Posted on July 14, 2022 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Try out these fun, connecting and skill-building car games!
Posted on October 26, 2021 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Imaginative fun while skill-building in-person or at a distance.
Posted on July 29, 2021 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Check out these ideas for every age and stage!
Posted on August 13, 2020 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
With more and more schools offering remote learning opportunities and parents flocking to virtual school options during this high risk back to school season, teachers and parents are more involved than ever in trying to figure out how teaching and learning can take place online and at a distance. After extensively researching virtual schools attending …
Posted on May 26, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
We’re going on a road trip, a road trip, a road trip. We’re going on a road trip to see what we can see! We typically venture out on a number of small road trips during the summer months taking advantage of the freedom and warm weather. It’s tempting to hand a child an iPad …
Posted on April 27, 2015 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Check out “A Win for Everyone: Collaborative Games” by Jennifer Miller, author of Confident Parents, Confident Kids on the NBC Education Nation’s Parent Toolkit blog. The article includes numerous cooperative game ideas for you to introduce to your kids whether its in the backyard, at the park, at a school event or indoors on a …
Category: Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Collaboration, Collaborative games, Competition, Cooperative games, Effective listening, Empathy, Impulse control, Jennifer Miller, NBC Education Nation, NBC Parent Toolkit, Nonverbal communication, Problem solving, Self awareness, Trust building, Turn taking
Posted on August 23, 2014 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
One reader, Michele Rammien, wrote in with a great question that I thought would be helpful to many readers so am putting her question and my response into a post. Michele wrote: I love these emails! They have been informative & helpful. I may have missed it somewhere but do you have suggestions of games …
Posted on May 16, 2013 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive. If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative. – Author Unknown A few weeks ago, a reader wrote in that she was hoping to find resources for quick social skills games that she could teach her kids to play. Thanks Shannon for the inspiration for …
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