executive function

Three Tips for Backpack Organization

Weekends and light homework weeknights offer great opportunities to reset your materials! By keeping an organized backpack, you can save yourself time and avoid stress throughout the week. Once you’ve neatly ordered your bag, materials become easier to find, assignments are less likely to get lost in a pit of crumpled papers, notes can be … Read more

Five Ways to Use Art to Enrich Your Free Time

Rather than scrolling on Instagram or watching YouTube videos, how do we take advantage of impulses to create and explore? Art, writing, and other creative outlets are excellent ways to stay purposeful and fulfilled. Creative outlets allow us to activate under-used parts of the brain, decrease feelings of stress, and improve mood through the naturally … Read more