Recommended Reading: 5 Children’s Books for Social Emotional Learning during Isolation
Children's Book Recommendations, Reading, Resources for Caregivers and Educators, Social Emotional Learning E.E. Thorgaard Children's Book Recommendations, Reading, Resources for Caregivers and Educators, Social Emotional Learning E.E. Thorgaard

Recommended Reading: 5 Children’s Books for Social Emotional Learning during Isolation

One of the best resources to help kids learn almost anything is to talk to them about those things directly and intentionally. Sometimes we don’t know exactly where to start, or how to integrate different perspectives into conversations with children while keeping conversations developmentally appropriate. Books can help with this! Great research has indicated that reading with children, and having an active dialogue based on what is read, is a great way to help children glean experiences that they haven’t yet had in real life, or to make sense of experiences they have had and need help understanding or communicating. Reading can give valuable perspectives, encourage empathy and understanding, and build developmentally appropriate skills. In this post, we list 5 great children’s books for the development of social emotional skills that can be particularly helpful during COVID-19 pandemic isolation.

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The Rules of Reading: The art and science of reading WITH a child
Child Development, Resources for Caregivers and Educators, Reading, Learning to Read E.E. Thorgaard Child Development, Resources for Caregivers and Educators, Reading, Learning to Read E.E. Thorgaard

The Rules of Reading: The art and science of reading WITH a child

People love to read to kids. It’s a fun bonding experience and a great way to help children learn and develop. Having books tells your child that reading, thinking, learning, and educating themselves is something to value and prioritize. But having those books and reading to children that can’t yet read to themselves is just the start of reading best practices; there is much more to be done to best set your child up for success in reading skills and language development. Read this post for the rules of effective reading!

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Isolation Imagination: Fun things to do with your family during shutdown (Part 1)
Resources for Caregivers and Educators, Activity Ideas E.E. Thorgaard Resources for Caregivers and Educators, Activity Ideas E.E. Thorgaard

Isolation Imagination: Fun things to do with your family during shutdown (Part 1)

Suffering from COVID-19 fatigue? We definitely are.

So we've created a running series of blog posts to share some of our fun and socially distant activity ideas, in case you want to try them too! I'm calling them quarantivities (quarantine activities - love it!?)!

These are family friendly, socially distant, healthy and safe ideas for new and different activities to do with your family!

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