Activities to Improve Your Child’s Executive Functioning Skills This Winter When we have strong executive functioning, we are able to keep track of several tasks at once and do them efficiently. Consider the following activities: organizing a graduation celebration, searching for a summer employment, and finishing a substantial assignment. All these college activities require executive functioning skills. Students who have mastered the art of executive functioning will have an easier time juggling the many demands of college life, including academics, extracurricular, and personal life. This winter is perfect for practicing these skills with an executive function coach before your adolescent heads out into the world on their own. If your child needs help with time management and organizing, here are five skills they may practice over the next several months. Take Charge of Their Own Timetables