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Teaching Social Skills with Bubble Lessons

September 28, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Learning through Play and Experience, Positive Guidance and Social Skills, Uncategorized 12 Comments

I’m a believer in teaching social skills.  If you’ve checked out my ebook or ecourse, you already know that.  I’m also a big fan of learning through play.  No surprise, right?

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Mind in the Making: Chapter 1

February 28, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Child Development & DAP, Positive Guidance and Social Skills, Uncategorized 16 Comments

If you happened to miss the introduction, I’m launching a project.  I’ll be reading and discussing the book, Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs right along with all of you who’d like to join.  And here’s the latest perk: Ellen Galinsky has graciously offered to answer some of your questions at the end of our virtual book club meeting!  I’ll be giving you more details on that in the future.  For now, grab the book from your library, order it up on Amazon, borrow it from a friend — just get reading!  And keep track of the ideas you want to discuss here, and those questions you’d love to have answered by Ellen Galinsky herself! 

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Want to Give Your Kids an Advantage? Build Executive Functions

November 2, 2011 by notjustcute Filed Under: Child Development & DAP, Learning through Play and Experience, Uncategorized 18 Comments

Every parent wants their kids to have the best shot at succeeding at whatever their chosen path may be.  So we try to give them all of the right opportunities.  Some go to tutors, buy complicated programs, or drill through flashcards, but one of the best predictors of success is one that can be regularly built through play.

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In early education, there is too much distance between what we know and what we do. I bridge the gaps that exist between academia, decision-makers, educators, and parents so that together, we can improve the quality of early education while also respecting and protecting the childhood experience.

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