Posts tagged: Memory

As I sit on the floor with a group of five and six year olds, I ask, “What do you think it means to practice…

Media reports of a mental health crisis among young people have appeared regularly in the last two years. Psychologists…

As preschoolers, my children loved Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar. I would read the story and they would…

The loss of a loved one can be devastating for a child. They may feel anxious and overwhelmed, as well as confused by…

Almost everything we do with children involves things they need to remember. Spiritual stories have characters and…

“I’m going to be a programmer when I grow up,” said my 10-year-old daughter. She had just checked out several…

“I found it mom, I found it!” called my daughter. ‘It’ was her great-uncle’s name on the Vietnam Veterans…

Spirituality isn’t just a social, emotional, or cultural aspect of life. It’s also biological, passed from…

What’s your earliest autobiographical memory? If you are like most people, it’s probably a significant event from…

When the pandemic shut down in-person gatherings, many of us pivoted to online programs. Some loved working with…

Kids love emojis. As fun visual substitutes for words, they help children share how they’re feeling and communicate…

I have a love/hate relationship with Valentine’s Day. It's an opportunity to celebrate relationships with friends and…

The last two years have been incredibly difficult. Children, as well as adults, have struggled to find spiritual…

A common way to check whether children have understood something is to give a test. But even in schools, teachers are…

Often our interactions with children center around questions like “What did you learn? Or “How did that happen?”…