Executive functioning skills are inherently linked with academic skills. From planning to start writing an essay to managing time on a high stakes assessment, students use executive functioning skills every day in every class. This helps make the clear case that it is important to teach, practice, and foster these skills in the classroom. Making […]

The end of the year is always a great time to reflect on past experiences and reinforce skills you’ve learned along the way. This makes it an ideal time to continue strengthening executive functioning skills like organization, self-control, attention, and perseverance. Let’s face it: Kids and teens use executive functioning skills every day. From planning […]

Executive functioning skills are foundational; they’re the skills that help students plan before beginning a task, stay organized, manage time while working, and problem-solve to achieve goals. These skills are important for all of us at all ages. When it comes to teaching and practicing executive functioning skills with kids, there are many options and […]

Discussions and peer dialogue are powerful evidence-based strategies for kids and teens. While this learning technique can be used with all subject and content areas from reading to mathematics, it’s also worth using for strengthening executive functioning skills. Executive functioning skills are the foundational brain-based skills that help us plan, organize, get started, focus, manage […]

25 Activities for Middle School Executive Functioning Success

Tests, quizzes, and other assessments can pose a unique challenge for kids and teens with executive functioning struggles. On assessments, students need to use a variety of skills including task initiation, time management, flexibility, prioritization, self-control, attention, and perseverance. Add the added pressure of assessments, often in a time-pressured setting, tests and quizzes can become […]

Organization is always one of the biggest executive functioning challenges that kids and teens face in the classroom. This includes the ability to be prepared, keeping materials tidy, having what you need at a moment’s notice, and the ability to stick to a schedule. Organization ultimately lays the groundwork for so many other important skills. […]

Executive functioning skills are the building blocks to success. These are the skills that help us plan, organize, prioritize, start tasks, manage our time, and work through challenges. Without a doubt, these are skills we all use every day, and that includes children and teens. So you want to teach executive functioning skills to kids […]