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3 Effective Strategies for Organizing Family Time
November 14, 2023
How can you help the families you work with organize and manage their home lives effectively? Excerpted and adapted from the book Helping Your Family Thrive, today’s post offers three strategies for…

Matthew’s Story: How Positive, Proactive Approaches Can Help Resolve Challenging Behavior
August 31, 2023
Challenging behavior is a critical issue in any early childhood learning environment. Addressing these behaviors early is key—as author Nicole Edwards notes, “challenging behaviors that persist into the preschool years…

8 Activities for Teaching Kindness in Your Classroom
August 22, 2023
Part of creating a classroom conducive to learning is ensuring that kindness is encouraged in all members of the community—adults and students alike. In today’s post, excerpted and adapted from…

7 Steps to Establishing a Family Vision and Expectations
May 30, 2023
Clarifying goals and expectations for children’s behavior is an important prerequisite for improving behavior in schools—and the same is true for families. Share today’s post with the families you work…

Trauma-Sensitive Tips for Helping Students Sustain Attention
May 16, 2023
*Today’s blog post has been adapted from Susan Craig’s popular book, Reaching and Teaching Children Who Hurt. Paying attention—in a classroom or in any other setting—always involves selecting from a variety…

Addressing Student Behavior Challenges: Solutions to 6 Common Mistakes
April 11, 2023
Classroom behavior challenges are one of the most pressing issues you’ll face as an educator. What are the keys to resolving these challenges, and how can you avoid the pitfalls…

4 Strategies for Reducing Student Stress
March 21, 2023
It’s no secret that today’s students are stressed. They’ve experienced a global pandemic and significant social unrest, and many are dealing with ongoing issues related to grief and loss, family…

6 Steps to Helping Children Self-Monitor Their Behavior
March 14, 2023
Self-monitoring—teaching a child to observe their own actions—can improve many important aspects of behavior and academic performance. With a little know-how, you can explicitly teach children self-monitoring skills, and that’s…

10 Great Quotes on Promoting Positive Behavior
February 7, 2023
Encouraging positive behavior in the classroom is a high priority for every teacher. Check out these 10 great quotes and tips from our authors—trusted experts on reducing challenging behavior and…

6 Essential Pyramid Model Resources
October 27, 2022
For more than a decade, the widely used Pyramid Model for Promoting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children has been helping early educators boost key social‐emotional skills in young learners.…