| By: Kim Gulbrandson Understanding and Inspiring a Growth Mindset—4 Ways to Get Started A new school year is about to begin. As you revisit your goals and plans for the year, imagine cultivating these characteristics in your students: They are equipped to deal with challenges when faced with difficult work. They believe in their capabilities and in their capacity to improve. They seek challenging learning opportunities and view them as opportunities to learn. They thrive on obstacles and rise to the challenge when things get difficult. They believe they have control over their present and future. It sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? Read More
| By: Committee for Children Rock the Vote: Get FableVision and Committee for Children to SXSWedu 2016! Committee for Children (CFC) and FableVision are hoping to bring our team of experts to SXSWedu to give educators the digital tools they need to make empathy the forefront of a child’s development in a media-rich world. And we need your help to get there. Yes, you!Read More
| By: Committee for Children Safety Rules Mini-Poster for Early Learning Second Step Child Protection Unit classroom poster in PDF form, for preschool and Pre/K Read More
| By: Committee for Children What Parents Should Know About Bullying, Part 2 Wouldn’t My Child Tell Me About Being Bullied? Not necessarily. Children may not tell adults—even their parents—about being bullied at school. Studies show that children don’t tell because they believe adults won’t stop the bullying. Children may also think that they should be able to solve their own problems. Or they may not even recognize that they are being bullied. Other children are afraid. They think that telling an adult will result in worse treatment from the child bullying them. Read More
| By: Melissa Benaroya Teachable Moments: The 2016 Presidential Election The election process presents parents with a plethora of unique opportunities to teach core social-emotional learning (SEL) skills, such as empathy, emotion management, and social problem-solving while addressing topics such as accepting differences, dealing with gossip, bullying, and name-calling. Blogger Melissa Benaroya discusses. Read More
| By: Melissa Benaroya How to Support Your Child When Tragedy Strikes It's imperative that parents be prepared and informed on how to respond when children witness or experience human tragedies or national disasters. Blogger Melissa Benaroya walks us through how to use social emotional learning to help in these situations. Read More
| By: Committee for Children What Parents Should Know About Bullying, Part 1 Bullying includes behaviors such as hitting, teasing, taunting, spreading rumors and gossip, stealing, and excluding someone from a group. Bullying actions are carried out on purpose with the intent to harm someone. Read More
| By: Committee for Children Family Letters, Grades 1–3, English (Talking About Touching) Read More