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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
How to Read Aloud and Increase Your Child’s Comprehension

Learn specific tips from a teacher on how to read aloud to your child, listen to your child read aloud...

Ages
6-7,
7-8
Critical Thinking
Language + Literacy
How to Read Aloud and Increase Your Child’s Comprehension
Ages
6-7,
7-8
Critical Thinking
Language + Literacy
Essential Math Terms, Concepts + Tools for Your Child

Understand how to help your child with math skill development and learn common math terms and strategies that teachers use....

Ages
6-7,
7-8
Language + Literacy
Critical Thinking
Essential Math Terms, Concepts + Tools for Your Child
Ages
6-7,
7-8
Language + Literacy
Critical Thinking
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
For this Time of Year
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...

Ages
2-3,
3-4
Answers to Common Questions on Parent/Child Separation
Ages
2-3,
3-4
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Critical Thinking
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
On Impulse Control: Part 1 – What Is It?
Ages
5-6,
6-7
Critical Thinking
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
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
Language + Literacy
Critical Thinking
Bring Peace to Your Mornings – Make a Routine Chart
Ages
2-3,
3-4
Language + Literacy
Critical Thinking
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
On Spelling – Part 3: A Checklist to Strengthen Your Child’s Spelling and Writing Skills

A simple checklist for your child to know what to look for in their writing to strengthen their spelling skills...

Ages
6-7,
7-8
Critical Thinking
Language + Literacy
On Spelling – Part 3: A Checklist to Strengthen Your Child’s Spelling and Writing Skills
Ages
6-7,
7-8
Critical Thinking
Language + Literacy
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...

Ages
4-5,
5-6
The Super Power of *Yet*
Ages
4-5,
5-6
On Friendship
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
Raise an Upstander – Part 1: Why It Matters

The importance of being an upstander and the skills a child should learn to stand up and speak up for...

Ages
6-7,
7-8
Raise an Upstander – Part 1: Why It Matters
Ages
6-7,
7-8
Raise an Upstander – Part 2: Guiding Principles

Core concepts your child should know when being an upstander and how to practice them at home among daily routines.

Ages
6-7,
7-8
Raise an Upstander – Part 2: Guiding Principles
Ages
6-7,
7-8
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
How to Support Self-Image and Self-Confidence

When your child starts demonstrating behaviors that show they are trying to ‘fit in’ or wants to ‘belong to a...

Ages
4-5,
5-6
How to Support Self-Image and Self-Confidence
Ages
4-5,
5-6
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 Skills (Preschoolers)
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 Success (School-Aged)
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
On Big Feelings
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
Critical Thinking
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
On Impulse Control: Part 1 – What Is It?
Ages
5-6,
6-7
Critical Thinking
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
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
Critical Thinking
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
On Impulse Control: Part 2 – What You Could Do
Ages
5-6,
6-7
Critical Thinking
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
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
On Sibling Harmony
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
Language + Literacy
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
How to Handle Sibling Fights
Ages
4-5,
5-6
Language + Literacy
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
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
Language + Literacy
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
3 Things to Say to Immediately Stop a (Sibling) Fight
Ages
4-5,
5-6
Language + Literacy
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
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
Routines + Systems
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
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
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
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
Language + Literacy
Critical Thinking
Bring Peace to Your Mornings – Make a Routine Chart
Ages
2-3,
3-4
Language + Literacy
Critical Thinking
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
Kindergarten Readiness
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...

Ages
4-5,
5-6
Language + Literacy
Critical Thinking
Kindergarten Readiness: Part 2 – Pre-Academic Skills
Ages
4-5,
5-6
Language + Literacy
Critical Thinking
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 –...

Ages
4-5,
5-6
Kindergarten Readiness: Part 3 – Parent Readiness
Ages
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,...

Ages
4-5,
5-6
Kindergarten Readiness: Bonus FAQs
Ages
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...

Ages
3-4,
4-5
Language + Literacy
Critical Thinking
What’s Developmentally “Normal”?
Ages
3-4,
4-5
Language + Literacy
Critical Thinking
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
Ages
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

Ages
3-4,
4-5
How to Teach Empathy
Ages
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...

Ages
4-5,
5-6
How to Teach Your Child About Personal Safety
Ages
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
Explore Topics
How to Teach Reading – Part 1: Develop Oral Language

Learning to read is incredibly empowering for a child, but it’s also very complex. There is no quick-fix or shortcut....

