How to Teach Responsibility in Preschool Without Complicated Lessons
Teaching responsibility can feel like something that requires a full lesson. It can seem like you need a plan, materials,…
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When a Child Starts Cleaning… But Doesn’t Finish
Have you ever asked a child to clean up, and they actually begin, but a few minutes later, the job…
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What Children Learn About People When We’re Not “Teaching”
Recently, I found myself thinking about something subtle but incredibly important: children are constantly learning about people, and not always…
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When Kids Notice Differences (And What to Do in That Moment)
If you spend any time with 3–5 year olds, you know how closely they observe the world around them. They…
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What If Participation Didn’t Mean “Jump In”?
(And Other Thoughts About Letting Kids Warm Up in Their Own Time) So your preschooler is hanging back again. They’re…
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Before Belonging Comes Comfort
When we talk about helping young kids feel like they belong, we usually picture the big stuff- teamwork, inclusion, raising…
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Supporting Empathy Without Turning It Into a Performance
So, we’ve been diving into empathy over the past couple of posts- first, how it begins with noticing, then how…
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Supporting Empathy When Preschoolers Aren’t Ready to React
In the last post, we talked about how empathy starts with something super simple: just noticing that someone else is…
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What Empathy Looks Like in Preschoolers (Hint: It’s Smaller Than You Think)
Empathy is one of those things we assume kids just… have. We expect them to see when someone’s upset, know…
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Helping Preschoolers Understand How Their Actions Affect Others (Teaching Responsibility)
Kids come to a point where they stop noticing only what they did and start noticing what happened because of…
