Inside: Are you looking for ways to connect with your tween or connect with your preteen? These 6 ideas will help you feel more connected and give your tween more confidence. My eldest daughter is my mirror image. It’s seriously like watching my childhood on repeat. She gets mad at the same things as 10-year-old […]
Valentine Kindness Activity Kind or Unkind Sort to Teach SEL
Inside: Use this Valentine Kindness Activity Kind or Unkind Sort to help kids determine what is kind and what is not kind. Valentine’s Day is a lovely time of the year. Maybe it’s the candy hearts with messages printed on them or Valentine’s Day card exchanges, or the sweet notes that come with chocolate, […]
Kindness Craft: Kind Heart, Happy Heart to Tie Emotions to Kindness
Inside: This kindness craft is the perfect way to connect kindness to feelings of happiness so kids want to speak and act with kindness more often. It’s a great way to focus on social-emotional learning. Last summer, I was a guest speaker at a convention for volunteer Girl Scout troop leaders and we were talking […]
9 Reasons Why You Should Teach Your Kids to Be Kind
Inside: Here are 9 reasons why you should teach your kids to be kind to help reassure us that it’s worth the effort and energy and time. Life is crazy busy as a parent. We have to teach our kids everything…from picking up their shoes so we don’t trip again, to using their manners, to […]
Valentine’s Day Craft to Let Kids Keep All Their Valentine’s Day Cards
Inside: Valentine’s Day craft to use your kids’ Valentine’s Day cards that they bring home from school. Don’t toss them, make this Valentine’s Day Placemat craft. As a kid, I loved Valentine’s Day. I loved collecting the valentines my classmates brought in to school. The My Little Pony cards. The Lisa Frank unicorn cards. And the […]