How can we support our students in developing adaptive core beliefs? This article explores the concept of core beliefs and offers activities to try with infants, preschoolers, and elementary school students.
Adults and children alike can experience an internal battle with our inner critic. Sometimes our inner critics can get very loud, leading to feelings of anxiety, guilt or shame. Most of us don’t love feeling guilt or shame so we...
How can we teach children kindness? It’s a big question about an important, but a sometimes elusive, idea. If you’re curious about teaching students kindness, read on for some easy ways of making kindness a part of the daily classroom...
Life can be amazing and life can be tough and these can both be true at the same time. What helps us get through the tough part is resilience. We explore 10 different ways educators can help students build resilience and promote...
Teachers, we have made it to the middle of the winter. The holiday and new year excitement is wearing off and we are all realizing that we are a long...way… from… summer. It’s typical for students, (and teachers) to get...
Being a teacher is no easy feat. There are challenging and imperfect moments daily. The pressures teachers are under to support each student and meet educational goals, can cause stress, and this stress can cause us to remain in a...
What if we reframed our children’s negative emotional expression as the healthy process of releasing built-up stress they carry throughout the course of a busy day? We all need to unburden our hearts by expressing our feelings. When children feel...