Parenting Support and Education from Early Childhood Experts

Bring Peace to Your Mornings – Make a Routine Chart

Power struggles and harried mornings for both parent and child are normal, and yet not a fun way to start...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

Bring Peace to Your Mornings – Make a Routine Chart

Ages

2-3,

3-4

Kindergarten Readiness: Part 1 – Social + Emotional Skills

“I think I have a sense for Kindergarten readiness, now how can I support my child to get there?” Keep...

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4-5,

5-6

Kindergarten Readiness: Part 1 – Social + Emotional Skills

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4-5,

5-6

Go-To Parenting Scripts – How to Respond to Your Child

Learn how to respond to your child’s challenging behavior or big emotions with empathy. Use our go-to parenting scripts for...

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5-6,

6-7

Go-To Parenting Scripts – How to Respond to Your Child

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5-6,

6-7

How to Build Your Child’s Independence

Foundational skills for teaching your child to be more independent and to be in charge of themself and their learning....

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6-7,

7-8

How to Build Your Child’s Independence

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6-7,

7-8

How to Navigate a Healthy Parent/Child Separation

Learn the strategies, tools and what to say to manage a healthy separation process between you and your child, especially...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

How to Navigate a Healthy Parent/Child Separation

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2-3,

3-4

Answers to Common Questions on Parent/Child Separation

The parent/caregiver-child separation process is often an emotional experience, and every child and family experiences it differently. Discover answers to...

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2-3,

3-4

Answers to Common Questions on Parent/Child Separation

Ages

2-3,

3-4

Bring Peace to Your Mornings – Make a Routine Chart

Power struggles and harried mornings for both parent and child are normal, and yet not a fun way to start...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

Bring Peace to Your Mornings – Make a Routine Chart

Ages

2-3,

3-4

How to Ask Your Child About Their Day

Go beyond “How was your day?” Our Top 10 favorite conversation starters can give you insight into what matters to...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

How to Ask Your Child About Their Day

Ages

4-5,

5-6

When Your Preschooler Hits: Part 1 – What’s Going On?

By learning why young children hit – learning what is developmentally going on in their brains when they hit –...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

When Your Preschooler Hits: Part 1 – What’s Going On?

Ages

2-3,

3-4

When Your Preschooler Hits: Part 2 – What to Do and Say

Knowing why a child hits is the first step in handling a challenging ‘hitting’ situation. Next, how should you respond...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

When Your Preschooler Hits: Part 2 – What to Do and Say

Ages

2-3,

3-4

How to Teach Your Child Coping Skills for Their Anxious Behavior

When your child begins having anxious thoughts, empower them with practical self-help strategies and coping skills so that they can...

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6-7,

7-8

How to Teach Your Child Coping Skills for Their Anxious Behavior

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6-7,

7-8

What Anxiety Looks Like and How to Support Your Child

Learn how to help your child handle the expected feelings related to anxiety, and how to identify when anxiety moves...

Ages

6-7,

7-8

What Anxiety Looks Like and How to Support Your Child

Ages

6-7,

7-8

Executive Functioning: Part 1 – Why It Matters

‘Executive functioning’ is a phrase often cited when talking about child development. But what does it really mean and how...

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5-6,

6-7

Executive Functioning: Part 1 – Why It Matters

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5-6,

6-7

Executive Functioning: Part 2 – How to Strengthen It

Nuts + bolts; let’s get tactical. Now that we’ve baselined the three primary processes of executive functioning, let’s look at...

Ages

5-6,

6-7

Executive Functioning: Part 2 – How to Strengthen It

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5-6,

6-7

The Super Power of *Yet*

*Yet* – Three letters that may change your child’s outlook on life, even among the youngest learners. Learn how the...

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4-5,

5-6

The Super Power of *Yet*

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4-5,

5-6

Grow Your Brain – Apply a *Growth Mindset*

Let’s double-down on how to translate *growth mindset* into something tangible with your child. We’re focusing on how to teach...

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4-5,

5-6

Grow Your Brain – Apply a *Growth Mindset*

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4-5,

5-6

Helpful Ways to Praise Your Child

A simple tip sheet for how to praise your child. Something more than “Good job” or just commenting on process and...

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4-5,

5-6

Helpful Ways to Praise Your Child

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4-5,

5-6

10 Ways to Teach Your Child Kindness

For many children, kindness needs to be explicitly taught. Parents and teachers only need a few prompts to help their...

