Nurturing A Natural Love For Learning
How do you nurture curious risk-takers who love to learn? It starts here.
Make Connection a Habit
classroom management
Helping Your Child With The Tough Transition Back To School
Children bring so many different emotions to the first week of school: excitement and anticipation, fear and wonder. The change may lead to increased meltdowns and/or regressions. Make the transition less overwhelming with these 5 tools.
Behavior is A Symptom, Not The Problem
Behavior is a symptom, not the problem. And when we focus solely on the symptom, the problems causing these behaviors remain unsolved, and they stack up. So, how do we transform challenging behaviors at home and in the classroom?
Behavior Charts for Kids: Do They Work?
Behavior charts track behavior, but do they work in actually reforming it? Parents and educators can use this instead to nurture children's social-emotional skills and guide behaviors. Read more.
A Play-Based Solution To Reducing Stress In The Classroom
How can educators bring mindfulness practices into their classrooms? This educator shares tips and ideas for playful mindful minutes that can be added into the school day.
Preschooler Teaches Her Younger Sister About Emotions While Learning To Manage Her Own
The last thing Kelly wanted was another gimmick for a tired, worn-out parent. She was overwhelmed and out of ideas on how to manage her daughters' meltdowns. But then something amazing happened ... her oldest daughter taught her youngest daughter how to use a feelings chart.
A Parent's Guide: Meditate With Toddlers And Teens To Improve Emotional Intelligence And Resilience
Even though today’s kids exhibit elevated levels of restlessness, stress, and anxiety, only 1.6% of children in the U.S. meditate. Here are the benefits of meditation on the developing brain and how parents can practice meditation with kids at every age.
Three Ways To Love A Bully
What would happen if we taught our children to empathize with the "bully"? Here are three ways to love the person who is bullying.
What Teachers Are Thinking and Feeling About Returning To School This Year
With fall approaching, parents and educators are looking to the next school year and wondering what’s best for everyone involved.
Children Need Less Academics and More Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom
Starting school or starting a new school year can be stressful at the best of times, let alone during a global pandemic.
Video Released of Six-Year-Old Girl Being Arrested
Warning: the content of this video is potentially upsetting. We share it with the intent to empower determination as we advocate for change, protecting the most vulnerable in our society from injustice. The funneling of students out of school and into the streets and the juvenile correction system perpetuates...
6 Tips for Using Yoga to Support Social-Emotional Inclusion
Sierra has struggled to cultivate language for how her disability impacts her own social-emotional development and how it impacts her experiences at school. This struggle has been a barrier to Sierra’s ability to create positive relationships with her classmates.
