#Fowc #Amplify Sat in your student halls Engrossed in your books Needing something to distract from the doubt in your head Sensational tunes as you scribble away Amplified by some serious sub-woofers To your housemates, you’re working along to your course notes In fact, they’re half right Only while you scribble away at your latest …
Tag Archives: Concentration
Conundrum
Could you unscramble the code before breakfast ? On the off chance you could do it in the time allotted Nine letters stand tween you and a golden prize Until then the safe remains locked, its contents sealed Noted wordsmiths tried and failed, Decoding the puzzle might take longer than they took Rotating the dials …
A twist on Snakes and ladders
Salford , 30th July 2019 Basic and spinal injury centre, Salford. We’ve all played the board game of snakes and ladders before Snakes and ladders board game cartoon illustration The idea is you roll the dice, go up the ladders and down the snakes all very straight forward , but has anyone tried playing it …
The attention puppy
Sometimes my mind goes wondering Bright shiny things distract it And it goes off on a wonder It’s like a little puppy dog 🐶 And like every small animal Dog cat or bird…it needs training So I do my best, to keep its eye Instead of letting it fly high in the sky Breaking tasks …
Concentration
Salford 12th June 2018 Cognitive act of great effort noting and transferring the idea and vision carefully to canvas using colourful media equal care given to the objects around the main subject not forgetting the sun or the sky taking attention to each shade of blue transferred reality is – there’s plenty of them as …
A-Maze-ment
Salford 14th May 2017 Another BASIC reflection Maze Here’s an aerial plan from the website dreamstime.com. It shows the workings of a hedgerow maze in grass Now it might look quite simple to the average person in the street, but this maze and others like it are a great aid in developing concentration skills. So …
A-Maze-Ing
This weeks session @ BASICs Memory Workshop focused on Attention and Concentration As part of the session, we were given two maze puzzles to do. Now, the aim wasn’t to complete the puzzles – more to concentrate on doing them and maintaining the focus of going round the mazes. As we did the mazes, we …
The Inkwell 