By: Inspire Academy Charter School As children grow, they encounter many obstacles in their lives—challenges to be overcome, priorities to juggle, and complex decisions to make. For parents, it’s natural to want to solve some of those problems for their child. You shouldn’t. In reality, problem-solving is one of the most essential skills a child …
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It’s important to teach students self-advocacy skills. Here are the top five ways to help them develop self-advocacy skills.
Snow days are an important part of child development. Learn the benefits of snow days for kids.
By Wendy Taylor There has been a great deal of talk about the importance of self-care. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a great deal of stress, worry, and unease for all of us. What we don’t hear enough about, however, is how crucial self-care can be for children’s well-being. During this time that adults need …
For years, experts from different specialty areas have proven multiple benefits of a pre-K learning experience.
by Wendy Taylor Finding a sense of calm is likely difficult for kids right now, no matter their age. Our world as we know it has halted. It’s been replaced by what seems like one long, continuous day where there are few happenings that distinguish today from yesterday. It is disconcerting, to say the least. For …
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By Wendy Taylor For preschoolers and early elementary-age children, “bad words” might range from potty language and/or bodily function-themed terms to outright curse words. In most instances, youngsters are experimenting with language from a few different angles. 1) They are likely completely unaware of what these adult curse words mean, but they are using them simply …
By Wendy Taylor, M.Ed, Executive Director, Learning Essentials As any educator will tell you, the behavioral component of teaching young people is one of the main aspects of the career that keeps us on our toes. From one day to the next, the behaviors and emotions that emerge can be as fleeting as a passing thunderstorm. Perhaps the …
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by Dr. Samantha C. Sweeney, Ph.D., School Psychologist, fpsch.com Child discipline is an important and, sometimes, controversial topic. Many people have very strong feelings about their family’s approach to developing and maintaining a child’s behavior. What I hope this post does is take some of the emotion out of the discussion and help us stick …
by Ned the Noodge, The DC area’s premiere pain in the butt educatorThe views of Ned the Noodge are his and his alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of DCschoolHUB and its employees. One of my colleagues in the lower school was complaining at lunch about a new parent. She told me that …
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