Nurturing Children's Executive Function Skills for Success in Life

🧠 Executive function skills are brain-based processes used to control thoughts, actions, and feelings.

👶 Children, especially young ones, are not proficient in executive function skills.

🌱 Investing in the development of executive function skills from an early age can yield positive outcomes.

🧠 Executive function skills depend on the prefrontal cortex, which is the last brain region to develop and decline with age.

🍬 The marshmallow test demonstrates young children's ability to delay gratification, which has increased over time.

📈 The rise in IQ and preschool enrollment correlates with the increase in children's ability to delay gratification.

🌳 Executive function skills are the roots of success.

🧠 Executive function skills improve dramatically in the early years.

🔗 Executive function skills are linked to academic achievement and social-emotional competence.

🌱 Building strong executive function skills is essential for success in life.

☀️ Providing a caring and supportive environment, along with autonomy, is crucial for developing executive function skills.

🧩 Giving children autonomy with just enough support empowers them to take control of their actions.

💡 Language input from the environment builds children's word bank for problem-solving and impulse control.

🗣️ Language helps children reflect upon and control their emotions.

👩‍👧 Modeling and labeling emotions can be an effective strategy for managing emotions and supporting children's emotional development.

⚡️ Executive function skills are crucial for success.

🎮 Playful settings can enhance executive function skills.

🦸‍♂️ Imaginative play improves flexible thinking and emotional management.

🌳 Toxic stress negatively impacts executive function.

🌱 Toxic stress can affect kids' executive function skills, but positive environmental influences can reduce the effects.

🌳 Belonging to a community and culture is important for developing good executive function.

🌈 Nurturing factors like nutrition, sleep, caregiving, language input, and play support the development of reflection and executive function.