During the preschool years children are primed to learn social skills, solve problems, and learn empathy toward others. The problem is that most adults see the conflict that arises as a result of these missing skills as something we must S-T-O-P! We haven’t been given a lot of tools to see it otherwise. All behavior […] Read more…

We are so happy that you have joined us over the last 8 weeks as we have gotten our Brain Smart Start together! Although the circumstances were not what most of us would choose, we have made the most of it! Hopefully you and your child have learned some new ways to calm yourselves. Perhaps […] Read more…

Last week we began introducing you to the Feeling Buddies in our Brain Smart Start. As we all know, this COVID-19 outbreak has taken it’s toll on the mental health of all of us. Although children are resilient, we want to be intentional about putting some tools in place to help support their resiliency. The […] Read more…

Welcome to May! You have made it through more than 40 days of altered living in an effort to reduce the impact of COVID-19! YOU DID IT!!! We hope that these Brain Smart Starts are helping you and your child as you work through these days together. Our commitment to you is to continue bringing […] Read more…

OOPS! Let’s have a show of hands…how many of you have made an OOPS or two over the course of the last few weeks during quarantine? I know I sure have! The good thing is that these OOPS don’t define me! In fact, they refine me! There is no way we can grow and learn […] Read more…

Easter looked very different this year in our home and in the homes of most families. With the stay at home orders many of us celebrated in unconventional ways. We watched our church service from the couch. We took communion with juice and bread from our own kitchen. We didn’t have to shower before worship […] Read more…

We hope you are enjoying these weekly Brain Smart Starts at home with your young child. The days continue to march on and we are all beginning to settle in to this new normal during our quarantine. As I shared last week, we are on a roller coaster of emotions over here at our house. […] Read more…

Change is hard. Last week as we worked our way through our second full week of quarantine here at home I noticed that the days seemed to get longer and the moods of my family members shifted a bit. In addition to distance learning and now having all family members home 24/7 tensions were high. […] Read more…

Millions of families have suddenly found themselves at home for an unknown length of time. These sudden changes can be very stressful not only for parents and caregivers, but for young children as well. I am excited to be working together with a team of preschool teachers from Alabama to bring you weekly Brain Smart […] Read more…