Why Creativity is as Important as Literacy
Creativity is a human superpower, and it’s more important now than ever. Learn how to boost it early and often.
Helping Young Kids Develop Focus
Try these seven simple ways to help young kids learn to direct, sustain and shift their focus (superpowers!).
What are Executive Function Skills, and Why should we want to know?
What are the set of skills that kids (i.e. all of us) need to attend to life and learning?
Let ‘em Spin. They’re learning.
How to harness the power of patterns in kids play to unlock serious learning.
Making Sense of Sensory Development
Senses are central to how kids experience the world, how they behave, and how they learn. Learn how (and why) to support the unique sensory learners in your life!
Want Kids to Play All Day? Try Play Projects
The science of learning tells us kids’ benefit from a wide range of play experiences. Project play can give us a way to get and keep play going at home!
How (+ Why) to Help Kids Learn About the Original Caretakers of the Lands We Explore
This impactful resource was created by Erika McLemore in support of kids, families and teachers, in service of a vision for a better, more inclusive and just world.
We Can Do Better Than “Be Careful!”
How alternatives to saying, “Be Careful!” can keep our kids safer today and in the long run.
Why Focus on Focus?
Learning to control your own attention, emotions, and behavior is an active, messy process — just like all good learning.
What’s Really Happening In My Child’s Brain?
Adult brains and kid brains are worlds apart. But, a quick peek into the elegant chaos of the young mind can be just the unlock we caregivers need to support our kids!