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Evidence With Staying Power: Building Lasting Self Regulation in Early Classrooms
Successful classrooms make regulation teachable and visible. Teachers model calm responses. They use clear routines. They build emotional...
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Stories Grow Empathy: Perspective Taking in the Primary Years
Perspective taking is the skill of understanding what someone else thinks and feels. Stories are a natural way to practice it. Children...
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The Engine Underneath: Self-Regulation as a Driver of Readiness and Academics
What we mean by self-regulation. Self-regulation blends cognitive control with emotional control. Children learn to hold directions in...
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Reading That Changes Behavior: Dialogic Stories and Emotion Words
Stories are safe spaces to rehearse big feelings. A character wants something, faces a problem, and must decide what to do. As children...
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Start Strong: How Emotional Intelligence in the Early Years Drives School Success
Why this window matters. From age three to age eight, the brain builds the systems that let children focus, manage frustration, remember...
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