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A Two-Part Series on the Value of Teaching Social Skills (Part 1) (Post)

Part 1: Social Skills Can Expand (and Limit) Life’s OpportunitiesWhen you hear the phrase “social skills,” you probably think about all the verbal and nonverbal actions and behaviors that happen whi

Encouraging Family Literacy: 6 Suggestions for Growing Your Child’s Interest in Reading (Post)

What is literacy? The National Literacy Trust defines literacy as “the ability to read, write, speak, and listen in a way that lets us communicate effectively and make sense of the world.”

Establishing a Love of Reading (Post)

When it comes to children and their entertainment preferences, books are like cilantro. Some children fully take to reading and embrace every opportunity to sprinkle it into their day. Some children b

Books... the Gifts that Keep on Giving (Post)

Books are a gift. Opening a new book and allowing yourself to be absorbed into its pages can take you to worlds you never imagined. Different places and times. Magical, far-off destinations. Trea

Conflict to Compromise (Post)

Two kids + 1 bottle of bubbles = BIG problem! Sound familiar?I watched from across the driveway as my granddaughters went at it! My first instinct was to go into the house and pull out another bott

​Facilitating an Equitable Perspective in Young People (Post)

"It’s not fair!” If you work with children, you probably hear this statement on a daily basis. Young people seem to have an innate sense of what constitutes fairness and can react strongly

Fear: To Face or To Flee (Post)

Most people don’t have positive associations with the word fear. This is completely understandable. Feeling scared to your core isn’t exactly a pleasant experience. While not necessarily enjoyable, th

Making Tough Conversations a Little Bit Easier (Post)

From grief to puberty and everything in between, parents and teachers are bound to face tough conversations with their children. As school counselors, we’re often the ones helping to guide these momen

2020: A Year of Visual Clarity (Post)

For over 150 years, the phrase “20/20 vision” has been used to reference visual clarity or acuity. That’s from where the commonly used phrase, “Hindsight is 20/20” comes. And here we are winding

Teach Kids to be a B.O.S.S and Take a Stand Against Bullying (Post)

Bullying has become an epidemic in communities, homes, online and our schools. For example, bullyingstatistics.org cites the following data: Bullying victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely

The Power of Words: Treating Word Choice Like Salt (Post)

Most people have heard the saying “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Well, that is a big LIE! Words are being used more than ever to hurt people in the world today.

Teaching Kids to Be Happy with Who They Are (Post)

Peruse the self-help section of any bookstore and you’ll find dozens of books about self-acceptance. Self-acceptance, or being happy with you are, is an essential component of overall happiness. In