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'Executive Functioning' refers to the set of advances thinking skills that are involved in learning. These include: planning, working memory, flexibility and sustaining attention). These skills are associated with the cortex region of the brain which functions at its best when the child/ young person is in a calm/alert state.
Activated Learning
Activated Learning
Laurie Faith's Activated Learning website provides lots of ideas about how to support the development of Executive Functioning Skills using a whole class approach.
The Pyramid Model
The Pyramid Model
This document details Executive Functioning Skills that develop in the Early Years and provides a model for supporting the development of these skills.
Executive-Function_Practice-Guide (Preschoolers).pdfTools of the Mind
Tools of the Mind
'Tools of the Mind' is an evidence-based resource to support children aged 3-7 years in the development of their executive functioning skills. It is based on Vygotskian theory and current neuroscience and is designed to capitalise on the window of opportunity that exists at this stage of development.
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