Train your Brain
I went to a really good training on Neuroscience presented by Donna Nitschke.
The main thrust of the session was related to the need to train our brains to concentrate and resist distraction. Of course this is particularly important for children to achieve excellence in a busy classroom setting. One of the other interesting things that came up was how closely the inability to concentrate is linked to boredom.
Below are some activities that you and your children can do online to ‘train your brain’ as well as more information on this topic. Enjoy 
Brain rules – 12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home and school
Luminosity – this has games and activities that are better suited to adults or older children
Neuroscience for kids – lots of great activites to do on and off line with your children.
Memory games and more – this is a great site for Junior Primary children to practice and develop all sorts of skills
Clifford – book and concentration game
Kids memory games
More kids memory games
Brain games – especially the memory games
Matching games
Mr Elephants matching game
Audio memory games – especially good for listening for vowel sounds and similarities in words
