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Using Your Voice Effectively: Intentional & Positive Phrases to Use With Your Child
This post emphasizes the power of using intentional and positive language when addressing challenging behaviors in young children. It offers practical tips and phrases to promote their well-being, growth, and autonomy.

Understanding and Supporting Early Childhood Mental Health
This post from SolBe Learning discusses the importance of early childhood mental health, debunking myths and offering strategies for parents to support their children's emotional well-being. It emphasizes that mental health starts developing early and provides actionable steps for fostering a nurturing environment.

Understanding and Monitoring Developmental Milestones
This blog post explains developmental milestones, why they're important, and how parents can monitor their child's progress, highlighting resources like the CDC Milestone Tracker App. It also emphasizes that every child develops at their own pace and that SolBe educators and the author, Head of Family Empowerment and Success Rebecca, are supportive allies for families.

The Value of Process-based Learning
This post discusses the value of process-based learning in early childhood education, emphasizing open-ended exploration and the importance of teachers asking 'why,' 'how,' and 'what if' questions. It highlights how this approach fosters creativity and respects children's cognitive development, encouraging them to explore and build a meaningful relationship with their learning.

The Truth about Parenting: Being a Thriving Parent
This blog post from SolBe Learning discusses that there is no single "right" way to parent, encouraging parents to focus on thriving and adapting their approach. It emphasizes the importance of self-reflection, seeking support, and building a loving relationship with your child.

The Curious & Creative Classroom
SolBe Learning believes in fostering curiosity and creativity through play and exploration, inspired by Montessori and Reggio Emilia philosophies. We create learning environments that encourage children to become active explorers and collaborators in their own education.

Social-Emotional Learning: Five Competencies and How to Teach Them at Home
This blog post from SolBe Learning explores how to teach social-emotional learning (SEL) at home, focusing on five key areas of competence. It offers practical learning experiences and book suggestions to help parents foster their child's SEL skills, emphasizing that it's a continuous journey for both children and adults.

Social Emotional Learning Part Five: Teaching Growth Mindset to Inspire Change
This SolBe Learning blog post discusses the benefits of a growth mindset for children's social-emotional learning, emphasizing how to encourage it through language and praising the process rather than just the outcome. It provides helpful resources and book recommendations for parents and educators.

Social-Emotional Learning Part Three: Teaching Friendship to Inspire Change
This SolBe Learning blog post celebrates the importance of friendship in early childhood, offering insights on how educators support children's social development through various activities and providing book recommendations to encourage discussions about friendship.

Social Emotional Learning Part Two: Teaching Acceptance to Inspire Change
This blog post from SolBe Learning discusses the importance of teaching children about acceptance and understanding differences, particularly in the context of race and culture. It provides resources, book recommendations, and practical tips for parents to facilitate these conversations.

Social Emotional Learning Part Six: Teaching Empathy to Inspire Change
This SolBe Learning blog post focuses on empathy, the final piece in their social-emotional learning series, emphasizing its importance and offering tips and resources for parents to foster empathy in children. The post also highlights the importance of modeling empathy and provides book recommendations.

SEL: Parent Social-Emotional Competence & Well-Being
This blog post emphasizes the importance of parents' social-emotional learning (SEL) for their own well-being and their children's development. It offers tips and resources to help parents improve their SEL skills, which, in turn, supports their children's social-emotional growth.

Social Emotional Learning Part Four: Teaching Respect to Inspire Change
This SolBe Learning blog post explores how to teach children respect through modeling and mutual respect, rather than demanding it. It emphasizes the importance of parents demonstrating kindness and understanding to foster respectful behaviors in children.

Reflective Learning: 10 Meaningful Questions to Replace “How Was School Today?”
This post explains how reflective learning, encouraged by asking open-ended questions, benefits children's development. It provides helpful questions parents can use at home to foster deeper understanding and communication about their child's school day.

Prosocial Behavior: Strategies to Model, Practice and Praise
This blog post discusses the importance of prosocial behavior in early childhood development, like kindness and sharing, and how parents can encourage it through modeling, practice, and praise. It emphasizes that children are not perfect and these skills help children thrive socially and emotionally.

Ranking Boston Area Private Schools: Finding The Best Programs For Your Children
This post provides a ranking of top private schools in the Boston area, focusing on academics, extracurriculars, and college preparation. It highlights key features of each school and then promotes SolBe Learning's innovative approach to early childhood education, emphasizing its unique philosophy and how it prepares children for kindergarten.

Prosocial Behavior: Encouraging Your Child To Practice Gratitude
This blog post explains how to teach young children the meaning of gratitude, going beyond just saying "thank you."
It provides practical tips, like modeling behavior and incorporating gratitude into daily routines, to help children develop genuine appreciation.

Play is Work and Work is Play
This blog post explains the importance of play in early childhood development, highlighting its role in cognitive, social, and emotional growth, and how SolBe incorporates play-based learning. It also provides tips for parents on supporting their children's play at home.

