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9 Real-Life Dilemmas to Get Kids Thinking About Choices
Decision-making skills are important. Use these nine scenarios with students to spark conversation, reflection, and, hopefully, better choices. You’re walking through the school hallway when you hear some friends saying mean things about a classmate. You feel uncomfortable hearing such … Continue reading
Using Nature to Teach Character Across the Curriculum
By Barbara A. Lewis, author of The Teen Guide to Global Action: How to Connect with Others (Near & Far) to Create Social Change Have you ever looked at the clouds and imagined seeing a horse or a pig? And have … Continue reading
Enter to Win the Real Kids, Real Stories Series!
This giveaway is now closed. This month we’re giving away all three books in the Real Kids, Real Stories series. The books include true stories featuring young people overcoming adversity to achieve great things, making a difference around the world, and … Continue reading
The Writing on the Wall: 10 Bulletin Boards to Support Social-Emotional Learning
By Barbara Gruener Maybe you’ve heard the expression, Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future. Might it follow then that if you showed me the halls and walls of your school, I’d know everything there is to … Continue reading
