
What happens when 5th graders present their robot designs to their first grade buddies? Watch and read and enjoy!
Seven Hills School on Inspiration Lab: The Robot Wars!

What happens when 5th graders present their robot designs to their first grade buddies? Watch and read and enjoy!
Seven Hills School on Inspiration Lab: The Robot Wars!

Some great reads in this list for children from ages 2-10 years old. There is nothing like the feel of a great children’s book read aloud, sometimes over and over…
Enjoy!
Diversify Reading Lists for children! MindShift

I shared this in our faculty meeting last week. Interesting, for sure…
TEDx Talk: Dr. Kristen Race on Mindfulness

boy in front of tv
There are children all over this country trying to make sense of what they are hearing from adults about politics and the upcoming general election in November. This tackles the subject head on! (Thanks, Suzy Klein!)
How to talk to children about Donald Trump

I recently had the chance to share some of Mo Willem’s Elephant & Piggy Books with one of our kindergarten classes. Most of them knew the books and squealed wildly with delight in anticipation of what would come next. Some great artwork. Some silly dialogue. Lots of fun!
Finding time for reading aloud, even just 15 minutes per day! Washington Post Parenting Blog

I have seen this play out up close and personally with many college athletes in the extended family. The fact that parent behavior is becoming an issue is very concerning.
The positive coaching alliance has great resources here.
Positive Coaching Alliance: Parents of Recruits Matter in the Process, too…

Yes, this rings true, both from my own parenting and from listening to students grapple with how to help a friend over my 27 years in education . Some great advice here!

It is interesting to see schools struggle with affective issues: how we relate to each other in schools. Institutions in various sectors: public, charter and for profit schools try and emulate what has, in fact, been happening in independent school and, Seven Hills in particular, for many years. Our whole child approach has made it possible for students to learn cognitive skills, but they always come in conjunction with social emotional skills and habits of mind that create fertile opportunities for learning. This is great news for the future…
Social Emotional Learning is the key to college success… Atlantic Monthly