While most preschoolers love being read to, only 10% of high school children read for pleasure. The best way to help your child grow up to be among that 10% is to cultivate their identity as a reader. Book Club Culture shows you how to do that. (Best for parents of children in PreK through kindergarten) LISTEN
Mentorship is more effective than an outright ban when it comes to helping children learn to use screens responsibly. The best way to mentor is to integrate screens into activities you do together with your preschooler — while otherwise limiting their presence. (Best for parents of children in PreK through kindergarten) LISTEN
Children benefit when parents and teachers build trust, even as they work through challenging issues. Collabo-Iterate shows parents how to build trust by raising concerns early, listening carefully, iterating toward solutions, recognizing progress, and being patient. (Best for parents of children in PreK though kindergarten) LISTEN
Pretend play is a valuable pathway for children’s development in part because it helps children learn how to focus. Play Coaching shows you how to jumpstart pretend play by helping your child brainstorm play scenarios, choose roles, and make use of props. (Best for parents of children in PreK through kindergarten) LISTEN
Life is richer for people who engage socially across a wide range of identities and cultures. Roots of Inclusion shows you how to raise a child who believes people of different races and ethnicities are interesting, admirable, and belong in their lives. (Best for parents of children in PreK through kindergarten) LISTEN
One of the best ways you can help prepare your child to learn to read is to help them become aware of the 44 distinct sounds in spoken English. Reading Coaching shows you how to do that organically as you read, sing and play with your child. (Best for parents of children in PreK through kindergarten) LISTEN
You cultivate your child’s love of learning by sharing observations and insights in everyday situations, connecting new information to what your child already knows, bringing emotion into learning, and standing alongside your child as a fellow learner. (Best for parents of children in PreK through kindergarten) LISTEN
The ability to understand other people’s thoughts and feelings helps people thrive as family members, citizens, and workers. Perspective-Taking shows you how to cultivate this skill, in part by focusing your child on the effect of their behavior on others. (Best for parents of children in PreK through first grade) LISTEN
When children grow their knowledge, they can read better, learn faster, and think more critically. Knowledge Weaving shows you how to use the Core Knowledge curriculum to broaden your child’s knowledge and fuel their desire to learn. (Best for parents of children in PreK through first grade) LISTEN
By reading high-quality literature with diverse characters and themes, you help your child internalize the idea that different kinds of people are interesting and admirable, and that all people are equally deserving of dignity and opportunity. (Best for parents of children in PreK through first grade) LISTEN
When your child has been knocked off of their center, they may need support to reset. Humor and ridiculousness provide space for your child to explore and gain perspective on powerful emotions that leave them struggling to manage their reactions. (Best for parents of children in PreK through second grade) LISTEN
To raise a child who has the identity of a team player, think less in terms of assigning your child chores and more in terms of inviting your child to participate in the life of a family that works together. Recognize that it takes children a long time to learn new skills. (Best for parents of children in PreK through second grade) LISTEN
Your child needs explicit, patient guidance in order to internalize respect, kindness, and other important values. Also, when you take your child’s transgressions seriously, you’re planting seeds of moral awareness that will influence your child’s behavior later. (Best for parents of children in PreK through third grade) LISTEN
Children need guidance to develop knowledge, skills and character strengths. At the same time, they need autonomy to learn how to cope with challenges and develop their own ideas. Cultivated Environment is an approach to balancing guidance with autonomy. (Best for parents of children in PreK through third grade) LISTEN
The better you understand your child’s emotions, the more likely you’ll be able to help them learn how to manage them. Emotion Detective shows you how to understand your child’s emotions by thinking like a detective, not a judge. (Best for parents of children in PreK through third grade) LISTEN
Many children think of math as a “school subject,” irrelevant to life outside of school. By casually “immersing” your child in math, you can help them view math as a powerful language for understanding and appreciating the world around them. (Best for parents of children in PreK through third grade) LISTEN
Social play is ground zero for children’s social and emotional learning. Learn how to overcome barriers in modern life to foster neighborhood-based social play that provides children with abundant opportunity to build social skills while also having a great time. (Best for parents of children in PreK through third grade) LISTEN
Raise Ready Kids helps parents raise children with the knowledge, skills, character, and purpose they’ll need to thrive as adults. The best way to parent is to immerse children in culture that features the values and mindsets that parents hope their children will adopt. (Best for parents of children in PreK through fifth grade) LISTEN
Preschoolers are in the thick of learning how to manage their emotions. You can help by paying close attention to your child so that they feel heard, which is just as important and beneficial to preschoolers as it is to adults. (Best for parents of children in PreK through fifth grade) LISTEN
