distance learning, and encouraging independence and accountability.One of the most powerful ways to turn on a brain and prime it for learning and focus is mindfulness.
Why? Mindfulness helps to build self-regulation skills – especially those used to get our emotions and behaviors in check, and reduce the effects of distractors – that are especially valuable during unsettling times.When our emotions are in check and we can prevent stressors from taking us off course, we are better able to tap into our frontal lobe, the region of the brain that powers EF skills.
When we achieve self-regulation, all of our cognitive resources are directed here. When we are agitated, stressed, or otherwise unregulated (the norm during these times), the frontal.
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