Hocus Focus Home Edition
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Hocus Focus
tm is
a project-based, student-centered educational curriculum that utilizes the art
of magic. It's a systematic approach by which students learn to focus and
accomplish specific goals and objectives by learning magic tricks – simple
tricks at first and then more complex tricks as they progress – and then
exploring the benefits of each one.
It can be used in conjunction with the
traditional academic curriculum and encompasses a variety of instructional
strategies and techniques.
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- Following multi-step directions,
concentration, and memory skills
- Self-determination skills and
building self-esteem
- Improve On-task and participation behaviors
- Develop leadership
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- Build positive peer relationships,
peer-mentoring, and peer collaboration
- Improve fine motor dexterity and
gross motor coordination
- Develop socialization skills
- Positive impact on behavior
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The Home Editions Kit Includes:
Parents Manual:
- Introduction to Parents
- Guidelines for Parents
- Lesson and Illustrations for Magic
Tricks
Instructional DVD:
- Introduction for the Parents
- Introduction or the Child
- Performance and Step-by-Step
instructions for each Trick
Supplemental CD:
- Letter to the Parents
- Student Illustration for each Trick
- The Magicians Code of Ethics
- Hocus Focus Diploma
Magic Supplies
 About the Creator Kevin Spencer:Very early in my career as a magician,
I was in a bad accident & suffered a closed head injury & a lower spinal
cord injury. I spent the next several months in physical and
occupational therapy, bored and frustrated.
As a result, I developed a program
that uses magic tricks as a fun way for patients to reach therapeutic
goals and achieve self-efficacy. It was through my work with
Occupational Therapists that I was first exposed to working with
children with learning differences – especially those with ADHD,
Emotional Behavior Disorder, Learning Disabilities, and
those on the Autism spectrum. Empowering all children to feel good about
themselves and their accomplishments can increase their motivation to
try harder, take more risks & continue to build their self-confidence.
The research we have conducted over the last year has demonstrated that all
children can benefit – academically and functionally – by learning and
performing magic as a means to strengthen the overall learning process and
develop a healthy self-esteem. Through the Hocus Focus™ curriculum,
learning experiences for all children can be less ordinary and more
extraordinary. |
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