SEL Series: Mini SEL Lesson
Healthy Relationships take time and effort to mature. It is important to teach youth the key elements of creating positive relationships with friends, family members and people they may encounter…
SEL Series: Creating a Culture of Empathy
What is Empathy? Empathy is the ability to understand another person’s feelings, thoughts, and point of view. One day, I was asked to observe a first-grade teacher. She…
SEL Series: Get Started with SEL
Get Started with SEL: #SELFORCT, #CTAfterschoolNetwork #We love SEL You need resources, well here you go? I created this list to help educators GET STARTED WITH SEL. These resources are…
SEL Series: SEL Assessment Tools – The DESSA
When finding the right assessment tool to measure students' social and emotional learning skills after school, professionals will run into a few challenges. Adhering to SEL standards will ensure accountability…
SEL Series: Girls and Boys Brains Learn Differently
In Arizona this past weekend, I presented at workshops in a conference called "Excellence, 2018 School’s Out, Make It Count". Along with presenting, I attended an excellent workshop called "…
SEL Series: SEL Snack Attack- Kid President’s 25 Reasons to Be Thankful!
Simple mini SEL lessons to make afterschool snack time fun Teaching children gratitude can be trick thing. Even adults have a rough time remembering to be grateful. We get caught…
#GeoChallenge
What Will You Do to Save the Planet?
Take the #GeoChallenge!
Did you know that 500 million plastic straws are used every day? Eight million tons of plastic flow into the ocean every year? We need creative and actionable ideas from young people to literally save the planet. (more…)
SEL Series: SEL at Home
Have you ever heard something that shifted your perspective? While away at an afterschool conference, I acquired one of the most valuable pieces of wisdom on parenting that continues to…
Why does the School Day End Two Hours Before the Work Day?
Parents Line up for South Windsor Before and After School Program. We all saw this headline in Connecticut last spring. Parents lining up from the wee hours in the morning…
Free Learning Resources
NEW (FREE!) LEARNING RESOURCES FROM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC & MOTT FOUNDATION Real-world problems call for critical thinking and real-world solutions and afterschool programs are a great place for kids to learn,…