Exploring Your Options
These are strange times. The sudden conversion from a school environment to distance learning has thrown families a HUGE curveball, and it's something we all [...]
Jump In Coaching
"We are not winning at distance learning today. The youngest is already back in bed. He was so crabby he refused to do his school [...]
We’re Working On It
As parents, there is so much on our plates these days. We're hands-on parenting 24-7. We're working from home. We're helping our kiddos with distance [...]
Three Cs for Success in Schooling from Home
Last week almost every parent in Minnesota, and across the United States, was thrust into a new and unfamiliar role… that of a homeschool teacher. [...]
Setting Aside Our Experiences to Help our Kids
Cara Thorpe, founder and CEO of Yellow Parachute Learning Partners, is here again with answers about personalized learning. Learn about setting aside our own experiences [...]
How “letting go” in the right way can help your kids flourish
“Say it, Mom,” she whisper-coached. “I am good enough.” My daughter pressed her hand into mine, her forehead to my temple. “I am good enough,” [...]
How to manage expectations about summer learning
To my fellow parents, I’m about to save you from your own expectations about summer learning. At this point in May, summer feels like that [...]
Why we procrastinate, and how we can change
I’ve been thinking a bit about procrastination. It’s finally spring in Minnesota, and it seems that along with 60-degree weather and sun, we’ve tend to [...]
Coaching Your Conductor: The Learning Coach and Executive Function
Imagine sitting in a concert hall. The crowd falls silent as the conductor takes her place on center stage and cues the orchestra. Moments later, [...]
How to Stop Arguing About Food, Time, and Money
As promised in last week’s post on conquering the self-defeating stories we tell ourselves, what follows is an honest and thorough accounting of what happened [...]