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5 Simple Activities to Practice Social Emotional Learning with your Students

5 Simple Activities to Practice Social Emotional Learning with your Students

Shelby Kretz

Most teachers have heard about the importance of Social Emotional Learning (SEL), but do you know how to connect SEL to social justice education? 

5 Simple Activities to Practice Social Emotional Learning with your Students

Shelby Kretz

Most teachers have heard about the importance of Social Emotional Learning (SEL), but do you know how to connect SEL to social justice education? 

How to Get Your Kids Talking About Stuff that Matters

How to Get Your Kids Talking About Stuff that Matters

Shelby Kretz

By Susy Lee, author of Raising Kids Who Care Parenting research shows that we spend a lot of time worrying about our kids, that much of our worry is relational,...

How to Get Your Kids Talking About Stuff that Matters

Shelby Kretz

By Susy Lee, author of Raising Kids Who Care Parenting research shows that we spend a lot of time worrying about our kids, that much of our worry is relational,...

How Do I Learn?

How Do I Learn?

Shelby Kretz

By Dr. Kripa Sundar Somehow summer has gone by and kids are due back at school. As a learning scientist who is also a parent, I’ve often had tug-of-thought wars....

How Do I Learn?

Shelby Kretz

By Dr. Kripa Sundar Somehow summer has gone by and kids are due back at school. As a learning scientist who is also a parent, I’ve often had tug-of-thought wars....

Reviewing "A Place to Stay: A Shelter Story" by Erin Gunti

Reviewing "A Place to Stay: A Shelter Story" by Erin Gunti

Shelby Kretz

By Tyree McMillan “Let’s go inside and see if the queen is here.” This is an excerpt from the book in the August Box box called, A Place to Stay,...

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Reviewing "A Place to Stay: A Shelter Story" by Erin Gunti

Shelby Kretz

By Tyree McMillan “Let’s go inside and see if the queen is here.” This is an excerpt from the book in the August Box box called, A Place to Stay,...

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Back to School

Back to School

Shelby Kretz

By Allison Banta It's the first week of school here. At bedtime last night, we read “On the Day you Begin”, as we do every year. It's a story of...

Back to School

Shelby Kretz

By Allison Banta It's the first week of school here. At bedtime last night, we read “On the Day you Begin”, as we do every year. It's a story of...

Neurodiversity in Your Neighborhood

Neurodiversity in Your Neighborhood

Shelby Kretz

By Allison Banta We live in a tiny delight of a neighborhood. The houses are old, the streets are crooked – giant old tree roots rumple the asphalt like waves,...

Neurodiversity in Your Neighborhood

Shelby Kretz

By Allison Banta We live in a tiny delight of a neighborhood. The houses are old, the streets are crooked – giant old tree roots rumple the asphalt like waves,...