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Sing! To Build Your Child’s Brain
May 22, 2017Singing and songs form a big part of many people’s childhoods. And for good reason. Both children and adults…
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Why Being “Crafty” is Important for Kids
May 15, 2017Doing arts and crafts projects is a great way for children to express their creativity and explore new materials…
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Encouraging Your Child to be Creative
May 1, 2017Creativity is central to learning and problem-solving. It is the ability to take what we already know and apply…
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Getting Curious About Curiosity Can Make You Happier
April 16, 2017Curiosity is “a state of active interest or genuinely wanting to know more about something”. And curiosity has a…
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The Hype About Happiness
March 6, 2017Studies have shown that happiness has some pretty powerful effects on people’s lives, including making those lives longer and…
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KITS Changes Children’s Brain Activity!
February 23, 2017We know from our research that the KITS Program helps children build better literacy and self-regulation skills before they…
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Busting Toxic Stress Effects on Children’s Social Skills
January 30, 2017For children who have experienced trauma, also called toxic stress, learning social skills can be especially challenging. Trauma can…
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Two Easy, Low-Cost Stress Reducers and How to Increase Them in Your Life
January 16, 2017Science has shown that there are two low-cost and fun ways to cut down on your feelings of stress:…
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Stress: Recognizing and Managing When You Have Too Much of It
January 9, 2017Most people think that stress is bad. But that is not necessarily true. Some stress, under some circumstances, is…
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Tools for Boosting Children’s Power to Self-Regulate
April 25, 2016Over the last few weeks we have been exploring the topic of self-regulation–the ability to control both our actions…