Ages

5-6,

6-7

10 Ways to Teach Your Child Kindness

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5-6,

6-7

How to Teach Your Child to Be a ‘Good’ Friend

Strategies, tools and scripts for teaching your child how to practice being a ‘good’ friend.

Ages

6-7,

7-8

How to Teach Your Child to Be a ‘Good’ Friend

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6-7,

7-8

10 Characteristics of a ‘Good’ Friend

Teach your child a strong Friend Skill Set that can help them establish healthy, happy friendships and that will support...

Ages

6-7,

7-8

10 Characteristics of a ‘Good’ Friend

Ages

6-7,

7-8

Kindergarten Readiness 101

“Is my child ready for Kindergarten? What does that even mean?” Here’s my high-level perspective as a parent + teacher...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Kindergarten Readiness 101

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Kindergarten Readiness: Part 1 – Social + Emotional Skills

“I think I have a sense for Kindergarten readiness, now how can I support my child to get there?” Keep...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Kindergarten Readiness: Part 1 – Social + Emotional Skills

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Kindergarten Readiness: Part 2 – Pre-Academic Skills

ABCs, colors, numbers, sight words…parents have heard of the ‘push-down’ of academic skills – that Kindergarten has a lot of...

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4-5,

5-6

Kindergarten Readiness: Part 2 – Pre-Academic Skills

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4-5,

5-6

Kindergarten Readiness: Part 3 – Parent Readiness

Kindergarten is a meaningful adjustment – for parents too. We’ve got simple tips for parents for a not-so-simple transition –...

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4-5,

5-6

Kindergarten Readiness: Part 3 – Parent Readiness

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4-5,

5-6

Kindergarten Readiness: Bonus FAQs

It’s hard to know what you don’t know as your child embarks on their learning journey and enters Kindergarten. Sure,...

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4-5,

5-6

Kindergarten Readiness: Bonus FAQs

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4-5,

5-6

What’s Developmentally “Normal”?

How do you know if your child is experiencing a developmental “bump”? How do you know if it is time...

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3-4,

4-5

What’s Developmentally “Normal”?

Ages

3-4,

4-5

Self-Regulation – Part 1: Optimize Your Child’s Learning

Including your child in their own learning process about how to self-regulate is empowering and long-lasting. Here’s how everyday tools...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Self-Regulation – Part 1: Optimize Your Child’s Learning

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Self-Regulation – Part 2: Body Engine Checker System

Here’s a practical tool and script to support your child’s self-regulation and emotional awareness – it provides a shared language to signal...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Self-Regulation – Part 2: Body Engine Checker System

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Wheel of Choices – Resolve Social Conflict Independently

Help your child learn how to resolve a social conflict on their own with this framework – Wheel of Choices.

Ages

5-6,

6-7

Wheel of Choices – Resolve Social Conflict Independently

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5-6,

6-7

How to Teach Empathy

“Empathy is when you’re able to understand and care about how someone else is feeling.” -Mark Ruffalo, Sesame Street

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3-4,

4-5

How to Teach Empathy

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3-4,

4-5

How to Teach Your Child About Personal Safety

Keep your child safe from danger and empower them to be safe. Teach your child to protect themselves with important...

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4-5,

5-6

How to Teach Your Child About Personal Safety

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4-5,

5-6

How to Teach Your Child to Identify Their Feelings and Emotions

Learn why it is important for your child to be able to identify their emotions, and help them build their...

Ages

3-4,

4-5

How to Teach Your Child to Identify Their Feelings and Emotions

Ages

3-4,

4-5

How to Create Family Agreements

Try having ‘Family Agreements’ instead of having ‘rules’. Family Agreements can be powerful yet simple tools for encouraging baseline behavioral...

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4-5,

5-6

How to Create Family Agreements

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4-5,

5-6

Raise Responsible Children – Introduce Chores

We may have grand intentions when it comes to involving our kids in chores. But how do you know which...

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4-5,

5-6

Raise Responsible Children – Introduce Chores

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4-5,

5-6

Transitions: Part 1 – Why Transitions Are So Hard

#1 daily challenge with children: How to get from A to Z without fighting, yelling or throwing a tantrum? Learn why...

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2-3,

3-4

Transitions: Part 1 – Why Transitions Are So Hard

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2-3,

3-4

Transitions: Part 2 – How to Get Through Peacefully

Knowing why transitions are difficult is half the puzzle. The other half is how to get through them. Teachers go...

