Inside: Use this Apple Back to School Kindness Challenge to encourage more kindness and give kids lots of chances to practice being kind. As we head into back to school season, teachers are setting up classrooms, creating lesson plans, and unjamming the copier. But they’re also spending time getting their class lists and crossing their […]
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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 […]
Thanksgiving Gratitude Activities: 14+ of the Best and Most Meaningful
Inside: Help your kids focus on what they’re really grateful for this November with these 10 meaningful Thanksgiving Gratitude Activities your family will love. Teaching our kids to be grateful and to appreciate the list of things they have in their lives is a year-long endeavor. Gratitude is not meant to only be taught once […]
How to Celebrate Thanksgiving with a Gratitude Pumpkin
Inside: Help your kids be more grateful and celebrate what they’re thankful for with this gratitude pumpkin that’s perfect for November and Thanksgiving. This afternoon, I told my daughter she could have a cookie. She immediately countered with her, “Can I have two cookies?” So I reminded her to be grateful that I offered her […]
Classroom Holiday Party Activities: 16 Best Winter-Themed Ideas
Inside: Host a classroom holiday party in your kids’ classrooms or scout groups with low-prep, low-mess, low-cost games, activities, and crafts that are winter-themed. Most room parents are busy planning or scrambling to plan, the very best, most awesome holiday party for their kids’ classrooms. And I was tasked with the same job, but for […]