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Executive Functioning Skills by Age: What’s Normal at Each Stage?

Executive functioning skills develop gradually from early childhood through the mid-20s, with the prefrontal cortex not fully mature until around age 25. A 6-year-old is expected to follow 2-step instructions…

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8 Signs Your Child Has Executive Functioning Challenges (and What to Do)

The most common signs of executive functioning challenges include: difficulty starting tasks (task initiation), forgetting multi-step instructions (working memory), losing materials repeatedly (organisation), emotional outbursts when plans change (cognitive flexibility),…

Why poor sleep is hurting your child’s GPA?

Research shows that poor sleep impairs problem-solving and memory. In one study of 791 medical students, poor sleepers had a 2.92 GPA, compared to 3.31 for good sleepers. Why is…

Understanding Your Child’s Learning Style

What are your child’s favorite pastimes? Does she enjoy singing and playing instruments? Does she love to draw? Is your child imaginative? Does she recognize [...]Read More... from Understanding Your…

Overcoming Learning Gaps In Your Child’s Education

Have you lost sleep worrying about your child’s academic future? Rest assured that you are not alone! The past year and a half have left [...]Read More... from Overcoming Learning…

How to be Productive Over Winter Break

Sure, I will get some work done during winter break . . .eventually. It knows when you are sleeping It knows when you’re awake It knows when you are bad…

How to Build Successful Learning Pods

What is a Learning Pod? Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many school districts across the country are continuing with remote learning for the 2020-2021 school year. Parents worry that their children…

Tips on How to Reduce Homework Distractions

In a time of digital media, a world of distractions is at your fingertips so, minimizing as many distractions as possible will help get homework off your to-do list quicker…

Effective Executive Functioning Skills

“Executive functioning refers to a set of mental skills that help people plan, focus, remember instructions, and manage tasks. The eight core executive functioning skills are: working memory, cognitive flexibility,…

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