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2-3,

3-4

Transitions: Part 2 – How to Get Through Peacefully

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2-3,

3-4

How to Ask Your Child About Their Day

Go beyond “How was your day?” Our Top 10 favorite conversation starters can give you insight into what matters to...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

How to Ask Your Child About Their Day

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Helpful Ways to Praise Your Child

A simple tip sheet for how to praise your child. Something more than “Good job” or just commenting on process and...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Helpful Ways to Praise Your Child

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Bring Peace to Your Mornings – Make a Routine Chart

Power struggles and harried mornings for both parent and child are normal, and yet not a fun way to start...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

Bring Peace to Your Mornings – Make a Routine Chart

Ages

2-3,

3-4

An Awesome Approach to Allowance

Our Awesome Allowance System gives children practice in setting financial goals, making hard choices, and developing a sense for the...

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5-6,

6-7

An Awesome Approach to Allowance

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5-6,

6-7

*THINK* – Be Powerful with Your Words

Teach your child to *THINK* before they speak – to consider the impact of their words (vs. their intent). A helpful...

Ages

5-6,

6-7

*THINK* – Be Powerful with Your Words

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5-6,

6-7

Wheel of Choices – Resolve Social Conflict Independently

Help your child learn how to resolve a social conflict on their own with this framework – Wheel of Choices.

Ages

5-6,

6-7

Wheel of Choices – Resolve Social Conflict Independently

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5-6,

6-7

How to Teach Your Child to Move Through Boredom

The benefits of letting your child be bored and five ways to teach your child how to move through boredom....

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6-7,

7-8

How to Teach Your Child to Move Through Boredom

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6-7,

7-8

How to Teach Your Child Patience

Learn why patience is a learned skill and essential for character and academic development, and seven key strategies to teach...

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5-6,

6-7

How to Teach Your Child Patience

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5-6,

6-7

How to Share – Part 1: Why Share?

Simply saying “Share!” holds little meaning for children. Young children are egocentric and concrete thinkers. Their experience of the world...

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2-3,

3-4

How to Share – Part 1: Why Share?

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2-3,

3-4

How to Share – Part 2: Some Helpful Rules

Conflict is natural for preschoolers who are just learning about peers and group settings – it is expected, healthy and...

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2-3,

3-4

How to Share – Part 2: Some Helpful Rules

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2-3,

3-4

When Your Preschooler Hits: Part 1 – What’s Going On?

By learning why young children hit – learning what is developmentally going on in their brains when they hit –...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

When Your Preschooler Hits: Part 1 – What’s Going On?

Ages

2-3,

3-4

When Your Preschooler Hits: Part 2 – What to Do and Say

Knowing why a child hits is the first step in handling a challenging ‘hitting’ situation. Next, how should you respond...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

When Your Preschooler Hits: Part 2 – What to Do and Say

Ages

2-3,

3-4

What to Say and Do When Your Child Interrupts

Learn why children interrupt, what to say in the moment, and strategies for modeling patterns of communication. (It is hard...

Ages

3-4,

4-5

What to Say and Do When Your Child Interrupts

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3-4,

4-5

FAQs When Your Child Interrupts

Your questions, our answers. Learn how to handle common scenarios when a child interrupts. From raising hands, to when to...

Ages

3-4,

4-5

FAQs When Your Child Interrupts

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3-4,

4-5

How to Teach 3 Key Social Skills

While some children inherently understand how to socially interact with others and are comfortable with basic social skills, others need more...

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4-5,

5-6

How to Teach 3 Key Social Skills

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4-5,

5-6

How to Teach Empathy

“Empathy is when you’re able to understand and care about how someone else is feeling.” -Mark Ruffalo, Sesame Street

Ages

3-4,

4-5

How to Teach Empathy

Ages

3-4,

4-5

If Your Child Has an Imaginary Friend

Getting to know your child’s imaginary friends is a fun perk of parenting and teaching. Those characters – whether invisible,...

Ages

3-4,

4-5

If Your Child Has an Imaginary Friend

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3-4,

4-5

Social Exclusion and Inclusion – Part 1: Why It Happens

Watching a child turn to you crying for the first time because “A friend said ‘I can’t play’”, is a...

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4-5,

5-6

Social Exclusion and Inclusion – Part 1: Why It Happens

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4-5,

5-6

Social Exclusion and Inclusion – Part 2: Do Something About It

Social exclusion is a main theme in a child’s development and there are many reasons why it happens. Empower your child to...

