Inside: Create dot name art to decorate your kids’ rooms with this name art with Pointillism project perfect for kids. “But mama, I’m boooorrrreeedd.” It never fails. Come summer break or spring break or during distance learning, my kids seem to struggle with this awful thing called boredom. Now I’m okay with my kids being […]
100 Days of Kindness Activities for 100 Days of School
Inside: To celebrate the 100th Day of School, use these 100 days of kindness activities which will help build a kinder school culture. Schools around the world are realizing the importance of kindness in their education. Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) has become a new addition to the academic curriculum in more and more schools. Kindness posters […]
Kindness Activity Give Me 5 and Kindness Eposter
Inside: Use this Give Me 5 Kindness Activity with kindness affirmations and a kindness ePoster to add to your sel curriculum and character education. When I taught in Kindergarten, my main goal for the first month was to get them to pay attention. So I would ask them to “Give Me 5.” It would help […]
Fall SEL Bundle of Activities to Teach Character Education
Inside: Use this Fall SEL Bundle to teach social-emotional learning and character education during the fall 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 School? How to Help Your Kids Adjust to a New School Quickly
Inside: Are your kids heading to a new school this fall? Here’s how to help your kids adjust to a new school quickly. My three kids were the new kids at school three times in three years. We moved from Los Angeles to Boston to Chicago and back to Los Angeles. Yikes. That’s a lot […]