Education
How to Teach Social and Emotional Skills Without Being a Therapist
2shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore Last month, I asked a group of educators a question, and the answer was revealing. A group of 21 teachers who use our Habitudes for Social and Emotional Learning all said they enjoyed the classroom conversation our images sparked but admitted: “Whenever I teach social and…
Continue ReadingThe Drift We’ve Witnessed in Education
7shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore When I spoke to Mr. Dunn, an English teacher of high school seniors, he told me he had one job: to teach language arts to teenagers. My first response was to agree. He had but one task each day, and he was doing a good job…
Continue ReadingHow to Read a Book
2shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore Almost everywhere we go, people ask the questions: How do you read so many books? Where do you find the time? Just how do you read a book? Do you read it from cover to cover? The fact is these questions stem from the belief that…
Continue ReadingOne Secret Parents Can Use to Send the Best Versions of Their Kids to School
32shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore I spoke to a clinical psychologist recently, after an arduous day with clients. Helen is a counselor who sees families for therapy every day. She revealed a tool to me that was so simple I asked her to repeat it. She called it a “secret”…
Continue ReadingA Commitment for Educators: Being Fully Present in the Moment
15shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore We all imagine a perfect life from time to time. What would it be like if we had no worries, all the pleasures life could offer, all the friends one could hope for, and all the resources we’d ever need? We can dream, can’t we?…
Continue ReadingOne Secret to Take Full Advantage of Your Holiday Break
2shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore Several years ago, in a remote area of a country in Africa, local villagers discovered that some young elephants wandered from the herd. They were lost for some time. When those pachyderms were returned to their families, they were no longer babies. They’d changed…
Continue ReadingHow to Help Students Beat Stress and Welcome Pressure
11shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore Jana Davidson teaches seventh-grade science and tenth-grade biology. Every day, she observes students entering her classroom feeling stressed out. Many of them feel overwhelmed. Anxiety has been normalized thanks to social media and a pandemic. When I asked Ms. Davidson how she helps her…
Continue ReadingWhy Millennials and Generation Z Students Are Choosing Control Over Caution
32shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but teens and young adults today have been in a funk for the last several years. Mental health continues to be an issue in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, since 2017, I’ve been watching a trend that…
Continue ReadingThe Inverse Relationship Between Gratitude and Entitlement
21shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore I’ll never forget the day a university professor told me a student approached him after making a poor grade on an exam. The student reasoned that because his parents paid full tuition, he deserved an “A.” Wow. Sounds like a customer, vendor transaction, doesn’t it?…
Continue ReadingHow Masks Can Deepen Social and Emotional Learning
9shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore I don’t know about you, but I am seeing more and more face masks on the ground these days. Whether it’s in a parking lot or restroom or at a shopping mall, people seem to be sending the message: “I’m through with these masks!” Yet, with the…
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