EXAMINE
While the cause for poor working memory in children is not fully understood, it is a critical skill for learning. The characteristics of children with poor working memory can often be confused with other learning disorders or issues, so it is important to understand what poor working memory skills look like, and help children develop ways to strengthen or cope with them as well.
Think about the most challenging time of your day in the classroom. Is it rest time? Transitioning into outdoor play? Shifting out of whole group activities and into small groups? These parts of the day often involve multiple directions given at a single time, where working memory is actively involved. Consider the images below listen to 2 sets of audio from our content expert, Amy Kronberg. The first provides information about a whole group lesson and the transition into outdoor play in the snow, with the second including a simple strategy for supporting working memory for those children who may be struggling to navigate this task.
Think about the most challenging time of your day in the classroom. Is it rest time? Transitioning into outdoor play? Shifting out of whole group activities and into small groups? These parts of the day often involve multiple directions given at a single time, where working memory is actively involved. Consider the images below listen to 2 sets of audio from our content expert, Amy Kronberg. The first provides information about a whole group lesson and the transition into outdoor play in the snow, with the second including a simple strategy for supporting working memory for those children who may be struggling to navigate this task.
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VOICES FROM THE FIELD COMMENTARY #1:
Before proceeding, provide your initial reactions to this scenario. Does it sound familiar? Is there a similar issue in your own classroom? Comment below.
VOICES FROM THE FIELD COMMENTARY#2:
Before proceeding, provide your reaction to the information provided in the audio commentary. Have you thought about this part of your daily routine in this way before? In what ways could you use this process as a teachable moment, scaffolding children's development?