Inside: Celebrate Christmas and Christmas trees decorated with lights with this Christmas art with Pointillism and turn it into a decoration or a Christmas card. I just asked our Alexa how many days there were until Halloween and she told me. Then Alexa followed up and asked me a question: “I’m often asked how many […]
Create a Positive Classroom Environment in Under 5 Minutes
Inside: Use these 12 quick ways to create a positive classroom environment to increase kindness and support so students feel safe and ready to learn. School has been in session for a while now and we’ve learned our kids’ names and taught them our routines and procedures. They know where to find the pencils and […]
8 Days of Hanukkah Kindness Activities to Spread Kindness
Help spread kindness this Hanukkah with these 8 nights of Hanukkah Kindness Activities… one for every night you light the candles. Tikkun Olam…repairing the world through acts of kindness is one of the main Jewish principles we teach our children. But Tikkun Olam can’t only be focused on during holidays. Raising kind kids who want to […]
How to Have a Parenting Growth Mindset to Help Our Kids Succeed
Inside: How to have a parenting growth mindset to help our kids succeed and grow and learn they can keep on getting better at hard things. Last night, around my family dinner table, we threw a party for my 9-year-old son. We toasted him, we praised him, and we whooped and hollered. My son, who […]
Why Kindness Week Doesn’t Work and What to Do Instead
Inside: Kindness week doesn’t work to ensure kindness in our schools. Here’s what to do instead if you want to build a positive and kind classroom and school environment. My daughter’s school had all the kindness posters hanging in the hallways and the cafeteria. The gym had gigantic murals touting character principles of respect and […]