Teacher Self-Care and Distance Learning Teachers, you’re dealing with a lot right now. Your already high stress, high challenge profession has become more stressful and more challenging. As many educators take on at least some virtual instruction, balancing teacher self-care and distance learning is essential. Many of you are navigating an unexpected transition to digital teaching and learning, perhaps for…
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Helping Children Manage Anxiety About COVID-19 Around the world, life looks a lot different right now. With schools and businesses closed, families staying home, and children separated from their friends and favorite activities, we’re all navigating challenging and unprecedented situations. Coronavirus anxiety is a new reality around the globe. Fears about a new virus, disruption to routine, and social isolation…
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Benefits of Delayed Gratification The classic example of delayed gratification is “the marshmallow test.” You may be familiar with the (adorable) videos floating around the Internet. A series of young children are offered one marshmallow each. They can eat the marshmallow immediately. Or, they can wait 15 minutes and receive a second marshmallow to eat. Filmed by hidden camera, some…
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NOTE: The contents of this post went out in an email to my subscribers the night of Kobe’s passing. Several people asked if the information could be accessed via a link for easier access and sharing. Here is the answer to that request. This information can be used to help students coping with tragedy. It’s been a somber 6 hours…
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This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my disclosure here. When you want to teach your students an academic skill, like addition or using figurative language, you probably follow a standard approach: model the skill engage students in hands-on learning activities provide time for independent practice Believe it or not, this same basic approach works to cultivate social-emotional skills,…
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The holiday frenzy is officially upon us. In the flurry of house-decorating, meal-preparing, and gift-buying, it’s important for us (and the children in our lives) to remember that it’s also a season of gratitude. And while we’re at it, we should note that gratitude is extremely beneficial year-round. Research shows that practicing gratitude improves physical and mental health, self-esteem, and…
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