Inside: Use these early education kindness posters to help our youngest students learn about social emotional concepts like kindness, taking turns, sharing, and playing fair. When my kids were 2 and 3, we spent time in Ms. Dana’s Mommy and Me class. I was with Dana for three years, one year with each of my […]
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How to Pick Out a Teacher Gift They Really Want
Inside: A teacher gift can be hard to choose. It’s hard to know what they really want. But this list, created by an elementary school teacher and vetted by her elementary school teacher friends has exactly what teachers want for the holidays. Choose from this list and you can’t go wrong. As an elementary school […]
Kindness Mittens: Kind or Unkind Sort for SEL Curriculum
Inside: Use the kindness mittens activity to teach social emotional learning curriculum and character education in a fun, hands-on way this winter. Once I moved out of sunny California with 80 degree winters, my new favorite winter activity is spending time outside enjoying winter. We love going on winter hikes, especially after a fresh snowfall. […]
How to Encourage Your Kids to Be Kind With Kindness Lunchbox Notes
Inside: Encourage and help your kids remember to be kind at school with these kindness lunchbox notes for kids. Every morning as my kids pile out of my car and we say our goodbyes and our “I love yous,” I remind them to be kind. I remind them to be kind to their friends. To be […]
How to Succeed with a Summer Slide Prevention
Inside: Summer learning loss, otherwise known as Summer Slide is detrimental to our kids’ learning progress. But it can succeed with a summer slide prevention by doing simple activities throughout the summer. And the best news is: even if you do only 1 activity to prevent Summer Slide, it will help your child. The easiest […]