Working Memory Activities
Your Ultimate Resource for Strengthening Working Memory Skills in Fun and Printable Format.
Our collection of working memory activities is thoughtfully curated to sharpen your cognitive skills. Check out all of the free and available-for-purchase worksheets that engage working memory below.
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Is your client working on paying attention for long periods of time? We have the worksheet packet for you! Based on our digital exercises, this packet offers an engaging way to work on attention skills, and other cognitive tasks like visual scanning and verbal memory. This packet will keep clients of all ages engaged with a fun “crawling critters” bug theme. The sustained attention skills that this packet focuses on are needed for a huge variety of daily tasks, such as studying, participating in a conversation, and driving.
Exercises:
Catch the Ladybug: Catch ladybugs as fast as you can, while navigating distractions.
This Story is Full of Blanks: Use context clues to fill in the blank words in a text.
Pay Attention: Recall a series of letters or numbers in original or reverse order.
Private Eye: Locate an image in a grid of similar images.
This packet is great for kids, and all ages looking to exercise cognitive skills.
What’s inside: 27 sustained attention skills worksheets and bridging questions.
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Exercise working memory and divided attention skills with this fun mini packet! In these visual working memory worksheets, you’ll memorize a book cover, do a distracting exercise, and then recreate the book cover using the options provided.
Inspired by our digital exercise, Heraldry, this mini packet requires you to memorize visual information while distracting you with other information to really test your memory. The distraction provides an extra layer of difficulty and makes you work your memory even more!
Memorizing visual information is a skill that is necessary for daily life. We utilize this skill when following directions on a GPS, identifying medications, and following signs in a building or subway system. This exercise is designed to work on visual working memory and dividing attention between two tasks. Challenge your brain’s capacity to handle tasks that demand working memory and divided attention!
Included inside: 12 pages of visual working memory worksheets, 3 videos, and bridging questions.
If you like this mini packet, make sure to check out our other memory worksheets today! →
Working on visual-spatial skills and mental imagery with your clients? Give these spatial skills worksheets a whirl! They’ll provide engaging cognitive tasks that ask you to mentally rotate objects and recall images or words in specific locations. Based on our digital exercises, this packet will encourage a well-rounded visual-spatial skillset in a fun way! These skills are used for numerous daily tasks such as driving, going for a walk, cleaning and organizing. Help your clients exercise their visual-spatial skills and bring them into daily life!
This packet offers an engaging way to practice visual-spatial skills, and can be completed independently or with a provider based on the needs of the individual. It’s ideal for people looking to practice spatial skills needed for navigating the world around them. Whether you’re a clinician or caregiver, this packet will offer ways to both have fun and exercise these skills!
Exercises:
N-Back: Recall colors in a specific frequency and order.
Words, Where Are You?: Use visual, verbal, and spatial memory to recall the placement of words on a grid.
Turn Around and Around: Mentally rotate objects to find which one is different from the others.
Find Your Way!: Recall a path through various objects in the correct order.
This packet is great for adolescents, adults, and seniors looking to exercise cognitive skills.
What is inside: 44 spatial skills worksheets and bridging questions.
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Dive deep into an ocean of fun and challenge your visual attention skills with this sea creature-themed mini cognitive exercise packet. Based on our popular digital exercise, “Displaced Images,” this packet engages users in spotting differences among various sea creatures, requiring focused concentration and careful observation to determine which images don’t match. This mini packet is designed to work on visual attention—a crucial skill for daily life—while providing an engaging and stimulating experience for anyone working on their cognitive skills.
This packet is designed to support individuals who may struggle with visual attention due to a learning disability, aging, stroke, or brain injury. It provides a gentle but effective way to practice attentional skills in a targeted format that is accessible and engaging.
The fun underwater theme makes this mini packet a great option for adolescents and adults!
Included inside: 12 pages of visual attention worksheets, and bridging questions.
If you like this mini packet, make sure to check out our other attention worksheets today! →
Step into a world of adventure with this hybrid mini cognitive exercise packet designed to strengthen verbal working memory through engaging, fantasy-themed stories! Inspired by our popular digital exercise, Seize the Keywords, this packet challenges you to recall and sequence verbs from snippets of text, encouraging you to practice holding words in mind for a short period. The combination of verbal memory tasks and vivid, story-driven visuals creates an immersive experience that makes cognitive training both fun and rewarding.
This packet requires that the individual look between the screen and the paper, adding an extra layer of difficulty to a working memory exercise. Each exercise presents a short passage, asking you to remember specific verbs in sequence to exercise verbal working memory and focus.
