Why should you teach social skills to children? Social skills are a great predictor of school success and positive interpersonal skills. Children with good social skills are better at developing meaningful relationships, they show empathy and they interact appropriately in social settings. Although these skills are mastered through observation and experience, you can teach social skills prior to children starting their school years. Social… [Read More]
Help Anxious Kids Stop Worrying – Wipe your Worries Away frame Printable
How you can Help Anxious Kids Stop Worrying & Shift their mindset with Positive affirmations. Having an anxious child can be difficult for parents, particularly when they don’t understand the reason for the anxiety. Some children are naturally more anxious and seem to worry a lot more than others. It is often difficult to know how to help… [Read More]
15 Books Developing Emotional Awareness in Children.
For children to develop emotional awareness and empathy they must first learn about feelings within them self and in others. Emotional intelligence in children is a learning process that starts with identifying and understanding emotions. These books developing emotional awareness are a great tool for teaching children various emotions and how other people experience and deal with their emotions. Some… [Read More]
Emotional Intelligence Activity – 5 core emotions
I did this Emotional intelligence activity with Miss T the other day. I have been increasing our emotional intelligence activity ideas for the purpose of teaching the kids to regulate extreme emotions and express them self better. The are quite the opposite, Dimples is such a sensitive and strong willed little boy who is a total jokester and Miss T is always… [Read More]
Sight Words Game – Nerf Gun Target Practice
Sight Words Game – Nerf Gun Target Practice. Some kids have the ability to sit down and read lists of sight words, or look at flash cards and name the sight word, one after another. Some kids have the attention span and focus to learn sight words, whether they enjoy it or not, they just seem… [Read More]
Preschool Learning to count with monster eyes and treasure
Fun learning to count Games for Preschoolers & a Free Printable. Learning to count takes time, even if a child can rote learn a set of numbers, sometimes its remembered in order (much like song lyrics). Learning the meanings of those numbers takes time and for learning to be productive and remembered, it should always be… [Read More]