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Daily Routines for Long-Term Success

Posted in Executive Functioning

Guiding Question (asked by a parent): How do we help intellectuals understand that the efficient completion of the boring fundamentals of life are necessary to the successful execution …

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Effective Goal Setting + Effective Note Taking

Posted in Executive Functioning, Reading/Writing

Guiding question (from a parent): Can you teach my student how to set goals by breaking them into smaller bits or to-do lists, and holding the self accountable …

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Leonardo da Vinci’s First Creative Dollar

Posted in Art, First Creative Dollar

Leonardo da Vinci’s financial life was as unconventional and fascinating as his polymath pursuits. Born the illegitimate son of a wealthy notary, he was denied an inheritance and …

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Bilbliotherapy + Social-Emotional Journaling: Using Books, Art, and Music to Handle Intense Feelings

Posted in Reading/Writing, Social and Emotional Learning

Definition: Bibliotherapy is a form of creative arts therapy that leverages reading and storytelling as tools to enhance an individual’s well-being and quality of life. Definition: Social emotional …

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Handling High Expectations (Internal and External)

Posted in Social and Emotional Learning, The Science of Expertise

Opening Quotes: “Expectations tend to rise with accomplishment. The better you’re performing, the more you demand of yourself and the less you notice incremental gains. Appreciating progress depends …

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Navigating the Challenges of Giftedness During Adolescence

Posted in Social and Emotional Learning

“Gifted children often have goals and achievements for which there are no means of measurement, so these goals and dreams may never be recognized by others at all… …

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Live Like a King (Gratitude Lesson)

Posted in Philosophy and Psychology, Social and Emotional Learning

If you could be born at any time in history, when would it be? This is a journal prompt I use with many of my writing students. Many …

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7 Simple Exercises to Increase Creativity

Posted in Creative Thinking, Reading/Writing

“Material for our work surrounds us at every turn. It’s woven into conversation, nature, chance encounters, and existing works of art… You might imagine that the outside world …

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10 Drawing Exercises For Enhanced Creative Thinking

Posted in Art, Creative Thinking

“Creativity is seeing what everyone else has seen, and thinking what no one else has thought.”- Einstein “Creativity is just connecting things.” – Steve Jobs Drawing can be …

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Focusing Curiosity and Creativity

Posted in Creative Thinking, Executive Functioning

Guiding Question: Sometimes my ideas and random connections move really fast. Before I can fully flesh one out, I’m on to the next one. Other times, I am …

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