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Teaching Children How to Self-Soothe
Teaching is a challenging job. Creating an environment where children can develop comes with a range of obstacles. As educators, the best-case scenario is to recruit the children, in the long run, to help in their own education. Where it is appropriate, it’s not...
4 Different Parenting Styles and Their Effect on Kids
Key adult figures in any child’s development include their parents, guardians, and teachers. Sometimes those are the same people if the children are homeschooled. It’s valuable for every adult involved in the development and preparation of children to approach that...
Creating An Inclusive Classroom
Educators might assume that their classrooms feel safe to all their students. However, creating an inclusive classroom requires active work and a plan. Creating An Inclusive Classroom The process of creating an inclusive classroom may come intuitively to some...
How To Teach Social Skills
Humans are naturally social creatures. Community helps with mental health. While we have a need for community, not everyone has the same abilities to connect with others. Educators are often responsible for sharing the best techniques on how to teach social skills to...
How To Create A Safe Space
Education in general, but especially for children, rests on an assumption that new ideas will be explored–new thoughts will be thought. Some ideas cause discomfort, and some thoughts feel dangerous. When encountering new ideas or thinking new thoughts, children will...
How to Express Your Feelings in Words
Feelings can be complicated, and especially as a child, they can be difficult to navigate and express. It’s therefore important to help children find the words they need to vocalize their feelings. When we talk about expressing feelings, a few clarifications are...
Teaching Respect Activities
When you have respect for someone, you admire them for their abilities, qualities, and achievements. Respect is something that individuals crave. Both inward respect, toward self, and outward respect, toward others are essential in creating thriving environments....
Self-Esteem Group Activities
We learn by doing. It’s true of everyone, especially children. And for certain things, behavioral learning is the most effective way to learn. Skills that depend on data and knowledge, such as mathematics, can start with data and theory, which might get strengthened...
Teaching Children About Diversity
When it comes to learning about diversity, children have a huge advantage over adults. If a child encounters something new, they tend to accept it as a part of life with limited judgment. The natural impulse for most people when encountering something confusing is to...
What is Gratitude for Kids
Most adults understand that gratitude is more than saying thank you when receiving a gift or compliment. Gratitude is an attitude of the heart. Some parents may ask, “What is gratitude for kids?” It’s one thing to teach children to say thank you–express...