Executive Function Workbook for Kids:

Step-by-Step Detective Missions to Build Real-Life Focus, Organization, and Emotional Regulation Skills

Executive function skills are part of everyday life: getting started, staying focused, organizing belongings, following routines, handling big feelings, and working through problems. Designed for kids ages 7–11, this workbook turns these everyday challenges into 16 step-by-step detective missions to explore and practice one at a time.

Inside Exsecutive Function

Executive Function Workbook for Kids ages 7–11 by Lucy Rowen
Executive Function Workbook for Kids mission map with 16 detective missions for focus, organization, emotional regulation, and everyday skills
Executive Function Workbook for Kids guide for parents and caregivers explaining how to support children through the detective missions

More Than a Workbook: Tools for Real-Life Practice

Executive Function Workbook for Kids includes practical support designed to help children use the skills beyond the page. Alongside the 16 detective missions, families will find parent guidance, weekly practice support, routine tools, and reusable Detective Tools for focus, organization, emotional regulation, and everyday problem solving.

The Detective Tools are also included as printable companion resources, with both color-your-own and ready-to-use versions. This gives kids extra copies to practice with without having to cut pages from the workbook.

Companion resources are included and accessible through the QR code provided in the workbook.

Try a Complete Mission

Take a closer look at Mission 2: The Focus Thieves. Follow the case from the opening story and Parent Detective Guide through the activities, real-life practice, Focus Shield, family mission, and final case report.

Executive Function Workbook Mission 2 introducing the Focus Thieves and common distractions for kids
Parent Detective Guide for Mission 2 with practical ways to help kids notice and manage distractions
The Sneaky Stealers story helping kids recognize everyday distractions that can steal their focus
Executive function activity helping kids identify the distractions that make it harder to stay focused
Focus activity helping kids distinguish between outside distractions and thoughts or feelings that distract from a task
Executive function activity where kids create a Focus Zone to make a task easier to start and complete
Real-life focus mission where kids practice reducing distractions while completing an everyday task
The Focus Shield detective tool using Move, Mute, and Mark strategies to manage distractions
Family mission helping a child and adult practice the Focus Shield together during a real-life task
Executive Function Workbook Mission 2 case report for reflecting on distractions, strategies, and progress

Keep Going: Badges and a Final Certificate

As kids progress through the workbook, groups of missions lead to Detective Badges. After completing all 16 missions, they can finish the journey with the final Certified Focus Detective certificate.

Master Detective badge earned as kids progress through the Executive Function Workbook missions
Certified Focus Detective certificate for completing all 16 executive function detective missions

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