Self-regulation is the ability to effectively manage your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It’s the ability that helps kids to manage everyday emotions, focus well on tasks, and positively connect with others. While it’s an important skill throughout the whole year, self-regulation strategies become even more critical for kids before and after winter or holiday break. […]

Conflict resolution is extremely important for the middle and high school classroom. When a diverse group of students come together in the classroom, there is bound to be disagreements, problems, and misunderstandings. Students in a science group might disagree about the correct technique to use on a project. A student in the classroom might feel […]

In today’s fast-paced digital world, attention fatigue is a big problem. When our focus abilities are pushed to the limit, it can make us feel mentally drained and distracted. This makes the case for developing some attention-restoring strategies, especially for kids and teens with growing brains. Activities that help boost attention provide a pathway to […]

Everyone knows that kindness is important. Showing care and support to others helps strengthen relationships and build communities. Being kind helps us feel good too. At the same time, another type of kindness also needs the spotlight: Self-kindness. Self-kindness is the practice of treating yourself in a caring, supportive, loving, and respectful way. This is […]

Executive functioning skills are the brain-based abilities we use to accomplish tasks and meet goals. While these are valuable skills for everyone, they play an important role in the success for developing teens. For example, teens use executive functioning skills when they organize materials in their backpack or desk, plan an approach for solving a […]