Learn to Empathize

I’m going to make a broad and sweeping statement that I wholeheartedly believe to be true but can’t back up with fact: empathy is the most important “skill” children can learn. The current world climate, and particularly the political climate in the US, reinforces this in my mind. But next comes the question, how do…

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Teaching Character

Do you know adults who lack perseverance? I do. And sometimes, I can count myself in that number. (For proof, just take a look at the partially finished cross-stitch projects in my closet.) So I decided to tackle this important character trait for a feature in The Mailbox magazine Preschool edition. There’s research that says…

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