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How to Approach Summer Reading
June 22, 2020
How & Why to Keep Preschoolers Engaged on Zoom
June 17, 2020
Camps Cancelled!
June 15, 2020
When to Avoid Labels
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How to Approach Summer Reading
How to Approach Summer Reading With remote learning and school closures, It might feel like school has been out for months already, but very soon school will be officially over...
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How & Why to Keep Preschoolers Engaged on Zoom
How & Why to Keep Preschoolers Engaged on Zoom? Many schools moved to virtual classrooms starting before or after Pesach. And, a lot of preschool classrooms did the same. By...
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Camps Cancelled!
Camps Cancelled… Now What? Day camps and sleepaway camps have been slowly announcing that they will not be able to open for the summer. With school over and camps closed,...
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When to Avoid Labels
When to Avoid Labels… Read the nutrition label to understand what you’re eating. Read the clothing label to understand how to wash and dry your shirt. But, perhaps it’s best...
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Antibodies for Anxiety
Antibodies for Anxiety… When you successfully overcome many illnesses, you develop antibodies. An antibody is a protein produced by our immune systems in response to invading organisms such as bacteria...
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Learning to Listen & Listening to Learn
Learning to Listen & Listening to Learn… Most summers, I write about the importance of summer reading in order to stave off what education experts call “brain drain” or the...
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Finding Our NEW Normal…
FINDING OUR NEW NORMAL…… We are all living with a lot of uncertainty. What will schools look like when they reopen? What will airports look like? We will have to...
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When Everything Changes…
When Everything Changes… We are all struggling with the changes that have suddenly entered our lives due to the coronavirus. We don’t leave the house without a mask. We make...
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It’s Alright to Cry…
It’s Alright to Cry… Since when does anybody need permission to feel? That’s the way that Marc Brackett a professor at Yale University’s Child Study Center and the founding director...
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The Gift of Forgiveness in These Uncertain Times
The Gift of Forgiveness in These Uncertain Times I was on the playground at school in kindergarten. I distinctly remember the anger in my five-year-old body when my friend lied...
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