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3 Bunny Brain Breaks To Increase Emotional Regulation And Academic Learning

Multi-sensory movements specific to eye-teaming, hand-eye coordination, and whole-body awareness changes the architecture of the brain, bolstering social-emotional and academic learning. Here are 3 Bunny Brain Breaks to do with your kiddos this spring (Free Printable!).

Social-Emotional Learning Starts At Home

Students who are self-aware and able to understand their emotions have a greater ability to relate to others, make decisions, and excel academically. Here is how to help your child develop social-emotional skills at home.

Social-Emotional Learning Is Key in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Social-emotional instruction has been proven beneficial during normal times; it is now an urgent need. Here are 5 SEL activities for the classroom and 5 for home. Together, we can bridge the school to home gap.

3 Effective Ways to Create a Peaceful Home Life

Want to create a home with less yelling, power struggles, and chaos - a home that has more peace? Then these are your three ingredients.

Children Don't Have Standardized Minds. Let's Quit Testing Them As If They Do.

Our kids who are daydreaming or squirming in their seats or not listening or who show poor impulse control are being told that they are not behaving in ways that conform to the classroom. But perhaps their brain is not built for the standardized classroom. What if school looked like...

Is Rushing Academics Detrimental To The Developing Brain?

How do children best learn, and what happens when academics are the focus of pre-school and kindergarten? This study gives us some pretty telling answers.

I Am Not Mad. I Am Feeling Mad. And There Is A Difference.

Our identity is not the way we feel. The way we feel is a state of being. Here's why that's important (spoiler alert - it affects your child's brain development), and strategies for adults and children to balance their emotions.

Quit Pathologizing Children’s Stress

Research has shown that children who feel unsafe and disconnected cannot learn. Why is this and what can we do as parents and educators?

Nurturing A Natural Love For Learning

How do you nurture curious risk-takers who love to learn? It starts here.

Behavior is A Symptom, Not The Problem

Behavior is a symptom, not the problem. And when we focus solely on the symptom, the problems causing these behaviors remain unsolved, and they stack up. So, how do we transform challenging behaviors at home and in the classroom?

School Culture Affects Black Student Achievement

As students prepare to return to school this fall, there are many things for parents and educators to consider. We are still in the midst of a pandemic and living in an environment where racial disparities are being brought to the forefront where they can no longer be swept under...

Post-Pandemic Schools Need More Than Academics

Post-pandemic children have a lot to adjust to. And there is no cookie-cutter response because the mental health of our children is not one-dimensional. There is a spectrum of feelings and emotional stress taking a seat in the classroom this year. Here are some tools for nurturing social-emotional learning (SEL).

Make Connection a Habit

Peaceful Homes & Classrooms

3 Bunny Brain Breaks To Increase Emotional Regulation And Academic Learning

Social-Emotional Learning Starts At Home

Social-Emotional Learning Is Key in the COVID-19 Pandemic

3 Effective Ways to Create a Peaceful Home Life

Children Don't Have Standardized Minds. Let's Quit Testing Them As If They Do.

Is Rushing Academics Detrimental To The Developing Brain?

I Am Not Mad. I Am Feeling Mad. And There Is A Difference.

Quit Pathologizing Children’s Stress

Nurturing A Natural Love For Learning

Behavior is A Symptom, Not The Problem

School Culture Affects Black Student Achievement

Post-Pandemic Schools Need More Than Academics

Together we are raising an emotionally healthy world.