Building Time Management Skills Time Management is a difficult skill for nearly every child (and most adults) to properly master, and yet very few schools actually teach it at all. [...]
Building Working Memory Skills Working Memory is one of the most important cognitive skills for every child to master. This "memory-in-action" is what gives kids the ability to remember the [...]
Study Skills Workshop Knowing how to study is one of the most important skills a child can learn. Unfortunately, most schools just don't take the time to teach it. In [...]
Building Skills With Minecraft Building Skills With Minecraft is a home-based program that transforms playing Minecraft into an opportunity for developing executive functions and social and emotional learning skills. This [...]
Adults spend quite a bit of time and energy attempting to make the world safer for children. We have mandated that children sit in car seats until they are 80 […]
Dance is great exercise, artistic, athletic, and an opportunity for joy. It is also one of the best activities for practicing and improving executive functions. Dancers must follow a sequence […]
Our kids need to be taught social-emotional learning skills (SEL) more than ever. In a world where far too many role models display values of selfishness, dishonesty, an inability to […]
Many parents and teachers have concluded that most kids today would rather play a video game than read a book. And while data from all over the world suggest that […]
Summer reading is not what it used to be for kids. At one time, many kids relished the time off from the school year to pick up the books they […]
Kids with ADHD and executive functioning problems can find it difficult to fit into their world, “bumping” into others physically, socially, and emotionally. They may behave impulsively or do something […]