Writing-Time Snack Math Art Puzzles

Lunch Time Reading-Time Cutting Playdoh Sensory Play Outdoor Play

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Simple Play Tips

Organize your enrichment materials Make time to play throughout the day Play indoors and outdoors Watch and listen, no need to direct Repeat back what you hear Stay with the theme “I see that” “I hear that” “I wonder

about”

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Organization

Bookcases Bookshelves Cubbies Hanging Organizers Plastic boxes, labeled Stackable Shelves Storage Bench Toy Bins

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Activities Action Figures Age appropriate

videos Arts and crafts Board Games Books Building sets Coloring Books Dolls Music

Musical Instruments Party Supplies Pretend Play/ Dress

Up Puzzles Sporting Goods Stuff Animals Trains/Automobiles

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Play and Language Tips

Slow down Be Present Get at eye level Experience floor level Listen with your eyes Elaborate only when needed Experience silence

www.playingwithwords365.com

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Get Outside

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Gill Connell & Cheryl McCarthy

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A Moving Child

A Moving Child Is a Learning Child All learning begins with the body. It

has to. Itʼs our point of reference—our own personal, portable True North, so to speak. And for children, itʼs even more because the body is the brainʼs first teacher.

And the lesson plan is movement.

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A Few Novel Sites

www.playingwithwords365.com www.growingajeweledrose.com www.teachpreschool.org www.teacherspayteachers.com www.aahperd.org/headstartbodystart/

activityresources www.pinterest.com/kidlutions www.brightring.com

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Five characteristics of inviting neighborhood hangoutsFun

Variety ~ Features should appeal to children of diverse ages. The Lanza family yard includes a sandbox, fountain, message board, playhouse, and trampoline.ComfortAccessibilityVisibilityCritical mass

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The Rich History Of Play Therapy Melanie Klein, Anna Freud Handbook of Play Therapy, Charles

Schaefer Play Therapy, Virginia Axline Parent–Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)

Sheila Eyberg Child Centered Play Therapy, Garry

Landreth Liana Lowenstein Eliana Gil

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Wendy Young ~ Kidlutions.com

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Types of Brain-Based Play Unoccupied (0-3 months) Solitary (3-18 months) Onlooker (toddlers) Parallel (toddler – 3 years) Functional Associative (learning social rules) Social (interactive) Constructive (creating, building) Expressive Pretend Cooperative

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Play Skills Pretend/imagine Role play Parallel play Interactive play Self-directed play Other-directed play Maintaining engagement for x amount of time Introducing themes Responding to another in play (other initiated) Repetitive play ~ shifting themes and content

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Practical Considerations Referral source Initial contact (The sound is the message) Suitability (Client and clinician characteristics,

fees, length of treatment) Referrals after assessment Developmental, behavioral, learning and

medical issues Psych-education for care providers Team Work

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Short-Term Work ~ I Take a thorough history for an optimal

starting position Conduct an assessment

Components of Play Assessment Entry into the space Reading the landscape Initiating, maintaining and ending play Choice of materials Use of objects Boundaries Interpersonal relating Sense of self

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Short-Term Work ~ II

Be mindful of parents/client/school goals Review skill-set domains for goal setting Develop clear, concise, measurable

goals Document what you did and why you did

it with a camera watching Comment on neurocognitive skills when

appropriate When you wrap it up, tie a bow on it

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Play Therapy Experience

Experience safety and trust You are a person worthy of respect Organize life experiences Metabolize emotions Explore dependence and

independence Learn new skills (cognitive, limbic,

motor)

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The Relationship

Is respectfulIs reflectiveIs understandingIs in the presentIs in the momentIs safeDirects only when needed

What’s your name and how are you feeling? What is your plan to have a good day? I plan to ….

