Inside: Parenting a strong-willed child, a sassy kid, or a hormonal tween or teenager can be tricky. Use this magic phrase to end the power struggles and the nasty attitudes quickly. Noooooo! My tween shrieked at her 6-year-old sister as she chased her through our house. “Give me back my pen,” my eldest yelled as […]
Raising Kind Kids
Martin Luther King Jr Day Emergent Reader for Learning About Kindness
Inside: Use this Martin Luther King Jr Day Emergent Reader to celebrate MLK’s Legacy and his kindness. When we learned about Martin Luther King Jr. when I was a student, we listened to his I Have a Dream Speech and colored in a picture of his face. But we didn’t really get to the meat […]
Winter Kindness Bucket List Activity to Spread Kindness through
Inside: Use this Winter Kindness Bucket List Activity to help kids spread kindness throughout the winter months with easy, kid-friendly activities. Some people love the beginning of winter with Christmas and the lights and the novelty of snow, but by the end of winter, many people are “over it.” I grew up in Los Angeles, […]
Winter SEL Bundles of Activities to Teach Character Education
Inside: Use this Winter SEL Bundle to teach social-emotional learning and character education during the winter months. We used to live in a part of the country where there was really only one season. So when we taught the seasons to students, we really had to read a lot of books and bring in realia […]
New Years Resolutions for Kids To Encourage Them to Be Kinder
Inside: To encourage your kids to be kinder in the new year, help them fill out these New Years Resolutions for Kids to be kinder…free printables included. As our year draws to an end, it’s a time to reflect on the past year and gear up for a great new year. And as adults, we […]