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Executive Function Skills on Display at Minnesota Children’s Museum
Marie Lister, teaching specialist at University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development, shines a spotlight on executive function and how kids build these important skills through play.
Water Play
Kids love to play with water — and it has benefits too! Kids experiment, explore and discover during water play (what floats or sinks, how does water flow through a funnel, etc.).
Time Capsule
Kids can capture this time in history and preserve a bit of their present for their future selves by creating a time capsule.
Giant Bubbles
Added Fun! Put a few drops of food coloring in the solution.
Primary Colors Experiment
Here’s a fun, easy way to mix different colors to see what they make.
Journaling
Journaling is great for any age and is a meaningful way to incorporate writing and/or drawing into each day. Kids can write or draw about their day or anything they’d like.