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Sand Tray Exploration

Description of the process Miniature choice Unconscious background Self-directed exploration Narration Meaning  www.childtherapytoys.com www.goodtherapy.org www.creativecounseling101.com

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Neural Connections

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To Build Neurons You Need

Whole Real Food Omega-3’s and fatty acids Amino acids Water Exercise or movement Exposure to life experience

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7 Senses Tactile or Somatosensory System - sense of

touch Visual System - sense of sight Auditory System - sense of hearing Gustatory System - sense of taste Olfactory System - sense of smell Vestibular System - sense of balance Proprioception System - sense of body position

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Sensational Play

What’s in the bag?Seasonal Sand TrayDo you hear what I hear?Little skittle

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www.urbanchildinstitute.org Source: Corel, JL. The postnatal development of the human cerebral cortex. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; 1975

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Building A Brain The newborn brain adds neurons over the first

few years of life and grows at an amazing rate. It doubles in size in the first year, and by age three it reaches 80 percent of its adult volume.

This growth is due mostly to neuron growth and new synapses being made.

Connections are formed at a faster rate during these years than at any other time.

By age three, the brain has up to twice as many connections as it will have in adulthood.

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The Brain Has Priorities

Move to learnConnect what is usedPrune to be efficient

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Pruning In a human fetus, almost a trillion

neurons are produced. During the last month, they are produced at the unbelievable rate of 250,000 per second.  Eighty-to-hundred billion of these neurons will be utilized by experience and become permanent, while the other 900 billion will be pruned – that is, carefully dismantled with the material recycled by the brain’s unique immune system. jonlieffmd.com

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Source: www.urbanchildinstitute.org C.A. Nelson, in Neurons to Neighborhoods, 2000

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Brain Facts

100,000,000,000 (100 billion) neurons Neurons multiply at a rate 250,000

neurons/minute during early pregnancy The total surface area of the cerebral

cortex (gray matter folds) is about 2.5 ft2

There are 1,000 to 10,000 synapses for a "typical" neuron, 100 trillion in all

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Grey and White

The CNS has two kinds of tissue: grey matter and white matter, Grey matter, which has a pinkish-grey color in the living brain, contains the cell bodies, dendrites and axon terminals of neurons, so it is where all synapses are. White matter is made of axons connecting different parts of grey matter to each other.

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Connections Neurons can connect with up

to a hundred thousand other cells. This number of connections is a truly enormous number: 10 thousand trillion.

One neuron can have as many as 100,000 dendrites.

In a human, there are more than 100 trillion synapses just in the cerebral cortex alone

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How do Neurons Connect?

The electrical signals (nerve impulses) carried by neurons are passed on to other neurons at junctions called synapses. The signal may be directly transferred at electrical synapses or, if there is no physical link between adjacent neurons, the signal is carried across the gap by chemicals called neurotransmitters. By using neurotransmitters, the nervous system can alter the way a message is passed on. Each neuron communicates with many others and this contributes to the amazing complexity of the brain. www.sciencemuseum.org.uk

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What is The Synapse? When a nerve impulse reaches the synapse at

the end of a neuron, it cannot pass directly to the next one. Instead, it triggers the neuron to release a chemical neurotransmitter. The neurotransmitter drifts across the gap between the two neurons. On reaching the other side, it fits into a tailor-made receptor on the surface of the target neuron, like a key in a lock. This docking process converts the chemical signal back into an electrical nerve impulse. www.sciencemuseum.org.uk

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Your Brain is Like A Placemat

Insulted? Don’t be.

A placemat is a good thing.

Connect the dots.

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Neurotransmitters Your brain uses over 50 different

neurotransmitter chemicals. Although electrical signaling between neurons is quicker and more energy efficient, chemical signaling is far more versatile. The signals carried by some neurotransmitters excite the target cell while others dampen down their activity, depending on the type of neurotransmitter released at the synapse and the receptors they reach. This is what sharpens the contrast between light and dark in the eye, for example. www.sciencemuseum.org.uk

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How Do We Build Brain Connections?

