Exploring Scissors

 

 This resource offers a poem for young children to use to help use and explore with scissors.

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Exploring the Three Dimensionality of Clay

 

This resource illustrates how to explore the three-dimensionality of clay with your hands.

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Crayon Techniques

 

Discover the power of crayons by experimenting and sharing discoveries.

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18 Effective De-Escalation Strategies for Defusing Meltdowns

 

An overview of the escalation cycle, how the brain functions during different emotional states, and evidence-based de-escalation strategies that are used in non-violent crisis intervention to defuse meltdowns and outbursts.

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Executive Function: What’s Play Got to Do with It?

 

How can early care professionals support a young child's executive function development? There are simple, strategic choices that a teacher can make in the classroom to nurture a child's executive function development.

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Benefits of Play for Different Age Groups

 

This article discusses the benefits of play for different age groups by looking at the different types of play kids engage in at different ages.

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Aggressive Behavior in Toddlers

Tips for parents and caregivers to manage aggressive behavior in toddlers and help children learn to manage strong emotions and reactions as they become aware of themselves as separate individuals from their parents and the other important people in their world.

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5 Effective Ways to Calm an Angry Child

 

As parents and caregivers, it is essential to provide them with the tools to navigate and express their feelings in healthy ways. In this article, it will explore five effective strategies to help calm an angry child and foster emotional resilience.

 

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12 Benefits of Outdoor Play (And Tips for Helping Kids Reap These Benefits)

 

This article takes a look at the benefits of playing outside and the conditions that make time spent outdoors especially rewarding.

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Playing Outside: Why It’s Important for Kids

 

There is scientific evidence that playing outside improves health, and children of all ages love it.

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Outdoor Education-Research Summary

 

This summary gives a brief explanation as to the importance of outdoor education.

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Looking For a Boredom Buster? Try These Printable Activity Dice

 

Looking for quick and easy activities for kids? Try these printable activity dice! Simply print, cut, fold, and glue or tape into a cube then roll for an active challenge.

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Why Should Kids Play Outside? Benefits Of Outdoor Play for Kids

 

Encouraging children to increase their time outside and away from their devices aids their physical health and helps them become emotionally and intellectually tougher.

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Why Kids Need to Spend Time in Nature

 

They may prefer to stick to their screens, but here's why getting outdoors matters.

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What Does It Actually Mean To “Flip Your Lid”

 

Have you ever heard the expression "flipping your lid?" Well, there's a scientific explanation for it!

Calming, Breathing Techniques for Children

 

Breathing can help children self-regulate and calm their mind and body. This simple breathing exercise is useful when children are feeling big feelings or stressed and need to re-center themselves.

What Is Social Anxiety?

 

When fear of how you appear gets in the way of functioning.

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4 Tips for Promoting Social Inclusion for Young Adults With Disabilities

This handout resource offers tips for promoting social inclusion.

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10 Executive Functioning Skills: The Ultimate Guide

 

This article specifically covers the 10 core executive functioning skills, what they are, and some simple strategies to work on them. 

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How Can We Help Kids With Self-Regulation?

 

This resource by the Child Mind Institute describes self-regulation and why some children struggle with it. It also gives several helpful suggestions of how to help teach self-regulation skills.

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Winter Gross Motor Activities for Children

 

Winter gross motor activities are a fun way to stay active when children remain indoors.

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Kids Need More “Risky Play” says Canadian Pediatrics Society!

 

Kids need to climb trees, jump off things, and ride their bikes fast. Says who? Says the Canadian Pediatric Society, that’s who.

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More Translations of Physical Literacy Resources

 

This resource offers links to additional language translations of physical literacy resources. All are available to download.

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What To Do When Children Bite

Many infants, toddlers, and young children bite. Understanding the function or reason for biting can provide families and the early care and education providers with important information about environmental or program changes needed to reduce and/or eliminate the behavior.

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This App Helps Kids with Disabilities Stay Active

Being physically active is an important component of a healthy childhood. Children with disabilities have an even more difficult time with physical activity, and often have higher rates of inactivity and obesity than their peers.

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3 Strategies to Support Inclusive Learning

Inclusive classrooms mean maximizing equity and access to learning, here's how to accomplish such a critical step

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Supporting The Whole Child: Creating Learning Spaces with The Nervous System in Mind

Creating early learning spaces with nervous system health in mind is imperative, and a keyway to support the whole child.

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Fun Pre-Writing Activities for Preschoolers

 

This article offers insight into how we can best help children learn to write their letters.

