Looking Forward: Desires, Goals and helping Children Succeed with BrainMoves
By: Diane Malik Published on: 01/01/2026Today, we're going to talk about behavior improvement and resolutions. It seems like a great topic for a 2026 blog post. The very formal idea of New Year’s resolutions can be either positive or negative for adults. Some people treat resolutions with perfectionism, only to feel the side effects of not achieving sometimes unreasonable goals. Others are energized and focused by the idea of having two or three things upon which to concentrate their energy. Both of these are very adult understandings of resolutions. Yet we also have things we’d like to see improve for the young people in our lives, so this seems like a good time to talk about resolutions or goals for preschoolers and kindergartners and how they relate to BrainMoves.
Developing Reading Skills: How BrainMoves can Help Pre-Readers in Preschool or Kindergarten and Dyslexic Children in Elementary School
By: Diane Malik Published on: 20/08/2025New Blog Post DescriptionBefore children learn to read, they progress through phases of understanding how written language works. First, they learn to speak, make sounds, and then form words that gain meaning. This lets preschoolers express complex thoughts and stories. By this stage, children are also more aware of present, past, and sometimes future events. However, patience and understanding of future events may still be developing. This is important because to read, children must learn that shapes mean sounds, sounds make words, and that written and spoken words share meaning.
5 Tips for Preparing for the New School Year
By: Diane Malik Published on: 02/08/2025Hi Diane, I have a preschooler headed to a full-day preschool for the first time this fall and a kindergartener who is returning to school. While the full-day preschool is fantastic, and my kindergarten student eventually loved it, the transition was hard last fall. What can I start doing now to help make my children’s transition from summer to school easier?
Ask Diane, My Boisterous Child
By: Diane Malik Published on: 23/07/2025I am reaching out because I am concerned about my preschooler, Luke, who is displaying some challenging behaviors that are becoming increasingly difficult for us to manage. Luke is often restless and hyperactive, frequently running around and bumping into other children and even walls. It seems like he doesn’t fully understand how to play nicely with others, which often leads to tears or even accidentally injuring other children during playtime. He isn’t even unkind; he seems to just be loud, boisterous, and rough and tumble all day until he falls asleep like a log, exhausted at night.
