{"id":831,"date":"2017-06-16T06:04:34","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T06:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/?p=831"},"modified":"2022-12-08T11:46:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T19:46:54","slug":"what-is-executive-function-how-can-i-nurture-it-in-my-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/2017\/06\/16\/what-is-executive-function-how-can-i-nurture-it-in-my-child\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Executive Function &#038; How Can I Nurture it in My Child?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-776\" src=\"http:\/\/appetakeoff.com\/babysparks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20035a-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20035a-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/babysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20035a.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Just as the top executive at a busy, successful company keeps everything organized and running smoothly, executive function skills allow us to focus, plan, accomplish tasks, control impulses, and manage emotions. It is a set of cognitive skills with a big job\u2014to help us effectively and efficiently understand, control and use the constant streams of information running through our brains.<\/p>\n<p>Executive function is not present at birth, but babies are born with the potential to acquire it. Although it develops into adulthood, experts agree that ages 0-5 are a critical time for laying its foundation. This time in your baby\u2019s life is fertile ground because her brain is being shaped by her experiences.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b><i>Highlights:\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Executive function skills allow us to focus, plan, accomplish tasks, control impulses, and manage emotions.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These skills support mental and physical health, healthy relationships, and success in school.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although it\u2019s not present at birth, babies are born with the potential to acquire executive function, and ages 0-5 is a critical time to lay its foundation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three pillars of executive function are:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working memory: Keep and use information<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mental flexibility: Sustain attention or shift gears<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Self-control: Prioritize choices, resist temptation, think before speaking\/acting\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parents can foster executive function skills by maintaining supportive relationships, encouraging age-appropriate independent tasks, and promoting pretend play.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cognitive development section of the BabySparks program includes fun activities that help build these skills.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Before we explore ways to support your baby\u2019s executive function development, let\u2019s take a closer look at what it is.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Three Pillars of Executive Function<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Executive function includes three types of interrelated brain function:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Working Memory \u2014 The ability to keep and use information.<\/li>\n<li>Mental Flexibility \u2014 The ability to sustain attention or shift gears.<\/li>\n<li>Self-Control \u2014 The ability to prioritize choices, resist temptations, and think before speaking or acting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These three functions work together to help us:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Initiate \u2014 Begin tasks and generate ideas.<\/li>\n<li>Plan \u2014 Map out how to accomplish present and future tasks.<\/li>\n<li>Organize \u2014 Place objects in our physical space in a functional way.<\/li>\n<li>Be Self-Aware &amp; Self-Monitoring \u2014 Adjust our behavior to fit a situation, and understand the effects of our behavior.<\/li>\n<li>Control Emotions \u2014 Use rational thought to manage our emotions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Supporting Your Baby\u2019s Developing Executive Function <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Laying the groundwork for executive function will give your baby the best shot at mental and physical health, healthy relationships, and success in school and the workplace. Research has even shown that executive function is a better predictor of academic success than IQ or knowledge of letters or numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you can do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Create and Maintain a Reliable, Supportive Relationship with Your Baby<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Consistent, warm <a href=\"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/2017\/06\/04\/serve-return-brain-shaping-back-and-forth-with-your-baby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">responsiveness and interactions<\/a> are a hallmark of a healthy childhood and set a baby up for success in every area of her life, including executive function. Your relationship with your baby not only helps shape her brain, it allows you to model executive function skills like how to behave in different situations and cope with stress.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Encourage Pretend Play<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/2017\/04\/28\/symbolic-play-imagination-comes-to-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pretend (or symbolic) play<\/a> gives your baby endless opportunities to practice executive function skills as she organizes objects, plans and completes tasks, and explores behavioral and emotional themes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Support Age-Appropriate Independence<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When your baby is ready, allow her to do things like feed herself, put on her clothes, and help put away toys.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Play Games<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Harvard University Center on the Developing Child suggests these <a href=\"https:\/\/children.wi.gov\/Documents\/Harvard%20Parenting%20Resource.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">executive function-promoting games for babies ages 6-18 months<\/a>. You can find other fun activities in the cognitive development section of our BabySparks app.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lap Games<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Peek-a-Boo, Pat-a-Cake and the like support working memory and self-control.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hiding Games<\/em><\/p>\n<p>These exercise working memory. You can start with simple versions, like covering a toy with a blanket and letting your baby find it, and make them more challenging as she matures.<\/p>\n<p><em>Imitation Games<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Showing your baby how to do something and waiting for her to copy you involves attention, working memory, and self-control. This starts simply with actions like waving goodbye, and becomes more complex as she grows and copies actions like placing rings on a stacking pole.<\/p>\n<p><em>Role-Play<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of this age range, you can engage your baby in role-play, like sweeping the floor or feeding a stuffed animal. This is the beginning of symbolic play and exercises working memory, self-control, and selective attention.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fingerplays<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fingerplays like Itsy-Bitsy Spider support self-control and working memory.<\/p>\n<p><em>Conversations<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Before your baby can actually speak, you can \u201ctalk\u201d to her by answering her coos or babbling, mirroring her facial expressions, or labeling things she points at. All of this exercises her attention, working memory, and self-control.<\/p>\n<p>By nurturing your baby\u2019s executive function development in these early years and beyond, you will set her up with life and learning skills that will serve her in every area of her life.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Just as the top executive at a busy, successful company keeps everything organized and running smoothly, executive function skills allow us to focus, plan, accomplish tasks, control impulses, and manage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,23,25],"tags":[79,80,81,82,83,84],"age":[64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71],"class_list":["post-831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cognitive","category-social-emotional","category-parenting","tag-executive-function","tag-memory","tag-focus","tag-attention","tag-self-control","tag-patience","age-0-3-months","age-4-6-months","age-7-9-months","age-10-12-months","age-13-15-months","age-16-18-months","age-19-21-months","age-22-24-months"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.12.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["en","es"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.2 (Yoast SEO v25.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Executive Function &amp; How Can I Nurture it in My Child? 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