Preparing a Learning-rich Environment
This post highlights the importance of creating learning environments that engage children's senses, mirroring the Reggio Emilia approach. It emphasizes child-led exploration, incorporating hands-on activities and age-appropriate spaces to foster curiosity and learning.

Nurturing Brain Development During the Window of Opportunity
Early childhood is a critical period for brain development, emphasizing the importance of positive experiences and responsive relationships for a child's future success. This post offers practical advice for parents and caregivers on how to nurture their child's brain development through everyday interactions.

Exploring Spanish Language Learning Through Play-Based Activities
This post explains how to make learning Spanish fun and effective for children using play-based activities. It suggests incorporating games, storytelling, crafts, and cultural exploration to create a joyful language learning experience.

Early Intervention: Identifying Support for Children Birth to Age Three
This post explains early intervention (EI) services for children under three who have developmental delays, covering eligibility, services, and how to seek an evaluation. EI offers support to children and families, focusing on reaching their full potential through individualized experiences.

Developmental Screening: Acting Early and Advocating for Your Child
This SolBe Learning blog post explains the importance of early intervention and support if you have concerns about your child's development. It provides resources and guidance on developmental screenings and advocating for your child.

Daily at Home Project: Red House – Fun For All Greatest Hits & More
This post provides SolBe families with a list of online resources and fun activities to do while staying at home, including virtual classes, music playlists, and project ideas for different age groups. It also announces upcoming virtual circle times and encourages parents to create memory jars with their children.

Daily at Home Project: Rainbow Painting and Make Your Own Ice Cream
This SolBe Learning update shares fun outdoor activities and projects like rainbow painting and homemade ice cream recipes to enjoy with your children. They also remind families about their PPE drive and encourage everyone to stay healthy!

Daily at Home Project: Pots, Pans, Colors & Rainy Day Brownies!
SolBe is sharing fun indoor activities like virtual aquarium tours and author Mo Willems' lunchtime doodles, along with project ideas for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. They're also working on a music playlist and virtual yoga/mindfulness sessions for families!

Daily at Home Project: Lid Matching and Animal Washing Station
This SolBe Learning update provides families with helpful resources, including mental health tips and fun project ideas like lid matching and a water animal washing station, to engage children during the pandemic. The post encourages families to be gentle with themselves and use available materials creatively.

Daily at Home Project: Making Music with The Very Noisy Bear
SolBe Learning is providing families with daily updates, resources, and project ideas, like making music with household items, to keep children engaged during the pandemic. They also offer tips for parents on creating spaces for creative exploration and connection to the story of the day.

Daily at Home Project: Fine Motor Activities and Let's See Where a Dot Can Take You!
SolBe Learning is sharing fun activities for kids like virtual yoga, fine motor skill projects, and art projects inspired by the book "The Dot."
They also provide resources for parents, including a free online course and access to materials for home activities.

Daily at Home Project: Crazy Art from Silvana Carpio
This SolBe Learning blog post provides families with resources like virtual classes and a home safari to engage children during the pandemic. It also includes a creative art project idea with instructions and reflection questions to encourage artistic exploration.

Daily at Home Project: Baby Treasure Basket and Rocks of Hope
This SolBe Learning update shares resources, including a visit from Audrey Duck, and project ideas like baby treasure baskets and a 'Rocks of Hope' activity to engage children during the pandemic. The update also includes a helpful article for parents to reduce worry during these times.

Daily at Home Project: Colander Pipe Cleaner and Pipe Cleaner Bubble Wands
SolBe Learning shares a Friday update with fun, at-home activities like Spanish singing, KidPowerment classes, and fine motor skill projects using pipe cleaners and bubbles for children of all ages. The center encourages outdoor time and welcomes feedback, hoping families stay healthy.

Daily At-Home Project: Mix and Match Faces
This SolBe Learning blog post provides a fun, Picasso-inspired art project for children to create mix-and-match faces, encouraging creativity and fine motor skill development. It offers step-by-step instructions and questions to spark imagination, along with a suggested book pairing.

Daily At-Home Project: Homemade Binoculars for Little Explorers!
SolBe Learning is sharing a family update with resources and activities focused on pretend and imaginative play, like making binoculars for little explorers. They also suggest a book to pair with the activity and encourage families to have fun exploring!

Daily At-Home Project: Gratitude Jar
This SolBe Learning blog post encourages families to create a gratitude jar to foster thankfulness in children, offering a fun, creative activity during the pandemic. It provides instructions and emphasizes the importance of establishing gratitude rituals and conversations within the family.

Daily At Home Project: Veggie Paint Making From Marlo
SolBe Learning encourages families to practice gratitude and engage in activities like veggie printmaking to foster a focus on process-based learning. These activities aim to cultivate children's creativity and problem-solving skills during challenging times.
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