“I need some advice on sharing with all these new toys from the holidays. The kids are fighting over who toy it is and struggling to share. I have told them everything at home is to be shared but if someone is using it you have to ask first. If they say they want to […]
While designing our last webinar series on self regulation and understanding behaviour we reflected a lot on what it is that we were doing with our children that we felt has been successful. Measuring children’s progress with self regulation or their behaviour looks so much different than the measurements we use to understand improvements in […]
When looking through the self regulation lens, including parents and families is not an optional piece. It is crucial that families are not only considered but involved in the process. However, this does not mean that we front load and overwhelm parents with our new scientific knowledge of self regulation and our expectations for them […]
“Connection is the energy that is created between people when they feel seen, heard and valued – when they can give and receive without judgement” – Brene Brown We taught a student in our classroom who we have been observing and brainstorming about how we can support her in self regulating. We wanted to share […]
“My most productive and happy days are those where I am calm and successfully self regulating. Self reg starts with you” – Liz Shepherd Self regulation is not only important when supporting our students, but ultimately it is critical for educators to understand and use in their own practice with themselves. Without this practice, we are […]
“Treating behaviour like misbehaviour means we punish. Treating behaviour as stress behaviour means we help” – Dr. Stuart Shanker Stress is often perceived as a simple topic, but it is actually quite complex. Dr. Shanker explains that self regulation is “understanding stress, managing energy levels and tension”. Essentially, stress occurs when something requires our body to burn […]
This year, we are focusing on and learning more about self regulation. What does it look like? How do we support it? What are we doing now that is helpful? What might we change to better support our learners? Our primary goal in our classroom, before academics, is the well being of the children. It […]
Every school year, we try to reflect on how we are going to reduce the number of transitions to help support children’s development and learning. We brainstormed some strategies that we have found helpful and with consistency in communication between your educating team we hope these strategies will support your ongoing conversations and reflections. Visual […]
“In an outstanding classroom teachers do more listening than talking and students do more talking than listening” – Alfie Kohn Above all else the most important part of teaching and learning is relationships. Today I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to visit Tessa Heffernan and Holly Diljee with two new and reflective teachers […]
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