Every classroom teaches two curricula. One is visible: the lessons, standards, and assessments we plan each week. The other is invisible: how emotions are handled, how repair happens after conflict, and how we speak to ourselves and one another when things get hard.

Regulate before you educate. Emotional intelligence and human intelligence go beyond trendy terms. They reflect what education systems need to reclaim to truly support students and teachers alike

This is a great article with activities for self regulation. I've used many of these in our Learning the Calm programs.

Empathy CAN be taught. We do it all the time at Learning the Calm!

I could not agree more! If we want others to treat us respectfully, we must show others how we want to be treated. Calling ourselves Daycare Providers does a disservice to ourselves and our industry.