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Parent Toolkit: Watching Sports Can Benefit Your Kids

11/28/2018

Parent Toolkit: Watching Sports Can Benefit Your Kids

Sports are a big part of many of our lives, and we know that there is a lot of value in them from physical health and fitness to socializing with friends to the professional athletes who serve as our children’s role models. But did you know that just watching sports can also benefit your kids? Yes, watching sports can build social-emotional competencies. And helping children learn to watch sports with a critical eye can strengthen their social-emotional (SEL) skills and reinforce the practical benefits of any SEL lessons they may be learning at school. Here are ten skills you can help your kids build while enjoying sports as a family.

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Jeff Reagan: A Lot of Fools

11/27/2018

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Jeff Reagan: A Lot of Fools

Nobody pretends that soda is a health drink. Coke knows this. Pepsi does too. They know that drinking sugary sodas are not good for you. And the fact that sales are slipping means you know it too. But the Coca-Cola company is doing just fine, thank you very much. And their growth is being fueled by a focus on a few brands they want you to believe are healthier. But oftentimes… not so much.

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Parent Toolkit: Debunking the Belief that "Good Job" is a Good Thing to Say to Kids

11/26/2018

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Parent Toolkit: Debunking the Belief that "Good Job" is a Good Thing to Say to Kids

When I taught a university course as an adjunct, I invited children from a local child care center to come to the class once a week to work with my physical education and early childhood majors. And once a week, at least a few dozen times, I’d hear the phrase “good job!” from my students, in response to something the children had done.
“Good job!” “Good job!” “Good job!” “Good job!”

Now, I realize that there are educators who have been taught specifically to use praise and “positive reinforcement” to encourage kids – and parents, sadly, have been misinformed that they must praise children for everything they do, from eating their veggies to blowing their nose – so it might have seemed that my university students were doing a good job. But I winced every time I heard it.

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Connections Academy: Holiday Marbled Paper

11/26/2018

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Connections Academy: Holiday Marbled Paper

Children get the chance to express their creativity with this fun paper craft idea for making marbled paper with shaving cream and food coloring. Use the holiday marbled paper as stationary and take the opportunity to teach your student proper letter-writing etiquette. Re-purpose for other seasonal holidays by using different colors.

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Inspire My Kids

11/15/2018

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Inspire My Kids

InspireMyKids.com is a place where people can find inspiring, age-appropriate, real-life, authentic, stories, videos, books, quotes and projects to share with the children and teens in their lives to help them become the best version of themself and make the world a better place.

We created this site because it’s something we wanted for ourselves and our kids. Like all parents, we want to try and do whatever we can to help our kids become people who value what matters most, whether it’s helping others, showing compassion, acting bravely, being a good citizen, or persisting in challenging times.

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The Artful Parent Blog

11/14/2018

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The Artful Parent Blog

"On The Artful Parent, I share ideas, information, and inspiration to encourage you to enjoy and share art with the kids in your life (whether in your home or your classroom). I write about children’s art and creativity, seasonal crafts, and family fun. You can expect ::

EASY and FUN kid-friendly arts and crafts
Unique Ideas as well as Tried-and-True Favorites
A Useful Resource with hundreds of art activities to keep your family happily creating and learning day after day"

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Parent Toolkit: Watching Sports Can Benefit Your Kids

Jeff Reagan: A Lot of Fools

Parent Toolkit: Debunking the Belief that "Good Job" is a Good Thing to Say to Kids

Connections Academy: Holiday Marbled Paper

Inspire My Kids

The Artful Parent Blog

Bruce Kletke

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