Social Skills
Support your child to develop the necessary social skills to communicate, cooperate, self-advocate and respect the people around them.
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Simply saying “Share!” holds little meaning for children. Young children are egocentric and concrete thinkers. Their experience of the world...
Conflict is natural for preschoolers who are just learning about peers and group settings – it is expected, healthy and...
“Empathy is when you’re able to understand and care about how someone else is feeling.” -Mark Ruffalo, Sesame Street
A classroom favorite for cultivating empathy, kindness, community membership and awareness of others. What’s a real superhero? Someone who helps...
Getting to know your child’s imaginary friends is a fun perk of parenting and teaching. Those characters – whether invisible,...
As parents and teachers of young children, we encounter ‘power play’ in a variety of ways – some children like...
For many children, kindness needs to be explicitly taught. Parents and teachers only need a few prompts to help their...
Teach your child a strong Friend Skill Set that can help them establish healthy, happy friendships and that will support...
Strategies, tools and scripts for teaching your child how to practice being a ‘good’ friend.
While some children inherently understand how to socially interact with others and are comfortable with basic social skills, others need more...
We teachers have the good fortune of learning and playing with a wide range of children in class and are...
Learn why children interrupt, what to say in the moment, and strategies for modeling patterns of communication. (It is hard...
Your questions, our answers. Learn how to handle common scenarios when a child interrupts. From raising hands, to when to...
Watching a child turn to you crying for the first time because “A friend said ‘I can’t play’”, is a...
Social exclusion is a main theme in a child’s development and there are many reasons why it happens. Empower your child to...
When your child starts demonstrating behaviors that show they are trying to ‘fit in’ or wants to ‘belong to a...
Tattling is very common but it can be shaped by our responses to their tattling. Teach your child this simple rhyme to work...
Go beyond “How was your day?” Our Top 10 favorite conversation starters can give you insight into what matters to...
Try having ‘Family Agreements’ instead of having ‘rules’. Family Agreements can be powerful yet simple tools for encouraging baseline behavioral...
Learn how to respond to your child’s challenging behavior or big emotions with empathy. Use our go-to parenting scripts for...
Empower your child with a valuable life skill – teach them how to express their emotions and desires during conflict.
Help your child learn how to resolve a social conflict on their own with this framework – Wheel of Choices.
Teach your child to *THINK* before they speak – to consider the impact of their words (vs. their intent). A helpful...
Empower your child to manage their emotions and regain control in heated situations with *STOP!*
Including your child in their own learning process about how to self-regulate is empowering and long-lasting. Here’s how everyday tools...
Here’s a practical tool and script to support your child’s self-regulation and emotional awareness – it provides a shared language to signal...
Make a go-to place for your child to find comfort and safety when their internal engines feel out-of-sorts. Whether you...
A breathing exercise to help your child move through the rocky moments in their day. Easy to do and remember....
The benefits of mindfulness and how it can help your child thrive. How to naturally and authentically infuse mindfulness into...
Help your child to control their thoughts by making Mindful Minutes a routine. Your step-by-step guide on why, how and...
At around age 4, you may see all sorts of dramatic language changes – talking back, harsh tones of voice,...
It’s normal to hear your child experimenting with dramatic language at around age 4 (e.g., talking back, harsh tones of...
The importance of being an upstander and the skills a child should learn to stand up and speak up for...
Core concepts your child should know when being an upstander and how to practice them at home among daily routines.
Is your child able and ready to say/do the upstanding thing? Help your child know what to say in-the-moment when...
Sibling fighting and rivalry is normal and, in most cases, healthy. Learn how to resolve sibling conflict in 5 simple...
Get flustered in the heat of the moment when your children fight? Use these three key phrases to stop sibling...
Sibling rivalry and fighting are normal parts of family dynamics, but they can really disrupt a home’s harmony and stir...
Should parents force siblings to ‘get along’? What do you say when siblings are constantly competing with each other? What...
We can’t end sibling fighting nor force our children to get along, but we can help them recall happy moments...
Siblings fight – it is normal and expected, and you can handle it. But sometimes, stepping outside of the normal...