by Karen Stone | Aug 27, 2021 | Academics, Accountability, Educators, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, emotions, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, mindfulness, Parenting, Safety, Schools, Uncategorized
Back to school anxieties always need emotional intelligence skills. However, the pandemic is presenting challenges that far exceed the normal back to school drama and trauma. Children usually experience the fears demonstrated throughout history. Such as, will I like...
by Karen Stone | Aug 9, 2021 | Accountability, change, Conscious Parenting, Educators, Emotional Intelligence, empathy, SEL, Social and Emotional Learning, Teachers, Uncategorized
Masking teaches children empathy for themselves and others and is the emotionally intelligent behavior of adults experiencing this pandemic. It is such a simple solution and yet meets such resistance from those who have not evolved socially or emotionally. ...
by Karen Stone | May 14, 2021 | children, early childhood education, Educators, emotional intelligence resources, Parenting, SEL, Social and Emotional Learning, Uncategorized
Lets’ look at Parenting and Social Emotional Learning and how there is a disconnect between school and home environments. Social and emotional learning is crucial to the healthy development of young children. However, there seems to be a disconnect between what...
by Karen Stone | Mar 12, 2021 | Accountability, children and politics, Daniel Goleman, Educators, Emotional Intelligence, EQ Information, EQ Skills, Feelings, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Racism, Recent News
Teaching children the skills developing emotional intelligence combats systemic racism. Consider the premise that if we were raised with emotional intelligence that systemic racism would not be a factor in our society. As an example in recent years, Daniel...
by Karen Stone | Feb 1, 2021 | Academics, Educators, Feelings, Recent News, Responsibility, Teachers
Teaching is certainly a work of heart. As an educator, my heart was always a factor in each moment of my teaching day. As children walk through your door, you get a sense of urgency from some of them. What happened to them at home that morning or on the way to...
by Karen Stone | Jan 13, 2021 | democracy, Educators, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Skills, Freedom, Kindness, Parenting
How do we teach children to have hope in these challenging times? Hope is the ability to see a light at the end of the tunnel. For children this is difficult as they have limited experience in the ebb and flow of the human experience. Even adults in these times are...
