“Mom, come quickly!” E says practically jumping up and down. “There’s a bluejay in our yard!” And this scene has played out over and again but with varying creatures – bunnies, beetles, and butterflies – oh my! If you have a patch of grass outside your door, there’s an opportunity for your kids to explore …
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Benefits and Simple Ideas for Summer Enrichment “Mom, come quickly!” E says practically jumping up and down. “There’s a bluejay in our yard!” And this scene has played out over and again but with varying creatures – bunnies, beetles, and butterflies – oh my! If you have a patch of grass outside your door, there’s …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: appreciating nature, Caring, Cooperation, Empathy, Exploring nature with kids, Family connectedness, Motivation to learn, nature and kids, Parenting, Perspective taking, sense of awe and wonder, summer enrichment
“Mom, come quickly!” E says practically jumping up and down. “There’s a bluejay in our yard!” And this scene has played out over and again but with varying creatures – bunnies, beetles, and butterflies – oh my! If you have a patch of grass outside your door, there’s an opportunity for your kids to explore …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: awe and wonder, Caring, Celebrating Earth Day, Cooperation skills, Discovering nature with kids, Earth Day, Exploring nature with kids, Family bonding, Family connectedness, Kids, Motivation to learn, nature, Parents, Perspective taking skills
If it is his privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter-dependent. ― Mahatma Gandhi All children have to deal with and understand the paradox of separateness and connection, of individuality and belonging. In utero, babies have no sense of separation. They are physically connected to Mom through the very liquid …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Acceptance, Bullying, Caring, Compassion, Friendship, Including others, Kids and kindness, Kids caring, Promoting kindness, Qualities of a good friend, Teaching kids inclusion, Upstanders
‘It’s impossible not to be changed on the inside after being at the Seeds of Peace Camp,’ a refugee from Somalia told me (writer, Michele Borba). ‘Once you see that other people have the same worries and fears, you start to feel with them, and everything inside you turns upside down. You never go back …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: "UnSelfie, #martinmoment, Bullying, Caring, Empathy, ethics, Kindness, Michele Borba, Violence prevention, Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World"
It just started happening seemingly out of the blue. “Why can’t I watch PG-13 rated movies? I know kids in my class who do.” “Why do I always have to go upstairs for bed at 7:00? The neighbors all get to stay up later.” And then what seems like minutes later, I hear “Why do …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Asking questions of parents, Caring, Child development, Compassion, complex thinking, equality, ethics, Fairness, justice, kids questioning, Moral development, Patience, questioning authority, questioning parents, Reflection, Responsible decision-making, Rules, Self control, Social rules, stages of moral development
– willing to consider different ideas or opinions.1 About open-mindedness Why would open-mindedness be a hallmark of a confident kid? We all have developed cognitive structures from our environment and our set of experiences that form the basis of our understanding. When we receive new information, we begin to build upon or adjust those structures to …
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Category: About Tags: Acceptance, Appreciating differences, Caring, Carol Dweck, Cognitive flexibility, Collaboration, Cross-age kindness, Executive function, Fixed mindset, Growth mindset, Learning, Open-minded, Open-mindedness, persistence, Perspective taking, Problem solving
I heard the news today, oh boy… – “A Day in the Life,” The Beatles When national or local news reports a situation in which a person has made a harmful choice effecting children’s lives, I begin to go down the black hole of worry. The dangers that my son faces as he goes about …
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Category: Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Bullying, Caring, Cause and effect, Choices, Family problem solving, Identity, Logical consequences, Open-ended questions, Responsibility, Responsible decision-making, Upstander, Worthiness
