Summer is a great time to work on skills with your kids that they won't learn in school. From life skills, to establishing a fitness routine, to building good reading associations, there's lots you can teach your kids this summer. Parents can print the packet I created to use with their kids, and teachers can … Continue reading Unconventional Summer Learning Ideas
In the last couple of months I've made a number of new checklists to help teachers and parents work on social skills and social emotional learning with kids. I've needed a bunch of clipart that wasn't available on the social skills activity, so I've added it! There are now 56 new images in the social … Continue reading New Social Skills Clipart
The term mental load, also called cognitive labor, refers to the invisible, intangible tasks involved in running a household. It's the work of planning, organizing, managing, and thinking that is often overlooked. Women traditionally take on more of the mental load, without pay and often without acknowledgement of how much time and energy it takes. … Continue reading Teaching Kids About Mental Load
Bubble lists are picture checklists that let you group tasks any way you want. This has been a popular checklist format with my customers, and I've been working over the past year to make them fully functional. Today, I'm happy to report the very last feature is done! You can now create, edit, and use … Continue reading New Feature: Bubble Lists on the Phone
emotional labor noun The mental activity required to manage or perform the routine tasks necessary for maintaining relationships and ensuring smooth running of a household, workplace, or process, typically regarded as an unappreciated or unacknowledged burden borne disproportionately by women. Common examples might be: Putting a lot of time and effort into helping a friend … Continue reading Teaching Emotional Labor
Teaching kids to apologize well is an important life skill, and it's not something that will come naturally to most kids. There's an excellent article about how to teach kids to apologize on Today's Parent that I recommend you read. I created a visual guide to help kids remember all the important steps, along with … Continue reading How to Apologize
Although some kids seem to figure out naturally how to meet other kids and form friendships, many kids struggle with these skills and need some explicit instructions about how to meet and keep friends. Given the number of adults I know who also struggle with forming friendships, I expect many of us could have used … Continue reading How To Make Friends
Learning how to navigate the give and take of conversations can be tough for all kids. Some kids with special needs find this even harder to master. Here are 5 free checklists you can use to help teach this super important life skill. Print these lists for free How Conversations Work The first checklist covers … Continue reading Conversation Skills
The Trip Clip has 3 different templates for Velcro boards you can use to make interactive charts for your kids. To Do / Done board Single Strip (7x1) First -> Then board To Do / Done Board Purchase any list on The Trip Clip website, and then navigate to the To Do / Done board … Continue reading Velcro Boards
When I became a parent, I was surprised by some of the things that I had to explicitly teach my kids. I knew we’d need to teach them to tie their shoes and ride a bike. But it never occurred to me that I would need to teach them how to blow their nose! The … Continue reading Personal Care & Hygiene
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