Empowerment: Activity Center
These fun, simple activities act as powerful steps in the road to "I Can!"
Ingredient: Empowerment, Resilience, Optimism
Challenge yourself to praise not just the moments your child succeeds, but the steps they took to get there.
Ingredient: Empowerment, Goal Setting/Hope
“Time” makes a great gift for any holiday from Birthdays to Christmas.
Ingredient: Emotional Awareness, Resilience, Empowerment
You can help your child to develop the skill of emotional awareness by showing them that you are interested in how they feel—and by talking about your own feelings as well.
Ingredient: Empowerment
Simple questions you can ask yourself that will help facilitate your child’s independence and create Mastery Moments.
Ingredient: Optimism, Resilience, Empowerment, Emotional Awareness
Encourage your whole family to create and display a list of activities that bring them joy.
- Kindergarten - Grade 2
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 5 & Up
Ingredient: Empowerment
Parents have to make choices for their children, but giving children the opportunity to make their own choices is critical for them to develop confidence and a sense of control.
- Pre-K and Younger
- Kindergarten - Grade 2
Ingredient: Empowerment
The first, and most important, step in enhancing your family's sense of meaning is to think about experiences in the past that have felt meaningful.
Ingredient: Optimism, Empowerment, Resilience, Goal Setting
Any "downtime" you have with the kids can be the perfect time to discuss positive changes with your child.
Ingredient: Emotional Awareness, Optimism, Empowerment
Rather than always focusing on the "ers," like better, stronger, healthier, create a list of items that you and your family already have in abundance.
Ingredient: Optimism, Empowerment
You can help your family enjoy the benefits of doing less and slowing down by challenging yourself to take a few "long cuts" each week.
Ingredient: Emotional Awareness, Empowerment, Optimism
Leading by example is a great way to help make expressing gratitude a part of your family's daily life.
Ingredient: Empowerment, Goal Setting/Hope
Encourage your children to find a challenge that they would like to take on that will help stretch and strengthen their view of themselves.
Ingredient: Optimism, Resilience, Hope, Empowerment, Emotional Awareness
Help your children to take stock of and clean out the "mental clutter."
Ingredient: Optimism, Empowerment
Explore with your children what they enjoy about themselves and their body—not simply it's appearance, but what it can do!
Ingredient: Optimism, Resilience, Hope, Empowerment, Emotional Awareness
Learning how to make good decisions and to problem solve is a way to build mastery skills.
Ingredient: Empowerment
Each day, identify two activities such as going to the market or returning books to the library.
- Pre-K and Younger
- Kindergarten - Grade 2
Ingredient: Emotional Awareness, Optimism, Empowerment, Resilience
Help your child communicate and work through a grudge with a set of simple circles and a positive attitude.
