So, what have I been saying all along?

Self-regulation Game Predicts Kindergarten Achievement

ScienceDaily (2009-06-09) -- Early childhood development researchers have discovered that a simple, five-minute self-regulation game not only can predict end-of-year achievement in math, literacy and vocabulary, but also was associated with the equivalent of several months of additional learning in kindergarten. ... > read full article

Interesting that this is coming out now. We have been saying the same thing for years, why does it take some educators so long to catch on, children can't learn if they can't focus, focus = self-control = the ability to listen and process what is said. Yup, knew it all along.