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Breakfast of Champions

July 2, 2021GeneralAmazon, brain, breakfast, fat, food, protein, The Healing Kitchen, trace mineralsDarlene Lewis

Breakfast of Champions

Let’s give our students that best fuel for optimal learning/growing. There are some easy grab and go breakfasts that will give our children the sustained energy and brain food needed to stay focused and energetic during their school day. The brain loves good fats and proteins and trace minerals and vitamins. Busy moms and children love quick breakfast items. Here are a few make ahead breakfasts that are easy to grab and go. Please share your favorite recipes and I’ll pass them on!

Hard boiled eggs, bacon, and sausage cooked ahead.
Scotch eggs, hard boiled eggs wrapped in sausage and baked.
Baked oatmeal with blueberries, chocolate, nuts, etc.
Breakfast cookies
Power balls
Smoothies (protein powder, blueberries, banana, greek yogurt, etc..)
Fritatas or Quiches
Apples and almond butter
Ezekiel sprouted grains bread and Kerry Gold butter
Chia seed pudding with fruit

HINT: AVOID sugary breakfasts/snacks – remember 4g of sugar = 1 tsp of sugar. So that “healthy” cliff bar with 19g of sugar is nearly 5 tsp of sugar. Gasp!).

My favorite healthy cookbook (think bacon wrapped cinnamon apples) is The Healing Kitchen.

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The mission of More to Grow Cognitive Development Training is to improve learning ability and function through cognitive exercises that meaningfully transfer to all educational and everyday life situations so individuals maximize their potential.

Darlene Lewis, darlene@moretogrow.com, https://moretogrow.com/

Teacher Tricks for the Tired Parent

March 23, 2020GeneralAmazon, break, games, HALT, homework, learning, stressed, teacher, tricksDarlene Lewis

Teacher Tricks for the Tired Parent

Hitting a bump in the road with school or homework? Here are a few teacher tricks I’m reminding myself of, that maybe can encourage us both.

1) Every 20 minutes take a break. Play a game between subjects such as Blink, Set, Spot It Animals, Q-Bitz, Qwitch, and Tangoes Animals.

2) Incorporate physical activities and sunshine as often as possible, bouncing the ball for math facts, jumping on the trampoline for spelling words, using a Balance Board, cooking together to demonstrate adding fractions, etc.

3) Math is abstract, so you always want to make it hands on. Get out the play money, count MM’s, and cut apples into fractions.

4) See, say, hear, move. Learning something while doing all these at once engages the brain fully. Ex: Use sign language for key words, write multiplication facts on the driveway in chalk and play hopscotch, act out the clock hands, write on their big toe, make it fun, etc.

5) Have a basic schedule because knowing what to expect can be reassuring. There is an end in sight.

6) Give countdowns with clear expectations. Give children time to transition between activities. “I am going to count very slowly to ten. When I get to ten this is what I want to see.” Then count like a turtle.

7) Learning happens when we are calm. Learning stops when we are stressed. Praise something they are doing well: “I like how you are holding the pencil.” “Wow, you are working really hard & persevering!”

8) Be compassionate. Learners are vulnerable, struggling and making mistakes trying to master something new. Recall how humbling it was to learn how to drive or another difficult task. Come along side your student.

9) Be curious why this is so hard. HALT. Are they hungry, angry, lonely or tired? Why?

10) Get to the root instead of focusing on the fruit. Are you for the first time becoming acutely aware of learning struggles your child has? If they can’t remember multi-step directions, have trouble reading, seem to forget concepts from one day to the next ~ it could be they need vital cognitive skills strengthened. Ask for the More To Grow Cognitive Development Training Self/Parent Assessment to begin to dig a little deeper to the root issue.

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The mission of More to Grow Cognitive Development Training is to improve learning ability and function through cognitive exercises that meaningfully transfer to all educational and everyday life situations so individuals maximize their potential.

Darlene Lewis, darlene@moretogrow.com, https://moretogrow.com/