Inside: Celebrate differences and diversity with the Rainbow of Me free printable to help kids see how colorful our world is. During the height of the pandemic, we decided to homeschool our kids for a year rather than do online learning through the schools. And for the first time since they were super little kids, […]
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How to Teach Kids to Be Considerate and Mindful of Others
Inside: Raising Kind Kids has to include raising our kids to be considerate and mindful of others. This has a list of ideas of how you can you teach your kids to be more considerate and mindful of others. Yesterday I was in a last minute IEP meeting for my daughter. It was a just […]
Black History Emergent Reader for Social Emotional Learning
Inside: Use this Black History Emergent Reader to focus on and learn about amazing Black Americans during Black History Month in February. As an elementary school teacher, I always laughed when February came around because we were expected to fit so much in. February has Valentine’s Day, Groundhog Day, the 100th Day of School, and […]
Improve Family Relationships with Kindness: 17 Strategies
Use these 17 strategies to improve family relationships with more kindness, empathy and connection and create a home where everyone feels safe, loved and wanted. I read a great meme the other day. It said, if you want kind teenagers, teach them to be kind when they’re little and then give them 10 years of […]
What is Kindness ?: Explain it to Kids
Inside: What is kindness? Use this explanation to help explain it to kids. When I asked a group of kids what kindness meant, they couldn’t really give me a definition. But they could give me examples of what kindness has felt like to them: My brother shared a lick of his ice cream with me. […]