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Creative Ways to Help Teens Manage Difficult Emotions
By Rayne Lacko and Lesley Holmes, coauthors of Dream Up Now: The Teen Journal for Creative Self-Discovery Young people have never had more forms of communication and media for expressing feelings, rates of helplessness, anxiety, and depression. Teens are struggling … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Teaching
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, creativity, feelings, Free Spirit author
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Help Students Manage the Emotions of Going Back to School During the Pandemic
By Rayne Lacko, author of Dream Up Now: The Teen Journal for Creative Self-Discovery Going back to school can be stressful for children in the best of times, but a global pandemic can create emotional challenges that cause young people … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting
Tagged back to school, coronavirus, courage, COVID-19, feelings, Free Spirit author, resilience, talk with kids
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12 Ways to Help Young Children Calm Down
By Cheri J. Meiners, M.Ed., author of the Learning About Me & You, Learning to Get Along®, and Being the Best Me!® series We live in stressful times. One of the most frequent challenges parents and teachers face is with … Continue reading
Posted in Early Childhood, Parenting
Tagged anger management for children, feelings, Free Spirit author, kids and emotions
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Top 19 Posts of 2019
Before we jump into a new year of fantastic advice on the Free Spirit Publishing blog, let’s celebrate the top posts from 2019! We rounded up our most popular posts this year for your (re)reading pleasure. Got a favorite we … Continue reading
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Tagged ADHD, books, classroom strategies, conflict resolution, creativity, differentiation, early childhood education, elementary education, feelings, friendship skills, growth mindset, middle school, movement, SEL, self-care, self-regulation, social skills, teacher professional development, teens, thinking skills, trauma
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A Radical Approach to Anger Management
By Molly Breen In Molly Bang’s beautifully illustrated book, When Sophie Gets Angry—Really, Really Angry . . . , we see the young title character process through various stages of nuanced anger. She is an enormous and destructive figure, a … Continue reading
Posted in Early Childhood, Parenting
Tagged anger, feelings, help kids self-regulate, preschool
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