Students Speak: I’m Bad at Organization
Many students don’t like to organize, which isn’t news to most teachers. In past blogs we’ve talked about the importance of helping students understand the role organization plays in adults’
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I Hate Organization!
What does organization look like to you? One young student, when asked to draw a personal definition of organization, drew something unexpected. Her picture showed a young girl holding her
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Strategies for Time Estimation
Have you ever asked a three-year-old how long it takes to cook dinner? Estimates may range from 5 minutes to 27 hours. Have you ever asked a teenager to guess
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3 Essential Time Management Skills
Is the best planner paper or electronic? Should I get a daily planner or one that displays the whole month? What color planner is most effective? ’Tis the time to
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Quick Tip: Use Photographs to Show Students How to Organize
I can’t count the number times I’ve asked a student, “Why isn’t your desk organized?” And they have looked at me, with honesty and confusion in their eyes, saying: “But I
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Starting the Year Organized
How do your students’ backpacks look right now? Pretty organized I would bet. They haven’t been given too many papers in their classes or taken that many notes, so things
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Executive Function and Messy Offices
I teach executive function strategies to students with and without learning differences, so I’d like to think I know a thing or two about organization. But right now—I hate to
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4 Tips for Setting Up an Executive Function Friendly Classroom
It’s that time of year! Students are filing back into school, sitting down at their desks, and breathing in that new classroom smell. Each year, teachers prep their classrooms, organizing
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Adults Don’t Need to Organize, Right?
How much time do you spend organizing? How much time do your students think you spend organizing? I like to ask my students how much time they think their teachers
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4 Ways to Boost Executive Function When Teaching Note-Taking
Taking notes helps students focus on important information, increases comprehension, and supports memory. Students with ADHD/Executive Function challenges have difficulty with staying focused, organization, prioritizing information, and...
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