Back to School: Preparing for the Transition
Transitioning back to school, after months of togetherness and being at home, can be both an exciting and anxious time for young children and their…
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Category: Life Skills
Simple Tools for Cooking with Children
A profound insight that we’ve gained from spending time (both professionally and personally) in the company of children is the powerful connection between diet and…
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Mindful Holidays: The Gift of Time
“We are always getting ready to live but never living.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson On a cloudy afternoon recently, I had an experience that ended up…
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Raising Compassionate Kids
Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation. Martin Luther King, Jr. Raising a compassionate child begins with adults. Learning compassion is no different from…
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How to Talk to Your Children About Their Day
“What did you do in school today?” “Nothing.” “How was your day?” “Fine.” It can be a challenge to get many children to say more…
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How to Raise Inquisitive Children
Children are natural born explorers. As babies they mainly use their hands to make sense of the world around them. But as soon as they…
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Raising Helpers
We’ve spent a great deal of time trying to decide how to create a system of chores that works for us and our young family.…
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The Importance of Real Work for Children
It all started on a summer’s day. I was outside weeding my salad bed, it was hard but necessary work; the weeds were over running…
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Map of My Heart
When I was an elementary school teacher, one of my favorite moments was the launch of Writer’s Workshop. Often, the lesson that initiated our yearlong…
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