The crucial developmental stages that young children go through in the early years of formal schooling are monumental! As a primary teacher, every single activity prepared is planned for a reason, whether it is to develop fine motor skills, to encourage crossing the midline, or simply to allow children to develop their imagination and cognitive skills. Primary teachers don’t just ‘play’ all day – every activity is planned to help a student’s developmental journey. One of these crucial brain functions is a child’s working memory.

This blog will highlight how to foster and develop a child’s working memory through activities and games in the classroom environment.

What is a Child’s Working Memory?

A child’s working memory is their ability to retain small chunks of information long enough so that it can be utilized for another action. For example, in mental computation, if a child is working out 24-6, in their mind they head towards a number ending in zero (20). Then they need to remember that they have taken away 4 and know that in order to take away 6 they have to take away 2 more to get the answer of 18. The storing of the little chunks of information to get to the answer is evidence of their working memory in action.

And, it’s not just mental math that a child’s working memory comes into play. A child’s working memory ...

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