Executive Function training involves using planners and creating systems to organize and prioritize.
Ponder, Picture & Perform.
First we launch the student's thinking within a mobile and versatile framework that they can implement both inside and outside of the class. We have procedures in place that makes the learning process predictable and dependable. We take the mystery, and therefore the anxiety, out of it. And then we initiative true wonder and fun. We visualize possibilities and explore. Finally, we answer the question or complete the task.
Wonder, Watch & Why.
Follow the teacher's lesson. Wonder about why it is being taught, why it is important, why it works. Watch for patterns, watch the instuctions, and watch for what types of questions and tasks you are being asked to complete. Follow Bloom's Taxonomy all the way to "your why." Why does this matter to you? Once the student successfully creates meaning out of content, they have turned information into knowledge and own it for life.
Read, Review & Ready to Re-design!
Read from the assigned text. Explore additional research. Review any thinking questions or important facts. Quiz yourself to see if you are ready to relay the information. Then, the most exciting part. Jump! Make a new thought! Extend the possibilities of the author. Challenge tradition. Redesign the world. This is where each child's particular unique brand of genius is encouraged!