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4-5,

5-6

Social Exclusion and Inclusion – Part 2: Do Something About It

Ages

4-5,

5-6

10 Characteristics of a ‘Good’ Friend

Teach your child a strong Friend Skill Set that can help them establish healthy, happy friendships and that will support...

Ages

6-7,

7-8

10 Characteristics of a ‘Good’ Friend

Ages

6-7,

7-8

How to Teach Your Child to Be a ‘Good’ Friend

Strategies, tools and scripts for teaching your child how to practice being a ‘good’ friend.

Ages

6-7,

7-8

How to Teach Your Child to Be a ‘Good’ Friend

Ages

6-7,

7-8

10 Ways to Teach Your Child Kindness

For many children, kindness needs to be explicitly taught. Parents and teachers only need a few prompts to help their...

Ages

5-6,

6-7

10 Ways to Teach Your Child Kindness

Ages

5-6,

6-7

“I” Messages – A Helpful Technique for Conflict Resolution

Empower your child with a valuable life skill – teach them how to express their emotions and desires during conflict.

Ages

5-6,

6-7

“I” Messages – A Helpful Technique for Conflict Resolution

Ages

5-6,

6-7

*THINK* – Be Powerful with Your Words

Teach your child to *THINK* before they speak – to consider the impact of their words (vs. their intent). A helpful...

Ages

5-6,

6-7

*THINK* – Be Powerful with Your Words

Ages

5-6,

6-7

Raise an Upstander – Part 3: What Your Child Could Say In-The-Moment

Is your child able and ready to say/do the upstanding thing? Help your child know what to say in-the-moment when...

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6-7,

7-8

Raise an Upstander – Part 3: What Your Child Could Say In-The-Moment

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6-7,

7-8

Go-To Parenting Scripts – How to Respond to Your Child

Learn how to respond to your child’s challenging behavior or big emotions with empathy. Use our go-to parenting scripts for...

Ages

5-6,

6-7

Go-To Parenting Scripts – How to Respond to Your Child

Ages

5-6,

6-7

Tantrums – Part 1: What’s Going On?

Children experience emotions just like adults, but they need support and guidance to: 1) Understand their emotions; and 2) Make...

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2-3,

3-4

Tantrums – Part 1: What’s Going On?

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2-3,

3-4

Tantrums – Part 2: What You Could Do

Tantrums are hard to manage – for everyone. Here’s our checklist for what to do…in the first 5 minutes.

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3-4

Tantrums – Part 2: What You Could Do

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2-3,

3-4

Tantrums – Part 3: What You Could Say

The reality is we have no control over when our child calms down. Parenting and teaching is not quick and...

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2-3,

3-4

Tantrums – Part 3: What You Could Say

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2-3,

3-4

Tantrums – Part 4: Before and After

It takes work and repetition, but indeed, there are things that can be done to pre-empt a tantrum and ways...

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3-4

Tantrums – Part 4: Before and After

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2-3,

3-4

How to Teach Your Child to Identify Their Feelings and Emotions

Learn why it is important for your child to be able to identify their emotions, and help them build their...

Ages

3-4,

4-5

How to Teach Your Child to Identify Their Feelings and Emotions

Ages

3-4,

4-5

Self-Regulation – Part 1: Optimize Your Child’s Learning

Including your child in their own learning process about how to self-regulate is empowering and long-lasting. Here’s how everyday tools...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Self-Regulation – Part 1: Optimize Your Child’s Learning

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Self-Regulation – Part 2: Body Engine Checker System

Here’s a practical tool and script to support your child’s self-regulation and emotional awareness – it provides a shared language to signal...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Self-Regulation – Part 2: Body Engine Checker System

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4-5,

5-6

Self-Regulation – Part 3: Recover from a Meltdown

Make a go-to place for your child to find comfort and safety when their internal engines feel out-of-sorts. Whether you...

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4-5,

5-6

Self-Regulation – Part 3: Recover from a Meltdown

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4-5,

5-6

How to Teach Your Child to Independently Calm Down

A go-to list of calming strategies that your child can independently use to get back on track when they feel...

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5-6,

6-7

How to Teach Your Child to Independently Calm Down

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5-6,

6-7

Anger Management 101: Part 1 – What’s Going On?

Discover how your child’s brain and body are emotionally and physically processing their anger, and strategies and tools to help...

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6-7,

7-8

Anger Management 101: Part 1 – What’s Going On?

