Monthly Value: Teaching Your Child to be a Good Friend
While some children may have a natural aptitude for friendship and social confidence, every child can benefit from learning how to be a better friend.
8 Reasons Why It’s Important for Children to Help in the Garden
Encouraging your child to help you in the garden doesn’t only get them outside; it also extends their attention span, teaches them delayed gratification, and more.
Teaching Children Hard Work and Determination
Hard work and determination have a lifelong impact on children’s capabilities, confidence, and happiness. Here are 8 ways to reinforce hard work and determination at home.
Teaching Children Honesty: Our 4 Favorite Articles
This March, our monthly Kids Village values were honesty and loyalty. Honesty is a value that can be difficult to teach younger children since they’re still learning the difference between truth, stories, and lies. However, with the right conversations,...
6 Children’s Books About Love
We know Valentine’s Day often gets a bad rap for being over-commercialized, but we love any extra opportunity to show some love. This year, we wanted to show that love to our students and families by sharing 6 of our favorite (non-valentinesy) kids books about...
Teaching Children Self-Worth
One of the most important foundations for your child’s happiness and success is self-worth. This means not only teaching them self-confidence (trusting their own abilities, qualities, and judgments), it also means they have faith in themselves, pride, and self-respect.