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Gratitude: Happy Thanksgiving Break!
I’m writing this post from my old couch in my new house. The living room and kitchen are completely set up. (Just don’t step into the garage. Oh wait, it’s so packed you wouldn’t even be able to step into it!) I am full of gratitude.
I am so grateful for my little family of four. It feels like wherever we are together is home. On our first morning in our new house, we made pancakes and played Mario Party.
I am so grateful for Barclay the Husky that we get to babysit for two months.
I am grateful for my extended family.
And I have gratitude for all … Read More
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How to Talk to Kids about Thanksgiving
As the holidays get closer and closer, I’ve been thinking about how to talk to kids about Thanksgiving.
In our school’s Creating & Welcoming and Inclusive Community toolkit, we talk about how to introduce critical consciousness in a developmentally appropriate way.
During the First Plane of Development (0-6 years-old), our goal is to help children develop a feeling of safety, trust in the world, and secure attachments with the adults in their lives. With that foundation in place, children are then able to use their reasoning mind (which develops in the Second Plane, approximately around their 6th birthday) to explore issues of fairness and injustice in the broader world.… Read More
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Emotional Intelligence: What Are Your Top 5 Emotions?
I’m still going strong with the Noom app, which I’m having trouble believing. Our life is full of stress right now (we are moving this week!). But I’m continuing to walk nearly 10,000 steps a day, log all my meals, weigh myself each day, and stay under my daily calorie allotment. I was never this consistent with WeightWatchers or MyFitness Pal. I think one of the reasons relates to the daily activities in Noom that require you to think in new ways and learn more about psychology. Last week, my activities focused on Emotional Intelligence.
What are your Top 5 Emotions?
One of the activities they had … Read More