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A Smooth Transition to the School Year
Read More: A Smooth Transition to the School YearThe new school year is fast approaching, and the sunlit days are growing a little shorter. It’s time to transition from summer to the more structured schedule of fall. There are still a lot of unknowns this school year, so it will helpful for kids to feel as ready as they can. When we leave […]
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Rethinking Rewards: Focus on Finding Solutions
Read More: Rethinking Rewards: Focus on Finding SolutionsDuring stressful times, when we are challenged by our kids’ behavior, it is easy to fall into a punishment-reward cycle. We may lose our calm, flip our lids, and lay down a punishment. Then we feel bad and come back instead with ideas for incentives and rewards. Research tells us that neither work for […]
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Resilience through Transition – An Art Activity for Classrooms or Families
Read More: Resilience through Transition – An Art Activity for Classrooms or FamiliesAll of us have experienced loss and change. We are tempted not to talk about it, fearing that bringing it up will bring to the surface emotions that are difficult for our students to feel. But in reality, ignoring the grief connected with letting go and change creates a confusing disconnect for children. Being able […]
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Rethinking Rewards: Alternatives to Offering Incentives
Read More: Rethinking Rewards: Alternatives to Offering IncentivesTeachers, you have been accomplishing incredible feats this year! It is mind-boggling how your job has changed because of the pandemic and online teaching. Though some of your students are thriving, you may be worried about many who do not seem engaged and who aren’t completing assignments. It is easy to think that rewards may […]
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Holding on to Hope (For Teachers)
Read More: Holding on to Hope (For Teachers)This year has been rough. An undeniable understatement. Hope seems hard to reach, especially when our resilience has been tested these in these long challenging months since last spring. Yet hope is an antidote to despair. And while acknowledging the emotional toll of these times is crucial, equally crucial is our ability to hold onto […]
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Harnessing Hope (For Parents)
Read More: Harnessing Hope (For Parents)Hope is the belief in a positive future. It is an optimistic, exciting sense of what is possible. In this time of global health crisis, economic uncertainty, racial reckoning, and physical disconnection from other human beings, the day to day challenges of doing everything differently make it difficult to hold onto hope. Yet hope is […]
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Four Ideas for Stressed Parents
Read More: Four Ideas for Stressed ParentsWe are parenting more hours a day than ever before. In-person school, in-person play dates and visits with family and friends are things we hope to resume in the near future, but they aren’t providing much relief for parents at the moment. Have you noticed any of these issues coming up for your kids? stressing […]