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6-7,

7-8

Anger Management 101: Part 2 – What Does Anger Look Like?

Identify what anger looks like across different developmental ages and understand what is a typical anger expression and what is...

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6-7,

7-8

Anger Management 101: Part 2 – What Does Anger Look Like?

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6-7,

7-8

Anger Management 101: Part 3 – What You Could Do and Say

Key strategies and tools to use before, during and after your child’s angry outbursts – all in a simple printable...

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6-7,

7-8

Anger Management 101: Part 3 – What You Could Do and Say

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6-7,

7-8

Anger Management 101: Part 4 – Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to common questions about handling a child’s angry behaviors. From, “How do I know what is normal?” to “My...

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6-7,

7-8

Anger Management 101: Part 4 – Frequently Asked Questions

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6-7,

7-8

On Impulse Control: Part 1 – What Is It?

It may feel like a number of impulsive behaviors are seemingly normal for children. But what is ‘normal’? In this...

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5-6,

6-7

On Impulse Control: Part 1 – What Is It?

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5-6,

6-7

On Impulse Control: Part 2 – What You Could Do

Brain differences make it hard for a child to control their behavior. Understanding your child’s impulsive behaviors can help you...

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5-6,

6-7

On Impulse Control: Part 2 – What You Could Do

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5-6,

6-7

A Simple Exercise to Calm and Re-Center Your Child

A breathing exercise to help your child move through the rocky moments in their day. Easy to do and remember....

Ages

4-5,

5-6

A Simple Exercise to Calm and Re-Center Your Child

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4-5,

5-6

*STOP!* An Easy Technique for Impulse Control

Empower your child to manage their emotions and regain control in heated situations with *STOP!*

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5-6,

6-7

*STOP!* An Easy Technique for Impulse Control

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5-6,

6-7

How to Handle Sibling Fights

Sibling fighting and rivalry is normal and, in most cases, healthy. Learn how to resolve sibling conflict in 5 simple...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

How to Handle Sibling Fights

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4-5,

5-6

How to Handle Sibling Rivalry: Part 1 – What’s Going On?

Sibling rivalry and fighting are normal parts of family dynamics, but they can really disrupt a home’s harmony and stir...

Ages

6-7,

7-8

How to Handle Sibling Rivalry: Part 1 – What’s Going On?

Ages

6-7,

7-8

How to Handle Sibling Rivalry: Part 2 – What You Could Do and Say

Should parents force siblings to ‘get along’? What do you say when siblings are constantly competing with each other? What...

Ages

6-7,

7-8

How to Handle Sibling Rivalry: Part 2 – What You Could Do and Say

Ages

6-7,

7-8

3 Things to Say to Immediately Stop a (Sibling) Fight

Get flustered in the heat of the moment when your children fight? Use these three key phrases to stop sibling...

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4-5,

5-6

3 Things to Say to Immediately Stop a (Sibling) Fight

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4-5,

5-6

Sibling Love – Make It Happen with a Sibling Love Jar

We can’t end sibling fighting nor force our children to get along, but we can help them recall happy moments...

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4-5,

5-6

Sibling Love – Make It Happen with a Sibling Love Jar

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4-5,

5-6

Wheel of Choices – Resolve Social Conflict Independently

Help your child learn how to resolve a social conflict on their own with this framework – Wheel of Choices.

Ages

5-6,

6-7

Wheel of Choices – Resolve Social Conflict Independently

Ages

5-6,

6-7

“I” Messages – A Helpful Technique for Conflict Resolution

Empower your child with a valuable life skill – teach them how to express their emotions and desires during conflict.

Ages

5-6,

6-7

“I” Messages – A Helpful Technique for Conflict Resolution

Ages

5-6,

6-7

10 Activities to Encourage Sibling Bonding

Siblings fight – it is normal and expected, and you can handle it. But sometimes, stepping outside of the normal...

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4-5,

5-6

10 Activities to Encourage Sibling Bonding

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4-5,

5-6

Reinforce (vs. Reward) Positive Behavior

Imagine a magical world where children are internally motivated to be kind and generous. It’s doable!

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3-4,

4-5

Reinforce (vs. Reward) Positive Behavior

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3-4,

4-5

Gun Play – Understand the Myths and Realities

As parents and teachers of young children, we encounter ‘power play’ in a variety of ways – some children like...

