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Where do world-class athletes, brilliant writers and artists, and great leaders go to realize their highest potential? They get into their Zone.Psychologist Lev Vygotsky coined the term “zone of proximal development” or ZPD to describe the...
After several weeks of shelter-in-place, you may feel like you’ve got this work/school-at-home thing down. But when your kid powers up that Chromebook and there’s a list of all of the assignments to be completed by...
“Kids who are intrinsically motivated engage in a behavior because it’s personally rewarding. They like doing it.”Are you bribing your kids with chocolate, stickers, and endless hours of screen time to do schoolwork, household chores, or...
Is your child struggling to pick up a new skill or giving up on math problems?” It may seem like your kid is giving up or not trying. That’s not because they’re unwilling or lazy. Research...
Intention-setting has been proven to help kids learn better as they focus on who they are and who they can be in this moment. Intentions are guiding principles that can help kids and adults, as individuals,...
There’s an unintended consequence of 1.5 billion people being asked to stay-at-home to fight the spread of COVID-19. Scientists around the globe are recording remarkable ways planet Earth is reacting. It’s quieter. There is a sharp...
As parents, we can help our kids gain the self-directed learning skills they need by helping them break things down into bite-sized chunks.When your kid is at school, their teachers use a concept called “scaffolding” to...
Successful people will tell you that the ability to do meaningful and ambitious goal-setting has been the key to their success. Start each morning thinking about what is happening that day, what it will require, and...
You may not have realized it before you began social distancing, but your home is a classroom. There are real-world learning moments all around. Everything we do at home can become a learning, hands-on experience. The...
When you were at school, you read a bunch of textbooks, did worksheets, took tests. Maybe you enjoyed history and loathed chemistry. But what if you had actually liked chemistry and chose to actively pursue it?...