Working memory activities

How to Play the Memory Game - challenge visual-spatial working memory skills. #workingmemory #executivefunction #visualmemory

Are some of your students forgetful? Do they misplace materials, bark out irrelevant comments, and misinterpret multi-step directions? These behaviors can be traced to working memory difficulties. Working memory is a part of the brain that helps students remember and select relevant information to complete a task. It is a workspace that helps learners block distractions, ... Read More about Strengthening Working Memory: Free Sample Activity

This working memory activity uses an ice cream theme to work on the executive functioning skill we all need to address!

To use this free visual spatial and working memory task print out pages 2-4. Cut apart the cards. To practice visual spatial skills, place one card with dots and one blank board in front of the child. The child can use a dot marker, bingo chips or coins to copy the location of the dots on the blank board. To add in visual memory, the child can study the card with the dots for a certain amount of time. Turn the card over. The child has to remember where to place the dots on the blank board…

Help kids and teens build working memory skills! Use these ideas to help your students learn valuable study skills and compensatory techniques for working memory.

A child's level of working memory has a big impact on how well they will learn. Low working memory results in poor academic work. Here are some simple games that can be played at home to improve memory.

A master list of a wide variety of executive functioning activities to improve skills for your children or students. 50 fun activities!

Have you ever played "What's missing?" with your preschooler? This preschool game of memory is a fun way to practice observation and memory skills and

Challenge your child's memory with a fun coloring activity! She'll try to memorize the pictures, and then re-draw the missing parts by memory