Windows to the Heart: Parents and Parenting
This post outlines simple, daily ways parents and teachers can integrate social-emotional learning (SEL) into children’s routines. Strategies include morning greetings, journaling, class meetings, art activities, responsibilities, problem-solving practice, collaboration, positive self-talk, mindfulness, and fostering a growth mindset to support resilience.
Voices from the Village: A Teaching Community Developing Identity for Gifted Readers
This article explains how picture books can help gifted children understand and embrace Dabrowski’s five overexcitabilities—intellectual, sensual, imaginational, psychomotor, and emotional. It offers strategies for parents and educators and curated children’s book lists to support each overexcitability and foster positive identity development.