The Brain and Body Library

A collection of articles to come back to whenever a moment with your kid doesn't make sense. Find the domain that fits the moment, read the article, and come back when the next one comes up.

Why these five domains? Together they cover how kids take in the world, handle feelings, think, move and communicate. They also are the ones that come up most during school and learning. Most moments touch more than one, so the articles link to each other.

25 articles · 5 domains · PDF · by Barbara Hubert, PhD

Every article has

  • A real moment to start from
  • The brain and body science, in a box you can skip
  • What can help, for each pattern you might see
  • What it can look like at school
  • When to check in with your pediatrician
  • Research references

Sensory

8 articles

How the brain takes in and sorts sound, touch, sight, movement, smell, taste and signals from inside the body.

  1. How Kids Take In the World Through Their SensesSame party, different kids
  2. How Kids Sense Balance and MovementThe tire swing and the dinner chair
  3. How Kids Experience TouchOne sock on at 7:40 a.m.
  4. How Kids Sort Through SoundThe kitchen at 5:30 p.m.
  5. How Kids Make Sense of What They SeeThe front hall at 8:10 a.m.
  6. How Kids Sense What's Happening Inside Their BodiesThe bathroom at the playground
  7. How Kids Experience Smell and TasteBroccoli night
  8. How Kids' Senses Work TogetherThe locker room after swim lessons
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Emotional Regulation

4 articles

How feelings show up in the body, and how kids come back from big ones.

  1. How Kids Feel Emotions in Their BodiesThe car ride home
  2. How Kids Learn to Manage Big FeelingsLeaving the playground
  3. How Movement Helps Kids Calm DownThe tower and the couch cushions
  4. How to Find What Helps Your Kid Calm DownThe calm-down corner nobody uses
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Executive Function

5 articles

How kids plan, get started, switch gears and hold on to what they're doing, and what stress does to all of it.

  1. How Kids Get Through the Morning RoutineThe morning routine at 7:52 a.m.
  2. How Kids Shift Their AttentionCalling them to dinner
  3. How Movement Helps Kids FocusSpelling words on one knee
  4. How Busy Spaces Affect Getting StartedStanding in the bedroom doorway
  5. How Stress Affects Kids' ThinkingThe blue cup
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Motor

4 articles

How kids move, sense force and learn new movements, and what their movement can tell you.

  1. How Kids' Movement Shows What They NeedThe hallway after school
  2. How Kids Sense Pressure and ForceThe high five that stings
  3. How Motion Changes How Kids FeelThe desk chair and the rocking chair
  4. How Kids Learn New MovementsThe third step of the climber
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Communication

4 articles

How kids show what they need and that something is hard, with words and without them.

  1. How Kids Communicate Without WordsThe first day at the new after-school program
  2. How Kids Show That Something Is HardDinner at Grandma's
  3. How Kids Find Words When They're UpsetAfter the fall at the park
  4. How Kids Express Themselves BestThe aquarium, told four ways
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All five domains

25 articles

The whole library in one PDF, with a contents page that links to every article.

$63 if you buy the five domains separately.

Buy all 25 · $49

Download right after checkout. For personal use. Educational, not medical or therapeutic advice. Questions? Get in touch.