Exposure Experience Doing, thinking,

mirroring Practice ~ and a

lot of it

www.unc.edu

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Optimal Brain Wiring

Receives good daily nutritionEnjoys a variety of positive experiencesHas a rich language environmentIs provided with adequate amounts of sleepLives with routines and predictabilityHas opportunities to develop relationships with nurturing caring adults and other childrenLearns through lots of time to play and explore

Deborah McNelis braininsights.blogspot.com

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We Learn Through Play

Planning Decision making Problem solving Inhibition Cognitive Flexibility Attention/Focus/Shift Creativity/Imagination

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EF Domains Attention, focus, distractibility Cognitive control, shift and flexibility Memory, input, manipulation, output Emotional regulation and modulation Problem solving, decision making Impulse control and management Organization, planning, and time management Motor management planning, pacing, initiation,

maintaining, stopping

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Cognitive Domains Cognitive

Attention Distraction Focus Shift Rumination Perseveration Hopeful thinking Optimism Negativity Resistance

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Thinking Skill Domains

Organization Planning Systems and methods Initiation, execution, review Attention to detail Finding the data Problem solving Explaining one’s answer

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Self-Regulation Domains

Perception ~ sensory Recognizing internal energy state Recognizing escalation or de-escalation Initiating, maintaining and changing

energy Labeling, naming or expressing a feeling Utilizing calming skills

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Movement and Attention ~ Games

The Floating ArmPing & PongLet’s Freak-Out

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Attention Selective Attention The ability to remain

focused and on task while being subjected to related and unrelated sensory input (distractions).

Sustained Attention The ability to remain focused and on task, and the amount of time we can focus.

Divided Attention The ability to remember information while performing a mental operation and attending to two things at once (multi-tasking). Source learningrx

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Processing Speed

Speed of Processing Theory: the interference occurs because words are read faster than colors are named.

Selective Attention Theory: the interference occurs because naming colors requires more attention than reading words.

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Memory

Whole brain activity Hippocampus Saliency Novelty Test twice Mental pictures

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Improving Memory

Pay attention Chunk Visualize and

associate Automaticity Move to Think

Layer cognition on movement patterns

Play thinking games

Add rhythm and timing

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Problem Solving ~ Understanding

Can you state the problem in your own words?

What are you trying to find or do? Read the data, environment or clues What is working or not working? What do you know? What don’t you know?

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Problem Solving ~ Plan and execute

Read the landscape Know where you need to end up Make a plan on how to get there Look for patterns Solve what you do know first Guess then test Review and revise

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EF and Behavioral Change

Visualizing and verbalizing Role Play Social Stories The Beginning, Middle & End Going Full Circle See, say, play, touch, build Mentoring others Motor movement

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Generalizing

Does the intervention generalize?

What do you measure?How do you know?Sustainable change

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Creativity

Play with abandon. A constant focus on work without play dulls creativity.

Draw, doodle, sculpt, paint Use a visual inspiration Make the time Create opportunity

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Creative Play

The Ruby BooksLadybugs & LollipopsWho’s in my corner

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Domains of Creative Arts

Music engagement

Visual arts therapy

Movement-based creative expression

Expressive

writing Planning Organization Cognitive

intention Inhibition Focus/attention Rhythm/timing

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Creative Arts

Non-stressful Expressive Attached Present Mindful Moving away from defensive brain

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Creative Arts Activities

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Yes, Virginia, There Is Some Art Therapy Research

Art therapy in healthcare Art therapy in trauma Art therapy in cancer Art therapy and cognition

www.cathymalchiodi.com

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Music Daniel Levitin and post-doctoral researcher

Mona Lisa Chanda, McGill University, reviewed 400 published scientific papers

Effects on brain chemistry and associated mental and physical health benefits Management of mood Stress reduction Boosting immunity As an aid to social bonding

Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Volume 17, Issue 4, 179-193, 1 April 2013