Ages
3-4,
4-5
Creativity + Imagination
Language + Literacy
How to Teach Reading – Part 1: Develop Oral Language
Ages
3-4,
4-5
Creativity + Imagination
Language + Literacy
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
Language + Literacy
Critical Thinking
Activities + Games You Can Do at Home to Support Your Child’s Learning
Ages
3-4,
4-5
Language + Literacy
Critical Thinking
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
On Spelling – Part 1: What is ‘Spelling’ and When Should My Child Be Able to Spell?

A primer on why and how learning to spell is such a powerful and fundamental concept for early learners and...

Ages
5-6,
6-7
Critical Thinking
Language + Literacy
On Spelling – Part 1: What is ‘Spelling’ and When Should My Child Be Able to Spell?
Ages
5-6,
6-7
Critical Thinking
Language + Literacy
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
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
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...

Ages
4-5,
5-6
Grow Your Brain – Apply a *Growth Mindset*
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
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
Reward Empathy – Be a Real Superhero!

A classroom favorite for cultivating empathy, kindness, community membership and awareness of others. What’s a real superhero? Someone who helps...

Ages
3-4,
4-5
Reward Empathy – Be a Real Superhero!
Ages
3-4,
4-5
How to Encourage Listening – A Simple Sequence to Follow

One of the most frequent questions we get from parents is, “How do I get my child to listen?” It’s...

Ages
3-4,
4-5
How to Encourage Listening – A Simple Sequence to Follow
Ages
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...

Ages
4-5,
5-6
How to Teach Your Child About Personal Safety
Ages
4-5,
5-6
Learning Toys
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
Creativity + Imagination
Critical Thinking
Gizmos and Gadgets Kit
Ages
4-5,
5-6
Creativity + Imagination
Critical Thinking
Ezyroller

New take on a classic scooter. No pedals! Move this racing machine with alternating leg movements on the foot bar.

Ages
4-5,
5-6
Ezyroller
Ages
4-5,
5-6
Toy Garage with Keys

Teaches cause and effect and sorting, an early math skill. Interactive play with keys creates storytelling and back-and-forth interactions. Beloved...

Ages
3-4,
4-5
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
Critical Thinking
Toy Garage with Keys
Ages
3-4,
4-5
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
Critical Thinking
Triangle Rope Ladder

Best part? Climbing up the middle! Fun fact: this unanchored rope ladder is especially excellent for grip strength, core strength...

Ages
4-5,
5-6
Triangle Rope Ladder
Ages
4-5,
5-6
Sailing Ship Kite

Beautiful. Handmade by Balinese artists in collaboration with a Brooklyn design firm. A fun way of building hand-eye coordination, motor...

Ages
4-5,
5-6
Critical Thinking
Creativity + Imagination
Wow Factor
Sailing Ship Kite
Ages
4-5,
5-6
Critical Thinking
Creativity + Imagination
Wow Factor
Tublock Construction Set

Unique + dynamic! Curved pipe pieces bring more expression to creations and better 3D spatial awareness. Connectibility on multiple sides...

Ages
4-5,
5-6
Creativity + Imagination
Critical Thinking
Tublock Construction Set
Ages
4-5,
5-6
Creativity + Imagination
Critical Thinking
Reversible Tree Puzzle

A reversible puzzle? So clever! One side is set in Spring, the other in Fall – both have delightful patterns...

Ages
4-5,
5-6
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
Critical Thinking
Reversible Tree Puzzle
Ages
4-5,
5-6
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
Critical Thinking
Super Saxoflute

Create your own musical instrument. Apologies now for the sweet “music” you’ll hear! Can’t stop the feeling? Try this trumpet,...

Ages
2-3,
3-4
Creativity + Imagination
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
Super Saxoflute
Ages
2-3,
3-4
Creativity + Imagination
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
Royal Family Puppets

Work through big feelings with this character set. Or try modeling behavior with Jolly Helpers.

Ages
2-3,
3-4
Royal Family Puppets
Ages
2-3,
3-4
Learning Starter Pack

A play + learn system that develops memory, concentration, visual perception, logic, language and math skills. Developed in Germany; used...

Ages
3-4,
4-5
Critical Thinking
Language + Literacy
Learning Starter Pack
Ages
3-4,
4-5
Critical Thinking
Language + Literacy
Real Tool Box

Encourage creativity and reasonable risk with real working tools. Inspired by the Montessori way of learning and designed in France....

Ages
4-5,
5-6
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
Critical Thinking
Real Tool Box
Ages
4-5,
5-6
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
Critical Thinking
PLAYMOBIL Fire Station

There’s a hero in all of us. Outstanding details in this playset. Or, go (almost) larger than life with this...

Ages
4-5,
5-6
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
Creativity + Imagination
PLAYMOBIL Fire Station
Ages
4-5,
5-6
Fine Motor + Gross Motor
Creativity + Imagination

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