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These materials teach students how to care for their brains, using the acronym SEEDS (for Sleep, Eat, Exercise, Drink (H2O), and Stress (get rid of it). School is an athletic event for the brain, and how we care for our brain lays the foundation for our learning and well-being. The section on "Sleep: What's It Good For?" leads into a discussion of our almost ubiquitous sleep deprivation and its costs, tracking of sleep habits and goals for improvement. Included is a graphic to set goals for

This visual will help students remember what a schwa is. They can color Mr. Schwa and dramatize Mr. Schwa getting lazy, lying down, and saying "uh". When they find words containing schwa's the students can post/list those under the picture. They can start by if their own first names have schwa's! This can be reproduced as a poster for the class and/or as a picture for each student to have and write down the words they find containing schwa's.

These materials teach students how to care for their brains, using the acronym SEEDS (for Sleep, Eat, Exercise, Drink (H2O), and Stress (get rid of it). School is an athletic event for the brain, and how we care for our brain lays the foundation for our learning and well-being. Forms are included to set and track progress toward goals for improving the elements of brain care. Unlike the Brain Care Unit, this overview does not include detailed information about sleep and a sleep log for studen

The student graphs his alertness through the day, then graphs a threshold for effective learning. He sees, by his own assessment, how much of the day he is below his own chosen threshold for effective learning. This opens the discussion for brain care, to move the alertness line above his threshold for learning throughout the day. See Brain Care materials. Have the student first highlight the area above the threshold for learning in one color, then the area below the threshold in a second

This chart highlights how life is unlike school in critical ways. It opens up a discussion to demystify the student and give hope to those for whom school is a struggle and those whose interests, strengths, and forms of intelligence lie outside the standard curriculum.

This chart is a guide for parents, teachers, and tutors to use discussing what ADHD/ADD is and is not with students, especially those who have been diagnosed with ADHD/ADD.

This graphic shows how the workload increases each grade level, surpassing one's study smarts unless one upgrades one's study skills (study smarts). The visual helps create buy in when teaching new learning strategies.