Setting Your Child Up for Success: Encouragement and Motivation
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One of the greatest teachers I’ve ever known taught me the importance of encouragement —and its relationship to motivation—in a grammar school classroom. She embedded into each day moments of […]
Setting Your Child Up for Success in School and Life: The Swinging Bridge
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There’s a reason why so many stories involve journeys –walking through woods like Goldilocks, trying to get home after the Trojan Wars like Odysseus, or charging forward like the Knights […]
The Funnel—A Great Parenting Hack
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Have you ever noticed how much easier it is to pour salt into your favorite shaker with a funnel? That great shape helps avoid spills—the grains just go with the […]