Inspired by the communication style of pilots, Pilot Voice shows you how to talk in ways that increase the chances that your child will be able to hear and respond positively. To speak with Pilot Voice: slow down, lower the pitch, and moderate the volume. (Best for parents of children in PreK through fifth grade) LISTEN
Because children learn so much from watching parents manage their emotions, the most important thing for you to do when your child is pushing your buttons is to stay calm — radically calm. When your child’s energy goes up, your energy should go down. (Best for parents of children in PreK through fifth grade) LISTEN
A good night’s sleep helps your child learn better, while healthy eating sets the stage for lifelong well-being. Get sleep and nutrition right, and many other aspects of life will be easier and more rewarding for you and your child, now and later. (Best for parents of children in PreK through fifth grade) LISTEN
Research shows spiritual practice improves children’s well-being. Spiritual Mentoring encourages you to consider participating in spiritual (not necessarily religious) community to help your child grow in their capacity to connect, feel awe, and make ethical choices. (Best for parents of children in PreK through fifth grade) LISTEN
The best way to parent your child is to think less in terms of “parenting” and more in terms of culture-building. Consider what mindsets and values you hope your child will develop, build a home culture awash in those mindsets and values, and then let the culture do the heavy lifting. (Best for parents of children in PreK through fifth grade) LISTEN
You can help your child develop a deeper understanding of the world by providing them with conceptual frameworks, introducing them to concepts from multiple perspectives, and making them work hard for their understanding. (Best for parents of children in K through third grade) LISTEN
Screens can be valuable tools for connecting, learning, and creating. Simultaneously, they come with a host of potential negative impacts and crowd out face-to-face time. Screen Weaving helps you tap into the best of screens, while avoiding the worst. (Best for parents of children in K through third grade) LISTEN
While some approaches to discipline harm relationships between parents and children, you can avoid this trap by collaboratively establishing consequences for misbehavior in advance, freeing you to spend more time empathizing and less time nagging. (Best for parents of children in K through fourth grade) LISTEN
Success, broadly defined, depends on working hard, but people don’t usually work hard unless they are interested in an activity. You can set your child up for success by helping them discover interests and experience the pleasure that comes with deepening skills. (Best for parents of children in K through fourth grade) LISTEN
You build your child’s capacity to manage emotions and solve problems by listening; acknowledging emotions; and “noodling” through challenges together. By keeping your child in the driver’s seat, you’ll foster confidence as well as skills. (Best for parents of children in K through fifth grade) LISTEN
Children develop the identity of “learner” when parents share their love of learning while providing unconditional love. Learner Identity helps you raise a child who is motivated to learn — even when it isn’t fun and no rewards are offered. (Best for parents of children in K through fifth grade) LISTEN
Everyday conversation is how we understand and care for each other, but technology often gets in the way. You can overcome the obstacles and foster rich conversation in your family by shifting priorities and treating children as equals. (Best for parents of children in K through fifth grade) LISTEN
First grade is critical in a child’s journey of learning to read. Reading Coaching explains four ways you can support your child: coach decoding; select books for independent reading; continue to read aloud; and integrate reading and writing into daily life. (Best for parents of children in first through second grade) LISTEN
To raise a child with the identity of a reader, surround them with books that excite and delight; read aloud into middle school; share ideas and personal growth that come from books; and create distraction-free zones where reading can flourish. (Best for parents of children in first through fourth grade) LISTEN
By playing with numbers in everyday life, you give your child practice moving between seeing numbers as concepts and seeing them as products of procedures. This will help your child build everyday number sense and succeed at higher level math. (Best for parents of children in first through fifth grade) LISTEN
Learn how sleep provides time for essential “housekeeping” functions that keep the brain healthy. In addition, exercise fosters brain activity that tamps down anxiety, reduces the risk of depression, accelerates learning, and keeps the heart healthy. (Best for parents of children in first through fifth grade) LISTEN
You can make reading seem less like “spinach” and more like “chocolate cake” by sharing the pleasure of books, helping your child better comprehend what they read, and inspiring your child to read in order to explore topics that interest them. (Best for parents of children in second through fourth grade) LISTEN
Children learn the most about character by watching adults. By encouraging you to reflect on what your child is learning by watching you, Character Modeling helps you raise a child who sees other human beings first and foremost as fellow-traveler sacred spirits. (Best for parents of children in second through fifth grade) LISTEN
Many children have limited opportunities to form strong relationships with adults outside their immediate family. Root Tenders is an approach to cultivating relationships between children and adults who can help them develop important character strengths. (Best for parents of children in second through fifth grade) LISTEN
