Inside: Use this to help our students honor, celebrate and acknowledge Indigenous Peoples’ Day with kindness and respect. When I grew up, we learned all about The Nina, The Pinta, and The Santa Maria. We learned about the ‘great’ discovery of Christopher Columbus and we loved having a day off from school every October. As […]
Family Volunteer Challenge for October to Spread Kindness
Inside: Spread kindness as a family through this Family Volunteer Challenge for October by gathering warm winter coats and donating them to kids who need them. My kids grow like weeds. So keeping them in clothes that fit them is always a tricky, expensive endeavor. But we are lucky that so many friends have given […]
How to Make Pumpkin Art with Pointillism for Fall
Inside: Connect fall and all things pumpkin to fine art and pointillism with dots and this pumpkin art with Pointillism. The days are getting shorter and crisper and I pulled out my cozy slippers. Fall is upon us. And in my family that means apple picking and pumpkin patches and hay rides with friends…we always […]
Kindness Pumpkins Kind or Unkind Sort for SEL Curriculum
Inside: Use this kindness pumpkins hands-on activity to help students decide what is kind and what is not kind in this sel curriculum sort. Fall to me has always involved pumpkins, lots and lots of pumpkins. It helps that I love all things pumpkin spice so I’m already craving pumpkin spice lattes and pumpkin pie […]
Halloween Really Is the Scariest Day Ever for Food Allergy Families
Inside: For Food Allergy Families, trick or treating is the scariest part of Halloween. But there are safe ways to trick or treat with your food allergy kiddo. Food Allergy Support for Parents Halloween absolutely terrifies me. Not because of the thriller movies or haunted houses or black cats crossing my path. It’s the trick […]