Skateboarding and Snowboarding are Good for Your Brain!

Certain stereotypes surround extreme athletes. But kids who enjoy skateboarding, snowboarding, and surfing are practicing major executive functions that actually grow their brains and make them calmer, better thinkers. Skateboarding, […]

Improving Thinking Skills Through Party Planning

As parents, we are always looking for ways to tie the hobbies and obsessions of our children to real-life skills. For those of you who have children who live and […]

How to Build and Improve Executive Functions in Team Sports: Basketball

Basketball is one of the best sports for practicing and improving executive function skills. Not only is it popular, it’s a complex game that requires physical coordination and mental agility. […]

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and Executive Functioning Skills in Soccer

Soccer has become one of the most popular games in the United States among kids. This has been helped along by the success of our national teams, with the U.S. […]

Mini-Guide: Bacon Escape

Bacon Escape is a cute take on the endless runner genre. The player controls a farm animal as he escapes from prison in a railroad cart. The player moves the animal […]

Welcome – Educators

Mini-Guide: Splashy Dots

Splashy Dots is an easy-to-use, connect-the-dots puzzle game. Each level presents the player with a set of colorful “puddles” of paint. The player must then connect the first dot with […]

New Apps That Improve Skills in Children with ADHD

ADHD presents a multitude of symptoms and strengths, giving each individual child affected by ADHD different characteristics. Experts estimate that there are as many as 250,000 possible varieties of ADHD […]

Mini-Guide: Age of Solitaire

Age of Solitaire is solitaire with a dash of village-building. The player engages in a regular game of solitaire, each successful move earning them points. At the end of a game, […]

Thinking Skills: Working Memory

https://vimeo.com/31461996 Overview Classroom Digital Media Alternative Learners Overview The following definition is derived directly from the Working Memory executive function. This Thinking Skill focuses on memory-in-action — the ability to [...]