The fun fantasy theme makes this mini packet a great option for adolescents and adults!
Included inside: 6 pages of verbal memory worksheets, bridging questions, and 3 videos.
If you like this mini packet, make sure to check out our other language worksheets today! →
Get ready for a fun and engaging way to exercise your working memory and sustained attention with this Halloween-themed cognitive exercise packet! Perfect for those looking to work on fundamental cognitive skills, this packet is built around four exciting exercises that challenge you to stay focused and hold information in your memory. These exercises require careful focus and recall, asking users to spot differences, sort numbers, and interpret complex visual patterns. This packet is designed to help you work on sustained attention and exercise your ability to remember and work with information over short periods.
Exercises:
Displaced Characters – In this exercise, users must spot the differences between two lists of figures.
The Right Count – Sort numbers into a specific order from a randomized list as quickly as you can
Ancient Writing – Test your attention skills by identifying subtle differences between two series of symbols
Entangled Figures – Practice attention and visualization by determining which figures combine to form a larger image
This packet is great for kids, as well as individuals looking to exercise foundational cognitive skills after an injury or stroke.
What is inside: 28 attention and working memory worksheets and bridging questions.
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Get into the Halloween spirit while sharpening your verbal memory skills with this engaging mini cognitive exercise packet. Based on our popular digital exercise, “Embroidery,” this packet challenges you to find hidden words in grids of letters—each word related to a Halloween theme! Finding each word in the grid helps solidify your knowledge of word structure and enhances spelling skills, which are helpful for both written and spoken communication. Perfect for building verbal recall and working on spelling, this mini packet is a fun and effective way to work on cognitive skills while immersing yourself in festive and spooky imagery.
Dive into grids filled with letters as you search for hidden Halloween-themed words. This word search-style exercise stimulates your long-term verbal memory, requiring you to recall and recognize familiar words within a sea of letters.
The skill of verbal recall allows us to pull words from our long-term memory, which aids us during conversations, writing, and many other daily tasks.
The fun Halloween theme makes this mini worksheet packet a great option for kids and adults! This mini packet is perfect for individuals of all ages who want to work on their verbal memory skills.
Included inside: 6 pages of verbal memory worksheets and bridging questions.
If you like this mini packet, make sure to check out our other language worksheets today! →
Immerse yourself in the sounds of the rainforest while boosting your auditory processing and memory skills with this hybrid video mini packet. Based on our popular digital exercise, The Squeaking Mouse, this mini packet challenges you to listen to animal sounds and match them to the corresponding rainforest creatures. By combining fun, interactive video components with practical cognitive exercises, this packet offers an engaging way to strengthen your ability to process auditory information and work on your memory.
Hear the calls, chirps, and growls of rainforest animals and test your ability to recognize and identify them. By listening to various animal sounds and matching them to images, you’ll strengthen your auditory discrimination skills. This mini packet features a hybrid approach, combining video components that play the animal sounds with printed worksheets where you can match the sounds to pictures of rainforest animals. This multi-sensory experience engages both hearing and visual recognition, making learning more interactive and memorable.
The skill of auditory processing and matching sounds to an image helps us recognize the voices of people we know, and keep up in conversations with multiple people.
This mini packet is perfect for individuals of all ages who want to work on their auditory skills.
Included inside: 6 pages of verbal memory worksheets, videos, and bridging questions.
If you like this mini, make sure to check out our other auditory worksheets today! →
Embrace the beauty of plants while working on your cognitive skills with this leaf-inspired cognitive exercise packet! Perfect for individuals who want to exercise their visual attention and memory, this packet offers a variety of engaging activities designed to challenge and enhance your ability to focus and retain information. Whether you’re recovering from a brain injury or stroke, or living with mild cognitive impairment, these exercises are a fun and effective way to support cognitive health.
Exercises:
Entangled Figures – In this exercise, users are challenged to discern which figures are entangled in a larger image. This hones your ability to focus on specific details while ignoring visual noise.
I Remember You! – Based on our popular names and faces exercise, this packet puts an autumn spin on the task by asking you to memorize different types of leaves. This exercise targets both visual and verbal memory.
Shapes and Colors – Practice memorizing leafy images and selecting them from multiple options, which improves your ability to recall and recognize visual information.
Heraldry – Test your memory and concentration by remembering an image and recreating it after completing a distracting task. This exercise targets working memory and sustained attention.
This packet is great for anyone working on attention and memory skills, including after an injury or stroke, or individuals with mild cognitive impairment.
