Category: Skills
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Celebrate Your Progress
Activity from Planner You did it! You made it to the school year’s end and finished using this planner. Let’s take stock of everything you learned and how this school year went. What went right this school year? Make a note of where you felt like you had some wins. Where did you see improvement?…
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Skill Builder No. 27: Build Endurance and Focus
Activity from Planner Try these activities to give your brain a workout! NOTE: this skill builder does not have an extended activity Download Resources
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Skill Builder No. 26: Stopping a Bad Habit
Activity from Planner If you want to drop a habit (like using your phone in bed), you must change earlier in the evening routine. To successfully change that routine, you may need to move your charger away from your bed to a different side of the room. Extended Activity Human brains are great at doing…
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Skill Builder No. 25: Flashcards
Activity from Planner You are probably familiar with flashcards from sight words or math facts in your younger years, but flashcards are useful beyond elementary school. All that is needed to make a flashcard is to have a word, phrase, question, image, or concept on one side and, on the other side, write out the…
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Skill Builder No. 24: Positive Self-talk
Activity from Planner Are there predictable times when you feel anxiety? Do you feel the pressure of unmet expectations, or a potential negative outcome? Take a minute and bring in the opposite feeling. Take a deep breath and say an affirmation from the list below out loud. Affirmations: Extended Activity Are there predictable times when…
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Skill Builder No. 23: Visually Organizing Notes
Activity from Planner How information is organized and presented profoundly affects our brain’s ability to process that information. It can affect how quickly we can understand the information or how well we can remember it! How many words start with “I” in the first sentence? What about the second? See the difference? Note taking tricks:…
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Skill Builder No. 22: Starting when Unmotivated
Activity from Planner How do I get started when I am not motivated? Or even worse, what if I don’t want to even start? You are in luck; we’ve got some handy and quick tricks for you to try. Read about each one on the next page, and then come back and circle the one…
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Skill Builder No. 21: Reading Tricks
Activity from Planner More techniques to help the information you read stick. Extended Activity More techniques to help the information you read stick: Pick one item from the list and plan to try it out this week! Add it to your weekly sheet, and consider putting a note in the book to remind yourself to…
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Skill Builder No. 20: Typing Notes
Activity from Planner Structuring typed notes or giving shape to large amounts of text can help you organize your thoughts while also improving memory recall and making them easy to skim or scan later. It’s a win-win-win! Typing tricks: Extended Activity Structuring typed notes or giving shape to large amounts of text can help you…
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Skill Builder No. 19: Movement Supercharges Focus
Activity from Planner Brief bursts of exercise improve energy, focus and stamina, adding fuel to your fire. Physical activity immediately boosts your brain’s dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine levels, creating the same positive effects as medications that treat ADHD — increasing the ability to focus and pay attention. 2-5 minutes of movement: Add a movement break…