Supporting Children’s Executive Function Through Tea Art Activities

Dr Cecilia Lam explains how tea art activities can support children’s attention, planning, patience and self-control through structured, everyday practice.

In this interview, educational psychologist Dr Cecilia Lam discusses how structured tea art activities can provide children with opportunities to practise important executive function skills in a natural and engaging setting.

Through remembering steps, waiting for the right timing, observing changes, taking turns and following instructions, children can practise skills related to attention, planning, working memory, patience and self-control. Tea art is not presented as a treatment, but as an example of how everyday activities can support children’s cognitive and emotional development.