August Cognitive Kit: Goal-Setting for Back to School
Welcome to our August Cognitive Kit! As kids head back to school, we are sharing more information about goal-setting and safety in sports, including a book recommendation, coloring page, journal page, word search, and some additional resources and further reading.
Click on the files below to download and print any of the exercises and if you’d like to, please tag us on social media when you’re finished. We’d love to see your completed activities!
Book Recommendation:
How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now by Stanislas Dehaene (2020)
“An illuminating dive into the latest science on our brain’s remarkable learning abilities and the potential of the machines we program to imitate them.
The human brain is an extraordinary learning machine. Its ability to reprogram itself is unparalleled, and it remains the best source of inspiration for recent developments in artificial intelligence. But how do we learn? What innate biological foundations underlie our ability to acquire new information, and what principles modulate their efficiency?
In How We Learn, Stanislas Dehaene finds the boundary of computer science, neurobiology, and cognitive psychology to explain how learning really works and how to make the best use of the brain’s learning algorithms in our schools and universities, as well as in everyday life and at any age.” (Summary from Amazon)
You can find How We Learn at your local library, or on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and more.
Coloring Page:
You can download this month’s coloring page here: August 2025 Cognitive Kit Coloring Page
Journal Page:
You can download this month’s journal page here: August 2025 Cognitive Kit Journal Page
Word Search:
You can download this month’s word search puzzle here: August 2025 Cognitive Kit Word Search Puzzle
Featured Research Studies:
As back to school time signifies the beginning of fall sports, learn more about our research on repetitive head impacts and young contact sport athletes:
First Author: Ann McKee, MD
Senior Author: Michael Alosco, PhD
Resources:
Resources for Families – Boston University CTE Center
Publication Database – Boston University CTE Center
What is a Concussion? – Concussion Legacy Foundation
Nonconcussive Impacts – Concussion Legacy Foundation
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