Science-backed resources to help parents build kids’ life skills, confidence and independence - at home.
Playing video games together as a family strengthens our connection and communication, reinforces essential social skills, and even helps with emotional regulation and the solidification of healthy digital habits. It also gives us a chance to model and develop digital literacy. Co-play, or playing video games together, is one of...
What happens when one of the world’s most creative brands joins forces with a learning app built to prepare kids for the future? You get a story where imagination becomes a way for kids to learn and grow. Today, we are excited to announce a purpose-led partnership with Crayola...
Every parent knows the scene: your child melts down over a toy, a sibling squabble, or a sudden change of plans. Their little bodies and big emotions collide, and you’re left wondering how to guide them through it without losing your own cool. That’s where emotional regulation comes...
To find success and happiness, kids don’t just need to learn how to read, write, and add. They need to learn how to ask thoughtful questions, manage big emotions, work through frustration, and care for those around them (and themselves). These life skills are not often taught in school...
Alongside their ABCs and 123s, kids today are learning their DMPs: Digital, Media, and Platform Literacies. Of these three, you’re probably most familiar with digital literacy and least so with platform literacy. All are equally important and ultimately interconnected, so we’ll explain and integrate them all: * Digital literacy:...
Games don’t have to look like school to teach valuable lessons. Math, science, and reading might be what first come to mind when we think of educational video games for kids. But digital play can also teach other critical elements, like confidence, curiosity, and other life skills. If your...
Creativity isn’t something kids are simply born with. Some children might have a natural inclination toward imaginative play or artistic expression, but all children can learn to think creatively. It’s a skill, a special way of thinking, that develops through encouragement, repetition, and consistent freedom to explore. And...
