by Kristi Pikiewicz | Nov 4, 2020 | Education/Parenting, Social-Emotional Learning
Before we were allowed to take our son, Leif, home from the hospital where we lived in Bozeman, MT, hospital staff had us watch the “Happiest Baby On The Block” video. True to the instructions, that first week we swaddled, shushed, and swung Leif for hours, but we...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Feb 26, 2020 | Education/Parenting, Social-Emotional Learning
As part of my job as an educational psychologist at a K-8 school with a mission for gifted education, I run our social-emotional learning curriculum. What this means in practice is that I get to help kindergartners sort through what it means to be a friend and how to...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Mar 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last week we wrote about how to make a safe space for your child’s emotions, leaving it up to your child whether to use this space. This week, we respect the fact that in addition to helping your child express raw emotions it can be our job as parents and...
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