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Brain Boosters for Your Kids
http://brainboostersforyourkids.blogspot.com
Offers teacher strategies and parenting tips for helping kids learn effectively. Emphasizes brain-based learning and Brain Gym. Includes opinion on news, trends, and research relating to kids and schools.
Recent Posts
ADHD News: Will the Brits Ban Green Tic Tacs?
If you've read much about hyperactive, impulsive, can't focus kids--those kids we call ADHD--you've probably run across information suggesting that artificial coloring and artificial flavors can cause this annoying behavior. Or at least make the beha...
ADHD or Lack of Vitamin D?
We've long known that kids need plenty of vitamin D for healthy bones. We urge parents to make sure kids get plenty of sunshine. We put vitamin D in milk. And my Mom went a step further: forcing me to swallow tablespoons of nasty cod liver oil. Now ...
ADHD in 1955
First: I've got a big announcement! My new totally free weekly "ADHD Answers Now" telechat starts Tuesday night, April 29. The first one's called: "The Calm after the Storm," and I'll be giving you three quick, effective tricks for helping kids down...
ADHD Drugs: Do They Really Cause Heart Attacks?
Do ADHD stimulant drugs such as Ritalin cause heart attacks? Yes, they can--in a small number of children. Children who have a pre-existing heart condition.Since 1999 thirty kids have died from sudden death attributed to stimulant drugs. And more hav...
ADHD Trick: Left Up, Right Down, Leg Around, and Nod
Try this: Draw a triangle with one hand and two squares with the other hand while tracing a circle on the floor with one leg and nodding your head twice forward, then twice backwards. Switch hands and legs.Helps you pay attention and organize tasks a...
