Happy Neuron Attention

COGNITIVE THERAPY WORKSHEETS
EXECUTIVE ATTENTION
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PACKET #36
JULY 2021
What Do These Exercises Train?
Catch the Lady Bug!
Looking for a fun but challenging exercise that targets
multiple cognitive skills? Look no further! In this exercise,
help your clients catch all the ladybugs in the scene using
their fingers or a writing utensil of their choice while
practicing executive functioning, processing speed, object
recognition, and fine motor skills.
Private Eye
Primarily, this task exercises your client’s sustained attention
and concentration skills. Attention is the essence of focus.
Your client will need to focus on looking for a specific target
and ignore other visual information that could distract
them. Any time a person pays attention to something, visual
information is stored in the brain. This visual information has
value, but only if it is gathered, measured, and analyzed
for a specific use case. In addition, this exercise requires
your client to practice their visual scanning and shape
recognition skills to practice their visual scanning and shape
recognition skills.
Dancing with Fireflies

Have you tried to copy dance moves you see on TV? In
this exercise, you will have to mentally connect the fireflies
correctly to recognize the pattern that they are making.
This exercise trains visual attention skills, working memory,
and visual-spatial skills. Your client must learn strategies
to examine information, make decisions using the details
present, and arrive at an informed conclusion.
Turn Around and Around

The ability to effectively manipulate objects mentally
allows us to make decisions as to what an object is, where
to place an object in space so that it does not fall, and
helps us create a plan for how to navigate our environment.
This task aims to train your client’s visual mental imagery
skills, specifically their mental rotation abilities. Indeed,
your client must visualize elements in a pattern, identify
the surface patterns of 3-D objects, create a mental image
of them, visualize their rotations, and make comparisons
in order to decide whether the objects are the same or
different.
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CATCH THE LADYBUG

Using a pen/pencil or even your hand, circle or touch the ladybugs in the sea of bugs below. Sometimes,
the ladybugs will be smaller or larger. Make sure that you catch them all! There are 10 total.
1/4
CATCH THE LADYBUG

2/4
CATCH THE LADYBUG

3/4
CATCH THE LADYBUG

4/4
PRIVATE EYE
The bug that does not belong is the 🐌.
Can you find it in the grid below?
🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛
🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛
🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛
🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛
🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛
🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛
🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐌
🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛
🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛
🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛
🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛
1/6
PRIVATE EYE
The bug that does not belong is the .
Can you find all of them in the grid below?
🐝
🐝🐝 🐝
🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝 🐝
🐝🐝 🐝
🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝
🐝🐝 🐝
🐝 🐝🐝 🐝
🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝
🐝🐝 🐝
🐝 🐝🐝 🐝
🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝
🐝🐝 🐝
🐝 🐝🐝 🐝
🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝 🐝
🐝🐝 🐝
🐝 🐝🐝 🐝
🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝
🐝🐝 🐝
🐝 🐝🐝 🐝
🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝
🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝
2/6
PRIVATE EYE
There is one bug that does not belong.
Can you find it in the grid below?
🐞🐞 🐞
🐞 🐞🐞 🐞
🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞
🐞🐞 🐞
🐞 🐞🐞 🐞
🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞
🐞🐞 🐞
🐞 🐞🐞 🐞
🐞 🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞
🐞🐞 🐞
🐞 🐞🐞 🐞
🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞
🐞🐞 🐞
🐞 🐞🐞 🐞
🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞
🐞🐞 🐞
🐞 🐞🐞 🐞
🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞
🐞🐞 🐞
🐞 🐞🐞 🐞
🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞 🐞🐞
🐞 🐞 🐞 🐞 🐞 🐞 🐞 🐞
3/6
PRIVATE EYE
Are there any bug that do not belong?
If so, how many?
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
🐝
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🐝
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
4/6
PRIVATE EYE
Are there any bug that do not belong?
If so, how many?
🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
5/6
PRIVATE EYE
One bug in the grid below does not match the other two bugs. Figure out
which 3 bugs are similar, either by color, trait, or type and identify the one
that is different. You can circle or cross out the bugs that you find that do
🐜 🐝 🐜 🐜 🐜 🐛 🕷🐝 🐝
not match the other bugs in the grid.
🐛 🐞 🕷🐞 🐞 🐞 🐜 🐞 🐜
🐞 🐜 🐜 🐛 🐜 🐝 🐜 🐝
🕷🐛 🐛 🐞 🐝 🐛 🐛 🐝 🐜
🐝 🐝 🐛 🐝 🐝🕷 🕷🐞 🐞 🐛
🐞 🐜 🐜 🐞 🐞 🐝 🐞 🐜
🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐜 🕷🐛 🐝 🐛
🐞 🐛 🐝 🕷🐛 🐛 🐝 🐞 🐝
🐛 🐝 🐛 🐜 🐞 🐜 🐝 🐜
🐜 🐜 🐞 🐝 🐞 🐞 🐝 🕷🐜
🕷🐛 🐝 🐝 🐛 🐜 🐛 🐛 🐝
See bridging questions for answer. 6/6
DANCING WITH FIREFLIES

