Winding down (4/27)

We have been busy working with our cubicles the past few weeks in EFC. This past week, we talked about how there are only THREE MORE EFC sessions left (so hard to believe!). We made a plan for the rest of the club and began working on our EF workbooks. These workbooks will serve as a reference for the students to look back at this summer, and can be used for those 5th graders entering middle school! The first page we worked on was testing what we have learned in EFC and bringing back all of the terms we learned at the beginning of the year: flexibility, time management, organization & planning.

We started our session with sketching time, filled out a "get ready-do-done" activity, and then worked on our workbooks. Below are some pictures from our session this week!

We used our "get ready-do-done" strategy to get our workbook done. We also made sure to include our time timer so we knew how long we had to finish our workbook page. 

All about working memory (4/6)

Today was our first session after spring break! We hope everyone had a great break (despite the weather). 

In EFC today, we practiced sketching time, and then talked about the EF skill of memory. The kids did a wonderful job explaining what they perceive as "memory" and how we might use this EF skill throughout the day. They did a fantastic job coming up with times when memory is used and were able to make the connection (on their own) that the EF skill of memory ties in with so many other EF skills we have been practicing (planning, organization, etc.). 

After our discussion, we had fun playing some games that specifically target the use of our memory. Below are some pictures of the games! It is very important to practice your memory skills (through use of games or puzzles) to strengthen the area of the brain in which your EF skills are housed. Memory games can be very fun...and very beneficial! Try practicing your memory skills by playing games at home. 

Here is a great resource for some memory games!

This game was very fun, yet very challenging! One partner had 20 seconds to build a shape using 7 small shape cards. Partner 2 then ahd 15 seconds to look at the shape before it got swiped away. They then had to reconstruct the shape exactly how their partner had built it. Lots of memory skills being used!

The variety of games we had to choose from to practice our memory skills.