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Audition

The Listening ProgramIntegrated ListeningTherapeutic ListeningIn Time

Healing at the Speed of Sound (Campbell & Doman)

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Play To Learn

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Math Skills K-5

Number recognition (receptive and expressive)

Counting objects with 1:1 correspondence

Counting out objects from a group

Patterns/sorting

Estimation/guessing/comparison

Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Fractions Factors

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Play Math is a cortico-cerebellar math program that alternates fine and gross motor movement to teach children ages 6-12 fact families, factors and fractions (Kenney 2012)

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Mirror or Skip Count (Balls) Slide and Glide (Blocks) Over and Up (Blocks) How do numbers fit together? What makes a family? Advanced techniques

The Method

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Three things children taught me about how they learn math.

We build brain connections with:

a. Rhythm b. Fine and Gross Motor

Movement c. Mentoring

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We Calm Down To Think

Teach relaxation breathing and self-talk Allow for a break (including a physical

place to calm down) when child encounters a change

Provide warnings (signals) prior to transitions – they can be visual, touch, or verbal

@stressfreekids Lori Lite

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Calming Resources SEL www.kimochis.com Physical Movement www.sparkpe.org Repetitive Movement balavisx.com Rhythmic Breathing Take Five Music/Stories Listening www.stressfreekids.com Art Drawing Mandalas Listen to a Raisin – Meditate Vision Therapy

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Yoga

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Meditation and Mindfulness

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Self-Regulation Recognizing

escalation Asking for help (I

feel revved up, angry, annoyed)

Stopping escalation

Making a choice to use a calming skill

De-escalating Initiating calm

Maintaining calm Using calming

skills (breathing, music, motor movement, yoga, meditation

Using energy release skills (jump ropes, trampoline, jumping jacks)

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Bloom: Helping children blossom

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Managing Body Space

Kinesthetic awareness (where are you in relationship to people and objects)

Proximity Use of materials that can hurt others Balance Coordination Posturing

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Communication

Communication Messaging Meaning For Understanding

Non-verbalVerbalGesturalFacial

Observing Reaching Turning away Facial

expressions Gestures Pointing Body movements

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Language

Receptive Expressive/Labeling Intraverbal (asking and answering “Wh”

questions, commenting, etc.) We’re going on a field trip. Who, what, when, where, how narrative

exploration of an experience. Interverbal (knowing what you are saying

outloud) Vocabulary (generalization and

discrimination of new words)

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Pragmatics Greeting Informing Requesting Talking turns in conversation

If this, then what Staying on topic Informing the uninformed listener Asking for help when not understanding Rephrasing when misunderstood Telling a story or experience in a clear sequence

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Phonemic Awareness

Phonemes are small units of sound. Phonemes are heard, not read.

Phonics is symbol-sound relationships. A grapheme is the smallest

semantically distinguishing unit in a written language.

Vocabulary is the set of words that allow for meaningful oral and written expression.

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Early Reading Skills ~ I Identifies front, back, title, and author of a book Demonstrates top to bottom, left to right

progression Distinguishes letters from words and words

from sentences Identifies all uppercase and lowercase letters Demonstrates knowledge of beginning sounds

by printing correct letter symbols with corresponding pictures

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Early Reading Skills ~ II Orally tells what sound is heard at the beginning and

ending of words Blends CVC sounds aloud to make a word Rhymes Count the number of sounds in a syllable and the

number of syllables in a word Reads one syllable and common words by sight such as

"the", "I", "is” Orally states the names of the days of the week and

months of the year Identifies the eight basic colors and reads the

corresponding color words

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Later Reading Skills ~ III Understands temporal relationships Makes predictions Identifies characters, setting, and main idea of

a story Demonstrates comprehension of stories by

orally retelling or acting out Can say what they learned and where they

learned it

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Writing Uppercase letter formation Lowercase letter formation Number formation Staying in the lines Writing words Spelling Writing sentences Writing paragraphs Writing for meaning

Write me a message

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