In this exercise, you will see a “dance pattern” below. The answer choices will
consist of bugs that are disconnected from one another, but once connected,
will represent a dance or pattern. One of the answer choices will match the
pattern above that you must find. Select the pattern that you think matches
the dance above. You may either connect the bugs with your pen or pencil or
do so mentally. Circle your answer choice.
A B
1/5

In this exercise, you will see bugs completing “dance pattern” below. Can you
match the proper bug to the proper dance pattern on the second page? You
may either connect the bugs with your pen or pencil or do so mentally.
2/5

Which bug was doing which dance pattern on the previous page?
🐝🐞🐜
Pattern not Present
🐝🐞🐜
Pattern not Present
🐝🐞🐜
Pattern not Present
🐝🐞🐜
Pattern not Present
3/5

In this exercise, you will see bugs completing “dance pattern” below. Can you
match the proper bug to the proper dance pattern on the second page? You
may either connect the bugs with your pen or pencil or do so mentally.
4/5

Which bug was doing which dance pattern on the previous page?
🐝🐞🐜🐛🕷Pattern not Present

🐝🐞🐜🐛🕷 Pattern not Present
🐝🐞🐜🐛🕷Pattern not Present

🐝🐞🐜🐛🕷 Pattern not Present
5/5
TURN AROUND + AROUND

Sometimes, bugs encounter predators in the wild. Other times, they may get
stuck in tight spaces. The bugs you will see in this exercise are missing a piece
of their wings. It is your task to find the piece that would complete the bug’s
wing so that they may fly away. Sometimes, you may have to rotate the piece
to find the one that matches the missing shape in the bug’s wing.
A B C
D E F
1/4

A B C
D E F
2/4

A B C
D E F
3/4

ANSWER KEY
4/4
Bridging Questions
Catch the Ladybug:
How does the size of the ladybug affect how you perceive it? Do you find larger ladybugs
to be easier to find or more distracting? What about smaller ladybugs?
Private Eye:
Bugs come in many different shapes, sizes, and colors. What features of the bugs did
you find most eye-grabbing to help you pick out the bugs that did not belong in the grid
with the other bugs? How does sorting through your email inbox or closet for a particular
item, relate to this exercises?
Answer: the spider, it is the only creature that is technically not a bug but an arachnids.
Dancing with Fireflies:

Did you connect the bugs mentally or did you use your pen or pencil before making your
answer choice? How might visualization and mental drawing strategies in this exercise
apply to setting up a room in your home?
Turn Around and Around:

Some of the pieces of the bug’s wing you had to rotate to see if it would be a good fit.
What features of the missing pieces or the bug’s wing did you use to help you figure
out if you had to rotate a piece or not? How might you apply this strategy when you are
determining if a piece of furniture fits in your home or not?

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COGNITIVE THERAPY WORKSHEETS

Dancing with Fireflies

Turn Around and Around

CATCH THE LADYBUG

CATCH THE LADYBUG

CATCH THE LADYBUG

CATCH THE LADYBUG

DANCING WITH FIREFLIES

DANCING WITH FIREFLIES

DANCING WITH FIREFLIES

DANCING WITH FIREFLIES

DANCING WITH FIREFLIES

🐝🐞🐜🐛🕷Pattern not Present

🐝🐞🐜🐛🕷Pattern not Present

TURN AROUND + AROUND

TURN AROUND + AROUND

TURN AROUND + AROUND

TURN AROUND + AROUND

Dancing with Fireflies:

Turn Around and Around:

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