Parenting Support and Education from Early Childhood Experts

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

How to Handle Defiance, Disrespectful Language and Tone of Voice

Concrete steps to help identify why your maturing child may be using disrespectful language or tone of voice and how...

Ages

6-7,

7-8

How to Handle Defiance, Disrespectful Language and Tone of Voice

Ages

6-7,

7-8

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

Ages

3-4,

4-5

Discipline for Older Children: Part 2 – What You Could Do

How to discipline your maturing child when you encounter problematic behavior. Key in-the-moment concepts to practice, including scripts you can...

Ages

6-7,

7-8

Discipline for Older Children: Part 2 – What You Could Do

Ages

6-7,

7-8

Sensible Structure for Slower Days

Your go-to schedule and plan for balancing play, learning and structure for large amounts of time with your child (i.e.,...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Sensible Structure for Slower Days

Ages

4-5,

5-6

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....

Ages

6-7,

7-8

How to Teach Your Child to Move Through Boredom

Ages

6-7,

7-8

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....

Ages

6-7,

7-8

How to Build Your Child’s Independence

Ages

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...

Ages

5-6,

6-7

How to Teach Your Child Patience

Ages

5-6,

6-7

Why Children Should Play Outside

Taking time to connect with nature has a long-lasting impact on our health, learning and emotional well-being. Here is what...

Ages

3-4,

4-5

Why Children Should Play Outside

Ages

3-4,

4-5

Easy/No-Prep, Self-Directed Activities Your Child Can Do at Home

Ready-made cards with easy / no-prep, self-directed activities to entertain your toddler, preschooler and early learner. Excellent for when you...

Ages

3-4,

4-5

Easy/No-Prep, Self-Directed Activities Your Child Can Do at Home

Ages

3-4,

4-5

Activities + Games You Can Do at Home to Support Your Child’s Learning

Your go-to list of curated learning projects, activities and games that you can do at home to support your child’s...

Ages

3-4,

4-5

Activities + Games You Can Do at Home to Support Your Child’s Learning

Ages

3-4,

4-5

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...

Ages

6-7,

7-8

24 Clever + Creative Project-Based Learning Ideas

Ages

6-7,

7-8

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...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Raise Responsible Children – Introduce Chores

Ages

4-5,

5-6

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...

Ages

5-6,

6-7

An Awesome Approach to Allowance

Ages

5-6,

6-7

How to Get Your Child to Practice

Learn at what age you should expect that your child can practice skills without prompting and strategies for encouraging your...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

How to Get Your Child to Practice

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Common Manners by Age

We teachers have the good fortune of learning and playing with a wide range of children in class and are...

Ages

3-4,

4-5

Common Manners by Age

Ages

3-4,

4-5

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

Ages

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...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

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

Ages

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...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Sibling Love – Make It Happen with a Sibling Love Jar

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

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...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

10 Activities to Encourage Sibling Bonding

Ages

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...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Raise Responsible Children – Introduce Chores

Ages

4-5,

5-6

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...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

How to Create Family Agreements

Ages

4-5,

5-6

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

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...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

Transitions: Part 1 – Why Transitions Are So Hard

Ages

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...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

Transitions: Part 2 – How to Get Through Peacefully

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...

Ages

5-6,

6-7

An Awesome Approach to Allowance

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

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

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....

Ages

6-7,

7-8

How to Teach Your Child to Move Through Boredom

Ages

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...

Ages

5-6,

6-7

How to Teach Your Child Patience

Ages

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...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

How to Share – Part 1: Why Share?

Ages

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...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

How to Share – Part 2: Some Helpful Rules

Ages

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

Ages

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

Ages

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...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

How to Teach 3 Key Social Skills

Ages

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

Ages

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...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Social Exclusion and Inclusion – Part 1: Why It Happens

Ages

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...

Ages

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...

Ages

6-7,

7-8

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

Ages

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...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

Tantrums – Part 1: What’s Going On?

Ages

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.

Ages

2-3,

3-4

Tantrums – Part 2: What You Could Do

Ages

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...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

Tantrums – Part 3: What You Could Say

Ages

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...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

Tantrums – Part 4: Before and After

Ages

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

Ages

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...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Self-Regulation – Part 3: Recover from a Meltdown

Ages

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...

Ages

5-6,

6-7

How to Teach Your Child to Independently Calm Down

Ages

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...

Ages

6-7,

7-8

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

Ages

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...

Ages

6-7,

7-8

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

Ages

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...

Ages

6-7,

7-8

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

Ages

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...

Ages

6-7,

7-8

Anger Management 101: Part 4 – Frequently Asked Questions

Ages

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...

Ages

5-6,

6-7

On Impulse Control: Part 1 – What Is It?

Ages

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...

Ages

5-6,

6-7

On Impulse Control: Part 2 – What You Could Do

Ages

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

Ages

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!*

Ages

5-6,

6-7

*STOP!* An Easy Technique for Impulse Control

Ages

5-6,

6-7

FAQ: How Do I Know if My Child Needs Speech Therapy?

We’re often asked, “How do I know if my child needs speech therapy?” First, listen to your instincts. If you...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

FAQ: How Do I Know if My Child Needs Speech Therapy?

Ages

2-3,

3-4

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

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...

Ages

5-6,

6-7

On Impulse Control: Part 2 – What You Could Do

Ages

5-6,

6-7

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...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Sibling Love – Make It Happen with a Sibling Love Jar

Ages

4-5,

5-6

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

Take a Mindful Minute

Help your child to control their thoughts by making Mindful Minutes a routine. Your step-by-step guide on why, how and...

Ages

4-5,

5-6

Take a Mindful Minute

Ages

4-5,

5-6

How to Encourage Your Child to Write (and Become a Better Speller)

A curated guide of creative and fun everyday activities your child can do to practice their spelling and writing. Great...

Ages

6-7,

7-8

How to Encourage Your Child to Write (and Become a Better Speller)

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

How to Teach Your Child to Fail

If you want to raise a child who grows up to be a resilient, problem-solving, persistent and adaptable adult, let...

Ages

5-6,

6-7

How to Teach Your Child to Fail

Ages

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...

Ages

2-3,

3-4

How to Share – Part 1: Why Share?

Ages

2-3,

3-4

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...

Ages

6-7,

7-8

24 Clever + Creative Project-Based Learning Ideas

Ages

6-7,

7-8