How to Tell if Your Child Has Poor Planning Skills

Planning is the thinking skill that helps children develop strategies in order to accomplish goals. Planning helps kids think about how to complete a task before they attempt to complete […]

How Working Memory and Organization are Vital to Your Child’s Success at School

Working Memory and Organization go hand in hand. These two skills support and strengthen one another, and can be of great value academically — helping students gather and arrange important […]

10 Tips on How to Improve Organization in Children

From keeping track of classroom assignments and materials to attending to after school activities and other daily duties, staying organized and on top of everything isn’t an easy task for […]

5 Great Time Management Tools for Students

From staying on top of weekly assignments, to meeting deadlines and managing class workloads, knowing how to wisely manage one’s time is a vital skill for students. Time Management skills help […]

How Building Planning Skills can Help Your Child at School

Planning is an important part of our children’s life at school and at home. Academically, planning plays a key role in educational advancement, as it facilitates the setting of strategies, […]

How Working Memory Problems Affect Children at School

From recalling the rules of grammar or remembering the details of a history lesson to knowing how to apply mathematical concepts, Working Memory is an incredibly important skills for scholarly […]

Developmentally Healthy Play Diet: Ages 10-13

Children begin to make more independent decisions about the type of play they like as they progress to their pre-teens, or tweens. While they may still be open to the […]

Developmentally Healthy Play Diet: Age 6-9

Starting at around the age of 6, children begin the process of choosing the type of play they are most interested in, rather than having it dictated to them by […]

Developmentally Healthy Play Diet: Age 0-24 Months

Newborns may not “play” in the same way that older children do, but they are certainly very busy exploring their world. Beginning in infancy, play helps children learn how to […]

5 Ways to Improve Thinking Skills with Technology

Here at LearningWorks for Kids, we’re dedicated to helping families leverage technology in a positive way, showing them how they can use the latest apps and games not just to […]