Watch your child blossom with Montessori chores by age! This guide provides engaging tasks for toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary kids.
How to set up a foster care bedroom. Tips and ideas from an experienced foster mom that will save you time and money.
Everything you need to know to get through your licensing process and help you prepare for a foster child.
Curious what it is like to be a foster parent? Here is one family's story about the highs and lows of foster care and why they stick with it.
Are you nervous about your home study to become a foster parent? Review this list of Foster Care Home Study Questions to know what to expect and find other Tips for Foster Parents.
You can grab these geometric art printable...and let your kids imaginations run wild! A perfect free printable to let the creativity flow.
Adopt the art of parenting without saying no. Find a positive approach to handling your children and using positive rather than negative language choices.
You’ve worked through the questions in our infographic “ What Lies Beneath Behavior? ” and instead of judging or punishing you’ve figured out the child is just trying to do the best they can to communicate whatever pain or distress lives inside of them… “So now what do I do?” you ask. As promised, we have produced a second infographic to provide you with a step-by-step guide to a trauma-informed response. The bad news is that there is no manualized program, no one-size fits all solution, no...
Although origami is often perceived as complicated, it can, in fact, be a simple and enjoyable activity. Here are 12 easy origami projects for kids!
Self-Esteem Games for Kids: Explore 30 fun games to assist your kid or student build their confidence while having a great time.
Resources for policymakers, practitioners and communities working to mitigate the impact of adverse childhood experiences, and help every child have a healthy start in life.
I know I am not alone when I say that I struggle to sit through staff meetings without doodling on my paper, shifting in my seat, getting up to use the bathroom and occasionally whispering with my teacher friend next to me. Now, these are every other week, and only for an hour. Every time I leave, I […]
When something is off with the vestibular system it often presents itself as behavioral issues. These vestibular input activities support sensory needs and improves behavior
These 50 questions are great to ask your kids to find out about their day and get them talking to their parents.
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Water doesn't just flow in a river. It can flow on a string, too! See how water flows on a string in the air in this kids science experiment.
Transition strategies...those little tricks to help prevent tantrums when kids need to move from one activity to another.
Giving your child the power to make choices is an important strategy for any parent. It allows children to have some control over their own lives. Which in turn can help you avoid those dreaded power struggles.
What if kids could safely amuse themselves for 20 minutes—enough time for a Mom nap, right? Here are ways to get your kids interested in birding as a hobby.
*This is a sponsored post on behalf of Cricut. As you know, I have been working with Cricut. I love the opportunity it has given me to create some fun and unique ways to use my Cricut Explore Machine. My kids were huge fans of lacing cards when they were younger. I have always been
How to raise a brilliant child made easy. We all want to raise smart kids and here are 8 genius tips you can start using today to boost ...
What factors can influence children's behavior and trigger misbehavior including tantrums, outbursts and back talk? 14 Factors that Trigger Challenging Behavior
In this blog post, we’ll look at how to effectively scaffold your instruction and help students build increasingly sophisticated skills. We’ll also look at how you can help foster growth and independence through scaffolding. Scaffolding and Differentiating The methodology behind scaffolding is multi-faceted. Scaffolding can mean providing support
Age-appropriate chores for young children (and older children) are so important - with or without a chore chart! They help raise children that work hard and are not spoiled. It's the reason that we use these Printable Chore Cards because they teach kids that they have to do their chores in order to have downtime.
How to make a calm down kit or box for kids plus a free printable list of calming tools and things to put in your child's kit
Montessori education and Christianity share several common values and principles, making them a suitable combination for parents who want to raise their children with a well-rounded education. Montessori education focuses […]
Plickers is a free online formative assessment program, but it can also be used to foster active engagement in any subject area and at any grade level. Read this post to learn innovative strategies for using Plickers in your classroom!
A DIY Escape room helps kids foster a love of travel and culture. Follow our 10 steps on how to create an escape room for your kids.
Create a love for computer programming with this collection of 17 super fun coding activities for kids in elementary and middle school!
Teamwork in the classroom is essential in order to have a high functioning and welcoming environment for students. Check out three easy ways to build teamwork with your students.
The “after school” hour can be a great time to connect with your kids. Here are 18 “After School Conversation Starters” to help you get connected.
Learning how to self-regulate our emotions is an essential life skill for any child (and adult) especially children with ADHD.
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Explore our comprehensive collection of classroom resources, including classroom posters, engaging activities, classroom management techniques, and more. Enhance your teaching and inspire your students with these valuable insights.
A blog full of tips, lessons, and ideas to use in the upper elementary classroom.
Welcome to one of my hundreds of character building posts. Today we focus on respect. These 20 ways to teach kids about respect include my previous lessons, crafts, activities, book collections and thoughts about teaching kids the importance of showing respect. I am also including other ideas I’ve found around the web so you are...Read More
Anger management strategies can be very useful to even young children as they learn to manage their own behaviour. These calming strategy cards can help!
Discover how to go from exhausted and worn out to calm and confident in 7 days!
Relationship building is the single most important way you can impact a child's life. So often, kids actually can't learn from someone they can't connect with. I'm also convinced that building a strong relationship with a kid or young adult diminishes a huge number of behavior challenges. Many times