What is inside: 48 visual attention worksheets and bridging questions.
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Work on your verbal memory with this engaging hybrid mini packet, designed to practice memorizing important information like shopping lists. Based on our popular digital exercise, “Elephant Memory,” this hybrid video mini packet provides a fun and practical way to enhance your ability to recall words and details that are essential for everyday life. This mini packet focuses on helping you practice memorizing items on a shopping list, a common but crucial task in daily life. You’ll be shown words from a shopping list, which you then need to identify among a series of words. The packet includes a hybrid video component that enhances the learning experience by asking the individual to work between a screen and a worksheet. This approach engages their attention and memory skills, providing an extra challenge.
The skill of memorizing important words comes up in shopping, taking medication, driving, studying, and much more. Help your clients work on this important daily life skill!
This mini packet is perfect for teens, adults, and seniors looking to exercise their memory.
Included inside: 7 pages of verbal memory worksheets, videos, and bridging questions.
If you like this mini, make sure to check out our other memory worksheets today! →
Exercise your social cognition skills with this bridging packet! Centered around the theme of remembering individuals at a conference, this packet offers a comprehensive approach to improving your ability to navigate social interactions and professional networking. Drawing from a variety of effective exercises, this social cognition workbook provides a fun and practical way to work on social and cognitive abilities.
Exercises:
I Remember You: Focus on remembering names, faces, and personal details about individuals, which is crucial for building social connections and professional relationships.
Pay Attention: Exercise your ability to concentrate on specific tasks and retain information over short periods.
Seize the Keywords: Encourages you to memorize key elements of a text and recall them accurately, a skill useful in remembering important details from conversations.
This Story is Full of Blanks: Challenges you to fill in missing words in a text using context clues, working on your ability to understand and remember conversations.
This packet is great for professionals who are looking to re-enter work after an injury, or students looking to enhance their social cognition skills.
Challenge your social cognition and memory with our conference-themed cognitive exercise bridging packet. Combining the best of multiple exercises, this packet provides a practical and engaging way to work on your ability to remember names and faces, stay focused, and communicate effectively.
If you like this workbook, make sure to check out our other bridging workbooks today! →
Included inside: 25 activity pages
Disclaimer: Results vary based on individual effort and cognitive health.
Dive into a world of crafts and fantasy stories, while exercising your verbal working memory and concentration skills with our thoughtfully designed cognitive exercise packet. This engaging and nostalgic packet draws inspiration from childhood joys, making the exercises not only beneficial but also reminiscent of fun times. Enjoy these verbal working memory worksheets including the following exercises:
Pay Attention: Recall numbers in a specific order to sharpen your attention and memory skills. This exercise mimics the fun of counting games and number puzzles from childhood.
Elephant Memory: Recall words presented in new contexts, enhancing your verbal memory. This exercise brings back the joy of word games and storytelling.
Private Eye: Search for a different item among a grid of matching items, practicing your scanning and concentration abilities. This activity is reminiscent of hidden object games and puzzles.
Seize the Keywords: Memorize key elements of a text and put them in order, practicing comprehension and verbal memory. This exercise takes you back to the fun of reading and summarizing stories.
This packet is perfect for seniors looking to stimulate their cognitive skills while enjoying nostalgic exercises, and anyone recovering from a brain injury or stroke who is ready for some challenging cognitive practice.
Each exercise is designed to evoke happy memories while providing a rigorous mental challenge. Whether you’re an adult looking to stay mentally fit, a senior aiming to maintain cognitive health, or a student seeking to improve academic skills, this packet offers valuable and enjoyable activities. Enhance your verbal working memory, improve your concentration, and enjoy the nostalgic journey with this delightful and effective cognitive exercise packet!
What is inside: 43 verbal working memory worksheets and bridging questions.
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What is Working Memory?
Working memory is a fundamental cognitive function that plays a crucial role in our daily lives. It allows us to temporarily store and manipulate information, which is essential for tasks like problem-solving, decision-making, and learning. A strong working memory can significantly improve your overall cognitive abilities. Without recalling words, names, locations, directions, we would wonder alone and lost without the ability to communicate.
Do you have other Working Memory Activities?
Yes, we do! All of our worksheets are based on our digital tool, HappyNeuron Pro. If you enjoy using these worksheets we highly recommend checking out the capabilities of our digital tool.
What else do you have to offer in printable format?
Explore our entire library of working memory activities in a printable worksheet format. We have packets, mini packets, and bundles that focus on working memory. Your patients will love these activities!
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