Let’s take a look at Working Memory

Here at Bourne Beautiful we follow a cognitive therapy curriculum. When children and adults ask me what I do, I tell them I play games. We build the neural pathways through playing games to improve major building blocks required for learning. We strengthen them. We exercise them. We practice them with games!

Let’s talk about working memory. Working memory is one of the brain’s executive functions. It is a skill that allows us to work with information without losing track of what your’e doing. Does your child struggle to remember multiple step tasks asked of them? We play games to improve this. Is your student able to recall the information shared verbally, retain the information, and duplicate it on a worksheet? We play games to improve this as well. Some other examples where working memory is at play is doing mental math. A teacher asks the student to add two numbers together. The student may retain the numbers but forget what they were supposed to do with the two numbers. With consistent practice playing games we can strengthen this function and make learning easier for the student.

The initial commitment is 12 weeks. The research shows this length of time of intense learning has the biggest impact to improve learning in students. There are students who follow the curriculum for much longer and are thriving.

If this is something you, your child or student struggles with, reach out to us. We would love to help you. We work with students in Australia and internationally. We offer 30/45/60minute lessons 1-5 times per week. All our lessons are delivered online. If you are part of a co-op or school and would like to trial a larger group lesson, please reach out. We would love to work with you.