Executive Functioning PowerPoint – Brain Boss 10 Lesson Teaching Slides (Years 3–6)

Deliver engaging, structured, and highly effective executive functioning lessons with this complete Brain Boss PowerPoint, designed to guide students through 10 essential skills for focus, organisation, and self-regulation.

This presentation is not just slides — it is a fully guided teaching system that walks you through each lesson step-by-step, helping students understand how their brain works and how to use it more effectively.

⭐ What Makes This PowerPoint Different

Most slides:

• just display content
• require you to figure out how to teach it

This PowerPoint:

• teaches FOR you
• structures each lesson clearly
• includes prompts, explanations, and real-life examples

It turns executive functioning into something students can see, understand, and apply immediately.

📚 What’s Included

✔ Full 10-Lesson PowerPoint (ready to present)
✔ Structured lesson flow built into every slide
✔ Clear teaching language and explanations
✔ Real-life examples for each skill
✔ Reflection prompts for student engagement
✔ Links directly to matching workbook activities

🧠 The 10 Brain Boss Powers Covered

Each lesson introduces and reinforces a key executive functioning skill:

• Task initiation (Starter Power)
• Working memory (Memory Power)
• Planning and prioritisation
• Time management
• Organisation
• Flexible thinking
• Emotional regulation
• Impulse control
• Self-monitoring
• Task persistence

🔄 How Each Lesson Runs

Every lesson follows a consistent, effective structure:

1. Introduce the skill (clear explanation + why it matters)
2. Teach through examples (real-life application)
3. Guide the activity (linked to workbook)
4. Reflect and apply (build retention)

This structure ensures:
👉 high engagement
👉 predictable routines
👉 deeper understanding

🎯 Skills Students Build

• Starting tasks independently
• Staying focused and on track
• Managing time and workload
• Organising materials and thinking
• Regulating emotions and impulses
• Persisting through difficult tasks

👩‍🏫 Perfect For

• Years 3–6 classrooms
• ADHD and executive functioning support
• Small group intervention
• Wellbeing and SEL programs
• Teachers who want ready-to-teach lessons

💡 Why Teachers Love This

• No prep required — just open and teach
• Clear, structured lesson flow
• Highly engaging for students
• Works perfectly with workbook
• Saves hours of planning time

🔗 Best Used With

👉 Executive Functioning Workbook (Brain Boss Unit)

Together:

• Slides = teaching + structure
• Workbook = practice + application

👉 This is where the real value multiplies

🚀 The Outcome

Students don’t just hear about focus and organisation — they:

• understand it
• practise it
• and start using it in real life