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Posted on February 13, 2018 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
The Language of Love for Our Children
The coming of Valentine’s Day seems an ideal time to write about one of the greatest, most enduring loves. No, I am not writing about romantic love. This is about our love for our children and how we express it. There are… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Clean Language, Expressing love to our children, learning about child development, love language for parents, love language with kids, parenting with love, parents and child development, parents and patience, Responsible decision-making, Self awareness, Showing children love, Social awareness, Unconditional love
Posted on November 9, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
A New Children’s Book Series
For Promoting Social and Emotional Skills in the Home or Classroom Mandy is having a tough day because each friend or relative she meets can’t play. But the narrator of this story asks good questions of Mandy to learn more. It turns… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: "The Grit Up Series", Abbie Kelley, Care to repair, Empathy, negative self-talk, Relationship skills, Responsible decision-making, Self awareness, Self-management, Social and Emotional Learning, Social and emotional skill building, Social awareness
Posted on October 26, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Halloween Party Cooperative Games for Home or Classroom
Perhaps you volunteer in your child’s classroom as I do and are helping plan the annual Halloween party. Maybe you are a teacher looking for ways to both entertain, celebrate, and build skills on the holiday. Or you could be planning a… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Active listening, classroom cooperative games, Collaboration, Collaborative games, Creative thinking, Empathy, halloween cooperative games, halloween games, halloween party, Negotiation, Nonverbal communication, Perspective taking, Problem solving, Social awareness
Posted on September 21, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Safety and Caring First; Inclusion and Equity Plus Kindness Equals Learning
When ethnographer Angela Valenzuela spoke with immigrants in Texas – Mexican-American parents and students – and dug into the meaning of the Spanish word “educacion,” (in English: education) they understood it to mean “caring before learning.” 1 And that interpretation makes practical… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: @ChildTrends, @MakingCaring Common, caring school communities, caring schools, CASEL, Child Trends, Equity, immigrant families, immigrant students, immigrants, Inclusion, Kindness, Making Caring Common, respect, safe school communities, safe schools, school communities, schools and safety, Social awareness, Teaching kids inclusion
Posted on August 23, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Facilitating the Transition Back to School with Social and Emotional Intelligence
I’m gonna hold onto this couch and never let go! – E. Miller, Age 6 It’s the morning after our summer vacation at the lake. E awoke and said he had had a nightmare. “My school became a haunted village. A ghost… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Back to School anxiety, Back to school stress, back to school transition, beginning of school, confidence with back to school, first contacts with teachers, kids back to school, parenting with social awareness, parents and back to school, smooth morning routine, social and emotional skills in first weeks of school, social anxiety, Social awareness
Posted on July 20, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
The Courageous Act of Making New Friends
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’” – C.S. Lewis The need and desire to make new friends can arise in children’s lives anytime whether your child… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: building healthy relationships, children introducing each other, children learning names, children's friendships, children's social skills, confidence to make friends, helping kids make friends, making friends, making introductions, social anxiety, Social awareness, social awkwardness, starting friendships
Posted on June 15, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
A Storied Childhood – The Role of Stories in Children’s Social and Emotional Development
Oh, the places you’ll go! The worlds you will visit! The friends you will know! – Dr. Seuss1 “What are you guys up to?” I say to the three six-year-old friends in my living room. “We’re sharing our books!” one says with… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: children learning to read, Creative thinking, emotional, Empathy, how children learn to read, Moral development, parents reading with children, Perspective taking, promoting reading, Reading, Responsible decision-making, role of reading with families, Social, Social awareness, Stories and social and emotional development, teaching reading
Posted on February 23, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Social and Emotional Learning in High School
Check out this exceptional example of the use of social and emotional learning in high school from Edutopia (the George Lucas Educational Foundation). Though often early childhood and elementary school ages and stages are times we tend to focus on social… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Edutopia, family connection, family mindfulness, High school social and emotional learning, mindfulness and teens, parenting high school students, parenting teenagers, Relationship skills, Responsible decision-making, Self awareness, Self-management, Social and Emotional Learning, Social awareness
Posted on June 16, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Promoting Difference Appreciation – A Children’s Book for Summer Reading
Considering the recent tragedy in Orlando, Florida, I thought this book might be a helpful one to add to any family’s summer reading list. This wonderful book – “Made by Raffi” is about a boy who felt different and used his interests… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills Tags: "Made by Raffi", Appreciating differences, Children's book on differences, Craig Pomeranz, Diversity appreciation, Gender identity, Inclusion, Open heart, Open mind, Social awareness, Teaching kids inclusion
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Posted on December 14, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
A Family Primer on World Holidays…
Give the Gift of Global Awareness this Holiday Season Because of the numerous holidays celebrated through the fall and winter months, it is an ideal time to discuss how people celebrate around the world – both the uniqueness of traditions and also… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Boxing Day, Chinese New Year, Christmas, Cultural appreciation, Diversity appreciation, Diwali, Eid al-Fitr, Hannukah, Holiday season, Kwanzaa, La Posada, Omisoka, Ramadan, Social awareness, St. Lucia Day, teaching kids about world holidays, teaching kids social awareness, world culture posters, World holidays