Inside: Do you suspect your young daughter is the “mean girl?” Or is your daughter acting like a mean girl? Here are 6 things you can do to prevent it and 6 things to do once you realize your child isn’t being the kindest version of themselves. I went to tuck my kindergartner into bed […]
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Good Sportsmanship Skills: Teach Kids to Cheer On a Friend
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 […]
9 Must Know Tips to Emotionally Protect Your Bullied Child
Inside: Emotionally protect your bullied child with these 9 must know tricks for parents. We may not be able to stop bullying or end the bullying, but we can make sure our child’s mental health is intact and they know that the bully’s words and actions are not their fault. My child is one of the […]
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 […]
How to Encourage Kindness In Our Classrooms With These Tricks
Inside: There are simple ways to encourage kindness in our classrooms, including using these kindness posters made specifically for classrooms. My daughter was working on an art project in her classroom and I was guest teaching. She was excited I was there and I was excited to get back in front of a group of […]