Helping Children Manage Anxiety About COVID-19 Around the world, life looks a lot different right now. With schools and businesses…
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How to Infuse Delayed Gratification in the Classroom and Why It’s Important
Benefits of Delayed Gratification The classic example of delayed gratification is “the marshmallow test.” You may be familiar with the…
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Ideas for Helping Students Cope with the Tragic Death of Kobe Bryant
NOTE: The contents of this post went out in an email to my subscribers the night of Kobe’s passing. Several…
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Kindness Activities and Ideas for Kids
This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my disclosure here. When you want to teach your students an academic…
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Simple Gratitude Activities for Kids to Use Any Time of Year
The holiday frenzy is officially upon us. In the flurry of house-decorating, meal-preparing, and gift-buying, it’s important for us (and…
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Teaching Context Clues: Simple Strategies That Work
Vocabulary has the power to make or break a students’ reading comprehension skills. Of course, we don’t have the resources…
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