Inside: Intentionally teach kids how to have good sportsmanship skills with these tips and with this free printable: Cheer on a Friend. There’s a video that will always live rent-free in my head. It’s a championship baseball game, and it’s the last out of the last inning. The pitcher struck out the batter to win […]
raising kind kids
Kindness Cookie Resources to Teach SEL
Inside: Use these kindness cookie resources to teach social emotional learning and encourage more kindness to others. As a mom to three and a Girl Scout leader, we eat a lot of cookies around here. We decorate cookies at Christmas, we sell Girl Scout cookies in winter and we make Friendship cookies. Because cookies make […]
Books About Big Emotions that Teach Emotional Regulation
Inside: Use these books about big emotions that teach emotional regulation to help kids manage their emotions and feelings. One of the most empowering skills we can give to our kids emotional intelligence: learning how to recognize their emotions, name their emotions, learn that all emotions are okay, and then learn how to self-soothe and […]
How to Stay Calm as a Parent When You’re Triggered
Inside: Use these 8 strategies to help you stay calm as a parent when you’re triggered by your kids’ behavior. If you want to yell less and stay calm more, this will help. Stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about. Big girls don’t cry. Act your age. Pull it together. Put on […]
Social Emotional Learning 180 Daily Questions for Classrooms
Inside: Use these Social Emotional Learning 180 Daily Questions to start conversations about kindness, empathy, compassion, and being a good friend. When I taught third grade, we were focused on multiplication, cursive, the solar system, Native American and Indigenous studies, and of course reading and math. But one day, someone passing by our class dropped […]