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4-5,

5-6

Gun Play – Understand the Myths and Realities

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5-6

Kindergarten Readiness 101

“Is my child ready for Kindergarten? What does that even mean?” Here’s my high-level perspective as a parent + teacher...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Kindergarten Readiness 101

Ages

4-5,

5-6

How to Ask Meaningful Questions During Story Time

Increase critical thinking and curiosity when you read aloud. Take story time to a new level.

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4-5,

5-6

How to Ask Meaningful Questions During Story Time

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4-5,

5-6

How to Teach Your Child to Write

Many of us are eager for our children to learn to write. It takes practice but it also needs to...

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3-4,

4-5

How to Teach Your Child to Write

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3-4,

4-5

How to Talk to Your Child About Back-to-‘School’

Language and scripts parents can use in their back-to-school conversations with children during this Covid-19 pandemic. Plus, answers to common...

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4-5,

5-6

How to Talk to Your Child About Back-to-‘School’

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4-5,

5-6

10 Characteristics of a ‘Good’ Friend

Teach your child a strong Friend Skill Set that can help them establish healthy, happy friendships and that will support...

Ages

6-7,

7-8

10 Characteristics of a ‘Good’ Friend

Ages

6-7,

7-8

24 Clever + Creative Project-Based Learning Ideas

Early learners learn best through hands-on, self-directed experiences. Try our Project-Learning Bingo – 24 project-based learning ideas to fuel your...

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6-7,

7-8

24 Clever + Creative Project-Based Learning Ideas

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6-7,

7-8

Common Handwriting Problem #1 – Weak Grasp

Little hands often struggle to hold a pencil, especially when their muscles need some building. Fortunately there are many fun...

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4-5,

5-6

Common Handwriting Problem #1 – Weak Grasp

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4-5,

5-6

Discipline: Part 3 – Logical Consequences

Learn how to appeal to your child’s thinking brain and shape their future behavior by instilling discipline (vs. imposing punishment)....

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Discipline: Part 3 – Logical Consequences

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Fibbing vs. Lying – Why Preschoolers Lie

Around the ages of four and five, children begin to tell ‘tall tales’. They may also begin to tell fibs...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Fibbing vs. Lying – Why Preschoolers Lie

Ages

4-5,

5-6

What to Say and Do When Your Child Interrupts

Learn why children interrupt, what to say in the moment, and strategies for modeling patterns of communication. (It is hard...

Ages

3-4,

4-5

What to Say and Do When Your Child Interrupts

Ages

3-4,

4-5

Art Out of the Box

Jumpstart creativity with 80 lively drawing prompts that will get your child drawing different things in different ways. Loved by...

Ages

Art Out of the Box

Ages

Gizmos and Gadgets Kit

The ultimate app-enabled invention toolbox. Designed by MIT graduate and TED Senior Fellow Ayah Bdeir; featured at the MOMA and...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Gizmos and Gadgets Kit

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Magnetic Dollhouse

A dollhouse you design yourself. Winner of just about every toy award. Why not build the neighborhood too?

Ages

3-4,

4-5

Magnetic Dollhouse

Ages

3-4,

4-5

Pretend Grocery Store

Fuel creativity. Card-swiping machine, scanner, conveyor belt…countless ways to learn and play. Don’t forget your groceries, cart and tote!

Ages

3-4,

4-5

Pretend Grocery Store

Ages

3-4,

4-5

Dinkum Doll

The softest, snuggliest friend with moveable arms and legs that stands and sits. Dolls are wonderful at personifying a child’s...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

Dinkum Doll

Ages

2-3,

3-4

Bug World Collection

It’s impossible to stop gawking! Use the inquiry approach with this intro to science. Works well with The Big Book of...

Ages

3-4,

4-5

Bug World Collection

Ages

3-4,

4-5

Illuminated Globe

A more interesting + interactive take on globe exploring. Teacher tip: when reading a book that takes place in a...

Ages

Illuminated Globe

Ages

Emotion Stones

For when you just can’t find the words. Excellent for your personal Helper Green Basket. A Worry Eater can also...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

Emotion Stones

Ages

2-3,

3-4

Klask

Fast-paced and awesomely fun. Air hockey meets foosball – with magnets! Award-winner designed in Denmark and known as one of...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Klask

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Giant Floor Dragon Puzzle

Vibrant + engaging. Brilliantly made, this over-sized, fire-breathing fun is over 4.5 feet long. Puzzles are exceptional for developing problem-solving,...

Ages

3-4,

4-5

Giant Floor Dragon Puzzle

Ages

3-4,

4-5