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Setting Up an SEL Corner in Your Classroom on a Budget
A social-emotional learning corner doesn't need to be a full room redesign or a big line item. Most of the ones that actually get used by kids are...
Read more →The Caretaker Kid: Spotting Burnout in Children Who 'Have It Together'
Every classroom has one. The kid who checks on everyone else, remembers who forgot their lunch, calms down the kid who's crying before an adult even gets there....
Read more →Sibling Fights: Why 'Just Share' Doesn't Actually Teach Compromise
Just share is the fastest way to end a sibling fight and one of the least useful things to say if the goal is actually teaching kids how...
Read more →Teaching Self-Compassion to Kids Who Are Hard on Themselves
Some kids are harder on themselves by age six than most adults are on their own worst enemy. A missed goal in a soccer game, a wrong answer...
Read more →Breaking a Habit at Any Age: The Kid Version of the Habit Loop
Adults talk about habits like they're a willpower problem. Kids run into the exact same loop, just with lower stakes and less vocabulary for what's happening.The three-part loopEvery...
Read more →Kids and Anger: How to Validate the Feeling Without Excusing the Behavior
Don't be angry is one of the most common things adults say to angry kids, and one of the least effective. Anger isn't optional. It shows up whether...
Read more →What 'Neurodivergent-Affirming' Actually Means for a Toy
Neurodivergent-affirming gets used a lot right now, on toys, on books, on therapy practices. It's worth being specific about what it actually means, because the phrase is easy...
Read more →Sensory Overload Isn't Bad Behavior. Here's What It Actually Looks Like.
A kid melting down in a loud cafeteria isn't always about the cafeteria. Sometimes it's about everything at once, the noise, the lights, the smell of food, forty...
Read more →The Feelings Wheel: A Simple Tool for Kids Who Don't Have the Words Yet
Ask a kid how they feel and you'll usually get one of three answers: fine, mad, or nothing. Not because that's all they feel, but because that's all...
Read more →What Is Social-Emotional Learning, and Why It's Not Just a Buzzword
Social-emotional learning, or SEL, is the process of learning to name a feeling, manage it, and understand how it affects the people around you.The five pieces most SEL...
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