attention

"Using a garden metaphor, the author explains how to ignore distractions, take responsibility for one's behaviors and make better choices."--Provided by publisher.

" ... introduces and explains what listening means, why it's important, and how to listen well..."--Back cover.

Presents mindfulness strategies and activities to help children relax, concentrate, and take control of their emotions.

Shows readers the steps to the fundamental social skills of listening and following instructions. When the hero, RJ, learns to use these skills the right way, he has the best day of his life.

A young girl shares ways she is mindful and how it helps promote peace in her life.

Lenni Rainleaf plays goalie for the Sloths, but she is easily distracted, especially when the game slows down (which it tends to do when sloths are playing)--however when her lack of focus costs the Sloths a game she resolves to do better against the New World Parrots, even though a group of soccer hooligans, the Toxic Macaws, are masters of distraction.

Examines the limitations of human memory and mental capacities in the twenty-first-century technology driven society; and discusses how to find a balance between everyday demands and mental limitations of working human memory.

A picture book about the joys of waiting and taking in what is around you.

A silly, fun version of the game "telephone" in which a grocery list committed to memory goes playfully awry.

Details how two distinct approaches to pleasure and pain--promotion- and prevention-focused--offer insight into how to motivate and influence others, and describes how to both change focus and use focus to achieve specific results.