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Why Kids Act Out: Tips to Help Your Child Cope with Stress

 

Particularly after stressful events, babies, children, and teens often communicate their needs to us through their behaviors. That's because they don't yet have the language or tools to tell us exactly what is going on inside.

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Create Your Own Paintbrush

 

This visual aid can help inspire some new paintbrush creations in your classroom.

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Self-Care For Teachers

 

This resource offers strategies for teachers that can be used when a child’s behavior pushes your buttons.

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I’m New and I’m Scared: Helping Young Children Adjust to Childcare

No child should remember their first day as a traumatic event, but rather a positive experience in a happy place with a teacher who is eager to welcome and love them.

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Reframing Partnerships with Families

This 64 page workbook from the Search Institute shares tools, tips and instructions on the “six mindset shifts” needed to move “toward relationship-centered family engagement” and create lasting, authentic connections with families.

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The Benefits of Gratitude Activities for Children

This resource shares some of the great benefits children get from participating in gratitude-themed activities, and shares examples like a gratitude tree, kindness jars, books, journals and more!

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Center for Inclusive Child Care's Empathy Tip Sheet

 

This resource from the Center for Inclusive Child Care shares tips and information about empathy development in Infants through 1^st graders.

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Anxious Stomach Aches and Headaches

 

This resource by the Child Mind Institute explains how headaches, stomachaches and other physical symptoms can stem from anxiety. It also shares tips of how parents can help, along with a variety of calming techniques that can be used with children. 

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Teaching Kids How to Deal with Conflict

 

Tips for building lifelong skills.

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Making Learning More Playful

 

This article showcases six schools that are taking innovative and practical approaches to play-based learning and shares compelling evidence that learning through play benefits students of all ages.

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Helping Young Children Who Are Socially Anxious

 

Tips for helping reluctant children join in play and group activities.

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Devereux Center for Resilient Children's Free Resource Library

 

The Devereux Center for Resilient Children’s free resource library gives tips and tools for defining protective factors, sample resilience-building strategies, links to their YouTube channel and blog, and more! Make sure to check out the Adult Resilience Tools section which has a “self-reflective tool that provides adults with information about their strengths” and tips to “build on those strengths.”

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Devereux Center for Resilient Children’s YouTube Channel

 

The Devereux Center for Resilient Children’s YouTube channel shares “guidance and tips for promoting resilience and social-emotional health in young children and in the grown-ups that care for them.”

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Sparking Students’ Interest in Music with Bucket Drumming

 

These inexpensive instruments can open-up enriching experiences that guide elementary students to enjoy learning how to play music.

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How To Support a Friend with Mental Health Challenges

 

This resource offers support for those struggling with mental health challenges while still taking care of yourself.

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6 Tips for Talking to Your Child After a Tantrum or Meltdown

 

It’s important to talk with your child after an outburst. But timing is essential. Here are some tips on how to know when your child is ready, and how to start talking.

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What Is Executive Function?

Executive function is a set of brain-based abilities that help people control their behavior and reach their goals. There are many different skills that make up executive function, including the five outlined in this resource handout.

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Just Picture It! Resilience through Our Eyes Printable

 

This printable from the Devereux Center for Resilient Children shares some creative imagery that “helps picture resilience and the important role it plays in the lives of young children and adults.”

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Ways To Encourage Motor or Physical Development

Parents and caregivers can help develop a child’s motor skills at all ages, starting by recognizing its general sequence. Here are ideas to encourage motor development at different ages.

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Apoyo A Los Juegos Psicomotrices

 

El juego psicomotriz se caracteriza por la actividad física como correr, saltar y rodar. Comprender los beneficios del juego puede ayudar a los cuidadores a desarrollar actitudes que apoyen este juego en lugar de detenerlo.

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Outdoor Winter Activities For 2 Year Olds

 

Here are some winter activities along with tips and tricks for making winter play a fun and positive experience for your toddler.

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Supporting Big Body Play

 

Big body play is characterized by physical activity such as running, jumping, and rolling. Understanding the benefits of play can help caregivers develop attitudes that support this play instead of stopping it.

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Podcast: The Importance of Play in A Child’s Life

 

Author and CICC Coach Sandy Heidemann joins us and shares the ways play supports and enhances a child’s development of language, motor skills, cognitive skills, and social-emotional skills.

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Raising Confident, Independent Children

Find out how the scaffold parenting method empowers growth.

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