ADHD

13 Cool Fidget Toys to Help Focus During Online Learning

Have you considered fidget toys to help your child focus more during online learning? I suggest trying these focusing toys help you or your child give more attention to online classes. And yes, both children and adults can use fidget and sensory toys, in particular learners with ADHD, OCD, autism, sensory processing disorder, or high […]

Impressive New Middle Grade Books You Don’t Want to Miss

Many of these middle-grade books are all about the hard work of growing up– whether they’re about coding or adoption or ADHD or something else — they’re still tackling coming-of-age, too. Coming-of-age means these are about kids growing into young adulthood learning hard-earned life lessons about who they are and how to make sense […]

Best Children’s Books With Characters Who Have Learning Differences

Want to know another very underrepresented group in children’s books? People with learning differences. For children who are challenged with learning differences (disabilities is a term I dislike), seeing a person like yourself in a story is quite affirming. In fact, Rick Riordan said that’s why he wrote Percy Jackson for his son who, like Percy, has ADHD and […]

Ideas to Help Your Wiggly Reader Who Can’t Sit Still

Do you have a wiggly reader who just needs to move? I do. My oldest daughter. Which means that sitting still while reading (or playing games or eating dinner) can be almost impossible. Normally sitting is part of reading. Right? But I wonder if it has to be sitting still. Hear me out. If our […]

How Anxiety, Sensory Processing, & Food Pickiness ALL Changed for My Kids

Did you know that developing the lower brain and midbrain is related to the movements of early childhood? And, that because of neuroplasticity, these movements can be done at any stage of life? So WHY you would want to develop these parts of your brain? Because if your lower brain (pons) and midbrain aren’t fully developed, your […]

ADHD, Our Family and What I’m Learning

Do you have a child with attention issues? I’ve wondered for years if my oldest daughter had attention issues. She almost always had a difficult time focusing but sometimes could focus intently for hours. I thought I would wait and see how she did in school before investigating any farther. But, recently she’s been having […]