Emotional Development

These famous motivational quotes for kids are positive words of encouragement that will make your kids feel happy and inspired.

Social and emotional learning is a key part of our children's development. Here are 15 activities preschool-aged kids can do at home to help develop their social and emotional learning skills.

Here are 30 simple and achievable mindfulness activities for kids focusing on sight, smell, touch, taste, and sound.

Preparing kids to be high achievers who lead happy, fulfilled lives is much easier said than done. Showing them how to persevere in the face of adversity is one of the best ways to help your children thrive. No one likes their kids to feel discouraged, but being challenged and experiencing failure are important to allow them to grow. Use these three science-backed exercises such as an emotional grid, a goal setting worksheet, and a conversational cube to teach skills like identifying emotions, working through challenges and practicing positive self-talk. These printables are perfect for learning life's teachable moments (even during unknown times) and make for a great non-screen activity!

Preparing kids to be high achievers who lead happy, fulfilled lives is much easier said than done. Showing them how to persevere in the face of adversity is one of the best ways to help your children thrive. No one likes their kids to feel discouraged, but being challenged and experiencing failure are important to allow them to grow. Use these three science-backed exercises such as an emotional grid, a goal setting worksheet, and a conversational cube to teach skills like identifying emotions, working through challenges and practicing positive self-talk. These printables are perfect for learning life's teachable moments (even during unknown times) and make for a great non-screen activity!

Use these feelings flashcards along with this feelings list to help your children identify and express their feelings and emotions.

With social and emotional needs on the rise and the methods of incorporation low or inconsistent, how can families provide the skills needed to foster emotional learning at home? Here are some tips for adults and caregivers.

Here are five losses that make this COVID-19 pandemic so devastating to our families, followed by some suggestions for embracing the grief we find ourselves and our children experiencing, without feeling overwhelmed.

Life Coach Tami Green weighs in on the number one skill parents should teach their kids: problem solving. She offers five tips and tricks parents can do everyday to help their children become better problem solvers for life.

As parents, we hope our children will grow up to be well adjusted emotionally, but most of us haven't known how to address it directly. Emotional learning expert Dan Newby weighs in with his top tips for healthy emotional development.

Mother's Day is usually a happy day to celebrate Mom. But for many, the day stirs up loss and sadness, whether it’s from the loss of a child, mother or a strained relationship. Know that you’re not alone and that there are ways to cope with loss on Mother's Day.

If you've recently lost someone you love - a parent, sibling, friend, child - the holidays are the hardest times of the year. Here are some tips for getting through the holidays without your loved one.

This is the journey of Jack, Jen, Chris, Abby, Mateo, and Michelle—six students just trying to figure it all out in middle school. Be Confident in Who You Are follows these characters as they work to meet new challenges and survive the social scene—without losing sight of who they are.

The 6Rs of Bullying Prevention utilizes the strongest pieces of best practices and current research for ways to stop bullying. Presented in a practical, six-part framework for reducing peer cruelty and increasing positive behavior support, it includes guidelines for implementing strategies, collecting data, training staff, mobilizing students and parents, building social-emotional skills, and sustaining progress. Used on its own or to supplement an existing anti-bullying program, this is what a school, a classroom, or an educator needs to prevent bullying and promote kindness. The 6Rs of bullying prevention—Rules, Recognize, Report, Respond, Refuse, and Replace—are not a program, but a comprehensive process for reducing bullying from the inside out, involving the entire school community. Bullying prevention expert Michele Borba, who’s worked with over 1 million parents and educators worldwide, offers realistic, research-based strategies and advice. Digital content includes customizable forms from the book and a PDF presentation for use in professional development.

The 6Rs of Bullying Prevention utilizes the strongest pieces of best practices and current research for ways to stop bullying. Presented in a practical, six-part framework for reducing peer cruelty and increasing positive behavior support, it includes guidelines for implementing strategies, collecting data, training staff, mobilizing students and parents, building social-emotional skills, and sustaining progress. Used on its own or to supplement an existing anti-bullying program, this is what a school, a classroom, or an educator needs to prevent bullying and promote kindness. The 6Rs of bullying prevention—Rules, Recognize, Report, Respond, Refuse, and Replace—are not a program, but a comprehensive process for reducing bullying from the inside out, involving the entire school community. Bullying prevention expert Michele Borba, who’s worked with over 1 million parents and educators worldwide, offers realistic, research-based strategies and advice. Digital content includes customizable forms from the book and a PDF presentation for use in professional development.

Research shows that a socially-emotionally supportive setting is the solution to increasing student achievement. The School Climate Solution helps kids and adults master critical social-emotional skills, encourages student leadership, provides effective and compassionate behavior management strategies, and raises academic performance. With dozens of fun and easy-to-do activities and community meeting agendas, this book provides everything you need to create a positive learning environment in any classroom, school, or school community. Based on William Glasser’s Choice Theory and steeped in social-emotional learning, the book shows educators how to engage the whole school community in identifying and celebrating its positive values. For use by principals, teachers, counselors, coaches, or any other school leaders looking to improve classroom climate, the strategies in this book have been tested in schools, and they work. Digital content includes customizable forms from the book and a PDF presentation for use in professional development.

This helpful handbook provides solid, detailed guidelines for implementing and sustaining schoolwide positive behavior interventions and supports. Full of engaging anecdotes from expert PBIS coaches, this comprehensive resource helps PBIS teams overcome the obstacles of staff buy-in and offers solutions for sustaining a successful program at your school. Customizable forms, checklists, and graphic organizers will help chart, manage, and interpret data with ease.