Inside: Use this Kindness Snowmen Kind or Unkind Sort to help students determine what is kind and what is not during this sel center activity. When the leaves start to fall, I know what’s coming next: winter. And I get super excited. I love winter and watching the snowfall so my kids and I can […]
Kindness Apples: Kind or Unkind Sort for SEL Curriculum
Inside: Use the kindness apples activity to teach sel curriculum in a fun, hands-on way this fall. Once I moved out of California, my new favorite fall activity is picking apples at an orchard and eating apple cider donuts. My first time picking apples we picked far too many and I had to learn how […]
8 Reasons Why Educators Should Teach SEL Curriculum
Inside: Wondering why educators should teach sel curriculum and character education. These 8 reasons will convince you and your colleagues. When we teach our kids to be kind and we show them all the ways to speak and act with kindness more often, we often start with why they should be kind. When kids know […]
What Every Interfaith Family Needs to Know About December Holidays
Inside: Are you raising your kids in an interfaith family? Us too. Celebrating Hanukkah and Christmas side by side and blended brings our family closer. I volunteered in my son’s class the other day while they painted Christmas trees and Hanukkah menorahs. When the teacher asked who celebrated Christmas and who celebrated Hanukkah, most of […]
Best Holiday Gifts for Teachers to Thank Them this December
Inside: Need holiday gifts for teachers? Choose a holiday present for your child’s teacher from this teacher-approved list of ideas teachers will love to receive. As a teacher, we never expected holiday gifts from our students. But on the last day of school in December, most of my students came in carrying goodies and baskets […]