This is a great activity for building executive functioning skills.
Supplies
- Various items
- Board or mat
Instructions
- Place all items on a board or mat.
- Ask your child to study the items creating a mental picture.
- Have your child close their eyes while you remove an object.
- Have your child open their eyes and guess what item is missing.
Adaptations/Extensions
- Take turns being the one to remove an object
- Make it more or less challenging by increasing/decreasing the number of items
Skills
- Executive function
- Visualization
- Attention
- Working memory
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